Yes. When I go clubbing, people have sometimes asked my friends what I am on, and whether it is crack cocaine. I have also been offered cocaine, but I didn't accept; some people are very surprised that I don't do ganja (cannabis) because it is a common drug amongst people who go to the club where I go most often.
I dance solo until the dancefloor fills up, which makes people sometimes think I am some kind of retired professional dancer or maybe a dance teacher. (Recently I got asked if I was a stripper! Aaaargh! I didn't take offence, the girl was only trying to figure me out.) When the dancefloor becomes too full, I move onto furniture. I don't have any Aspie friends who go clubbing with me. I usually go alone, but sometimes NT friends go to clubs with me, and they don't seem to find my behaviour embarassing. They don't mind being seen with me, so I guess what I do is OK.
Recently a girl came up to me in a club and asked me what I was taking because she and her friends wanted to buy some. They saw me dancing (and my dance movements incorporate some hectic stims sometimes) and I was smiling and very obviously having a great time doing what I was doing. I replied that I don't have to take anything, because I had the fortune of being born this way. I told her it was called Asperger's Syndrome.
I also have ADHD -- which accounts for the extra energy.
I don't smoke, don't drink alcohol and don't take drugs -- unless you count Ritalin and my SSRI.
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When I must wait in a queue, I dance. Classified as an aspie with ADHD on 31 March 2009 at the age of 43.
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