Misdiagnoses in Aspergers Syndrom Disorder (thoughts)

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Oh thanks, because that would have offended me if you hadn't included the part in parentheses. Good to know you don't judge me for having no friends besides my parents. I realize there are some people here who hardcore have Autism, but you'd be wrong to stereotype everyone here. Maybe I didn't kiss a girl until I was 17, but now I love partying and talking to girls, so I joined a fraternity.

Some doctors, despite years of training, really don't know anything. There are also a lot of researchers who don't even consider the *shocking idea* (sarcasm in **) of asking us about anything regarding anything to do with figuring us out, given that research regarding us can regularly exclude us and that the research is used by doctors/other professionals, you could see how even a well trained doctor might not know anything much about us.

Given what you've said already, it is entirely possible that the doctor got it really wrong regarding your diagnosis.

Paramour, just to let you know, we don't always get to pick our friends. We are regularly rejected for getting small social cues wrong, some of us would adore friends of any age group just as long as they nice people (especially ones who would tell us when we'd mess up socially).

It does sound like you were misdiagnosed, IMO. It happens. Sometimes doctors just overlook things. In my case, they overlooked the fact that I am very clearly autistic. In your case, from what you wrote anyway, it seems like you very clearly aren't. I am kind of curious why they gave you the diagnosis when you do not have the criteria necessary for it. In some cases, they do seem to be throwing it around, unfortunately.

It seems to me like you might have mild ADD, which could be why the docs probably got it wrong. Or you could just be a regular guy with the oh-so-serious "teenage-boy-syndrome"....I know it's a tough diagnosis to handle, but don't worry though: about 80% of guys grow out of that at some point in their lives, so your prognosis looks good.

If you do have ADD though, it doesn't seem to be causing you much of a problem. I really only see the point of giving a person a label for these sorts of things if your function is somehow being limited one way or another. You seem to be living a very normal teenage life, regardless of any label.

I agree--if you don't have it, it would probably be best to get the diagnosis reversed.

Kids have always came to me. As a young child I would walk up to anyone to play and couldn't understand why they were rejecting me. Even my own friends didn't like me following them around but isn't that what friends do? I guess I missed something. Either that or they were just jerks. And there were some who did become my friend.

I'm not going to say whether I think you do, or do not qualify as being on the spectrum, its not my place, and really to be honest, nothing you have said so far in this thread is convincing enough to me that you were misdiagnosed as a child.

To be honest, finding out why you were diagnosed at age 6 is probably going to be the most fruitful. At that age, we arent' covering up with our learned behaviors, and the imitations we come up with to "fit in" are less convincing. There had to be some obvious signs that your parents and doctors noticed in order to arrive at your diagnosis. Ask your Mom how it first came up, who noticed you were developing differently, what your behaviors were that the doctor and your parents were concerned with, etc.

As for your current social situation, and success with sports, I don't think that disqualifies you as being on the spectrum by any means, I'm a large man and have always been into sports, and have excelled in the ones I've focused on. But yet I'm clumsy in real life quite a bit, my wife is constantly moving my drinks away from the range of my arms/hands to combat me spilling drinks on her, myself, or our kids lol. My two main sports were football, and mens volleyball, so definitely physical, coordination required games.

As for bad posture, slouching isn't necessarily a requirement, and more what I think you are trying to describe as one of the diagnostic criteria is the "awkward gait" or stance, the odd body awareness per se.

On a sidenote, one thing to keep in mind is this, you don't outgrow being autistic, but yet if you have coping mechanisms you've developed, and the right environment to grow within, that you can be successful. Autism doesn't necessarily mean you are disabled or have a "disorder" in my opinion, but merely describes the way you think and interact with the world. And I know its probably going to land on deaf ears, but as teenagers, we aren't necessarily able to always be honest when looking at ourselves, hell this goes on to include many adults as well. If you look at other threads, there's plenty of people who never noticed their "stims" , their routines, their tics, or their coping strategies etc. I know this was very true for me up until the past few years when learning about what autism is.

aiyyo, at mahlon... mmhmm... yes there were. and i have discussed this with my parents, however, not the side that i am absolutely ashamed that i have been diagnosed with it, rather, understanding what it actually is. at the age of 5 and 6 i was very very disruptive. most disruptive of my whole class... hell, i had little colored cards to show me what my behavior was. yes, as well i have ADHD (ADD doesn't exist anymore, been generalized FYI). aha, and i know i have ADHD... i can tell my lack of attention. aha, i'll tell you it suck:P however, i'll tell you i'm not some socially awkward kid, and that's where i see a contradiction to a diagnoses that evolves around poor social skills... hell people tell me i should be some politician or diplomat