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i've been lurking here for a few weeks... i don't know if i have AS or not, but have my first appointment with a specialist in a couple of weeks. i'm currently trying to write my personal biography, which they have asked me to complete by next week... going through the diagnostic procedure is important to me, for some reason. i am not satisfied with the idea of a 'self-diagnosis'. perhaps my childhood behavior isn't clearly 'typically AS' enough to me to be able to do that with any confidence.

i've found a lot of great reading here, specifically the thread about AS and girls/women. that thread in particular gave me a lot of insight regarding my childhood, which i had previously been having a difficult time thinking about in relation to my current symptoms. after reading that thread, things fit together a bit more... some of the comments could have been my own.

i have been previously diagnosed (10 years ago or so) with major depressive disorder, social phobia, and anxiety disorder... i feel the major depressive thing is wrong (not always depressed), and the other two may be just secondary.

i'm 40 years old in two weeks.

sort of hate introductions and typically make them as short as possible in an attempt just to get them over with.

that said... read ya'll later. i'll probably just keep lurking awhile.

Welcome!

Hi welcome, most people I know with asd I have heard saying others think I am depressed but I am not, its like a misunderstood difference... for me the depression part once discovered aspergers and self kind of vanished mostly, I still experience extreme moods and maybe always will, but at least now I am beginning to understand myself and allow and accept my differences as part and parcel of the person I am.

I also had to be diagnosed, it was important for me, a life time of not knowing could wait no longer some information, lists, criteria that may help you on your journey:
http://asplanet.info/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=63

Being diagnosed can be life changing and but the harsh realities of finding self for me, was the best discovery I have made in my life, but no easy journey........ there is always someone here who has an answer, this is where I first came and still do from time to time, good luck..

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