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Figured I should get involved with an Autism forum, normal folk have a hard time understanding various things I may feel the need to vent about occasionally.

I'm 25 and I live in Washington State, USA. I've had multiple diagnoses in the past. The first place I went was kind of a joke and they just insta-labeled me Aspergers, which was a bit fishy, I think they just wanted clients. The second place was a specialist which I saw a few times before joining his group session of Asperger folk. I felt more comfortable with his diagnoses of Aspergers + X. The last place I went was kind of intense. I went through a full day of various mental tests and the diagnosis I got was basically "we've got no f*****g clue." The only thing they could say for sure was that I was not ADHD, I guess because I was a pro at remembering faces. They said I displayed many symptoms of high-functioning autism, but were hesitant to label is Aspergers.

I suppose a self-diagnosis is called for here. I would say I have OCD, depression, some sort of anxiety disorder and a hint of autism. And insomnia. It's super awesome.

I suppose I could count myself lucky among my fellow odd individuals. A lot of people have their specific interests/obsessions dealing with something that doesn't help them support themselves. My particular interest/obsession is mental games. This naturally led me to poker and I've been able to support myself very comfortably as a result. This works great for my insomnia, allowing me to have a somewhat free-form sleep schedule if I so choose (as it happens, I've actually been on a healthy sleep schedule for months now with just one 3-day session of insomnia).

I haven't taken any sort of medication for years, but I smoke a lot of marijuana. Make of that whatever you like, but I find it works wonders for my OCD/anxiety. It also takes the edge off when I've had a day of running bad at poker.

As for other random interests, I listen to a lot of music, but mostly old punk music from the 70/80s along with classic Jamaican ska, I also like a lot of 50/60s rock/soul/blues. I read a lot, but mostly nonfiction, lots of political stuff (I'm a Libertarian). I collect classic video games, mostly Nintendo/Super Nintendo, but I've got a lot of stuff for Atari and various other systems. And I don't just collect this stuff, I put it good use on a regular basis. Me and a buddy of mine are even planning quarterly classic video game tournaments for our friends. Finally, I also watch a lot of movies, generally of an obscure or odd nature. I love horror movies and specifically zombie films as well as a lot of Asian/French random wtf movies.

So that's me. Hi there.

Welcome to WP!

Looks up from his book, WHat the, who let you in here?

Greetings, vibratetogether,and welcome to Wrong Planet.

Nice to meet you, vibratetogether.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Hello.

Welcome to WrongPlanet.

Enjoy your stay here.

To WrongPlanet!! !

Once again, welcome aboard

Thanks for the greetings all. It seems I need 5 "legitimate" posts to create content-based OPs, so I will flagrantly up my post count in this thread.

Starting now.