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I wouldn't mind the chemicals very much, as long as they don't make me feel sick. I still fondly remember the time I had to take Vicodin after a root canal. The feeling was pure bliss.

I get the same thing from my mom and dad, well he just doesn't care. I always heard alot of "oh you are just shy, you'll grow out of it". So I did grow out of it and things were cleared up a bit better.
When the shyness wore off and I became more outgoing, everything started backfired with relating to other people.

Mnemosyne, the reason people think you're crazy is because you wear glasses. Cats are not supposed to wear glasses.

Rachelle....the thing is...the process is aburd and unscientific....they know that each med takes time to "kick in"...so how can you know which med is effective....so you leave with a handful of bottles and a body full of side effects....my sister was so "doped" she couldnt walk straight,slurred her words and there is no way she could have benefitted from any kind of "therapy"...you should have seen the things she made in "art group"....scarey....it might not have been substitute for a straight jacket but it sure was nice for them to have a "patient" that was completely compliant because they were to high to care.

It's true. I'm definately not against meds and I think I'm going to need something to be able to focus, but they use them now to heavily sedate people so they don't have to deal with them. It makes me furious to think of what they did to my sister. She used to function much better until they started pumping her full of meds. I think they eventually caused damage that didn't go away when she went off them. The same is probably true of my father.

Mum is often saying "everyone has those problems" when I mention something, but I have nothing against her saying that. I think if people accept that AS is the cause of every problem, Aspies will start using it as an excuse, even for things that aren't related to the disorder.

So far I've confided in two friends about my thoughts that I might have AS. I have gotten this reaction from both of them. The impression seems to be that if you are getting along ok, then it's not really a disorder. My impression has been that there are degrees and that you can function but it can make things really hard, like I feel it has for me both socially and due to ADD. The friend I just talked to says I probably do have ADD but not AS. The thing is, I've known him since high school and he's one of my socially awkward nerd friends so it seems like he'd know me well enough to tell. I'm really confused right now.

Just wondering...how much time did your high school friend spend researching the topic and reading the board?I got the same response from a friend I have known 12 years and my boyfriend of 4 years...neither of them spent more then a few minutes reading about it....both of them have had difficulty socializing without the use of chemicals...and have some aspie traits themselves...I think part of the resistence comes from wanting to "protect" someone they care about from a label they consider harmful.

When I discover I had AS, I told my family. But they're treating me like a NT, and my father says "Your problem is you're a spoiled-brat". When I have problems with body language or jokes, sometimes they call me silly

It is possible for a clinical psychologist to know nothing at all - no more than the general public, about Aspergers, and certainly not know the difference between Aspergers and ADD.

My sister is one. And in the game of "spot the aspie" - I think she is aspie, same as me.

Oh yes. My mother always tells me "We've all got problems, you seem to think it's only you around here that has problems." Which I don't, I'm just the only autistic around there, and she seems to think the fact that other people have problems is an excuse to ignore mine.
Ugh!
Anyway, sorry it happens to you.

Yeah... autistics just have problems other people don't. After all, an NT doesn't have to deal with panicking when the phone rings, or figuring out social innuendo... they don't realize how hard it is for AS/HFA people.

Maybe it's because we concentrate so much on "acting normal" that people assume we must be just like them...

You know, that's a really stupid assumption NTs make all the time without even thinking about it: That everyone else must think more or less like them. Self-centered, really; but efficient when it's applied to other NTs, roughly accurate. When it's applied to people on the spectrum, though, it's totally incorrect.

My family says I'm doing everything wrong and bad on purpose. They come up with many more nonsense reasons too. I hate this. I'm so not going to tell them I have AS.

Take this! There was a short reportage on TV about an autistic boy who was going to dolphin therapy because he couldn't walk and my mother asked me in the most terrible way what this was called at lunch. It was awful because I wasn't able to answer and my mother and grandmother kept on talking of this "something illness". I was so sick after.

I have one friend I know who is comfortable with me being Aspie and one more friend I wish I could tell, but I think she won't take it too well. She's on the "you are strange but not ill Sora"-side.