Potential Asperger diagnosis...

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Were you relieved or in disbelief the first time it was suggested that you may have Aspergers?

The first time I found out was after I had already been diagnosed, when I was 7. I wasn't happy, because I didn't want to be "weird".

Thank you for answering my post.

One day in January 2014, I was bored. I visited the WIRED magazine web site and, on a lark, I completed its republication of the University of Cambridge Autism Research Centre "Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) (Adult)" self-reported screening test. My first result was just beyond threshold. Believing that I had obviously misread several of the questions, I completed the test a second time. The new result was even more beyond the threshold. After a third time completing the test, my result was even more beyond the threshold than the last two results.

"Three strikes," I thought. "Maybe there is something to this."

Within the week, I completed three more Cambridge tests. Their results were also significantly beyond their thresholds. I had started an 18-month odyssey ending in my diagnosis in August 2015.

So, I guess I was in disbelief for the first week. After that, I was obsessed with proving or disproving my likely autism. What a trip it has been!

Aspie Utah Please tell me some of the benefits of receiving a diagnosis have been for you. Thanks.

When it was first suggested that I could have Asperger, I was a bit relieved. Actually getting the diagnosis produced a mixed bag of emotions. Almost as if I could forgive myself for all my faults at the same time I felt guilty for having them.

I didn't like the news when my mom told me when I was 12. It just made me feel broken and the reason why I wasn't normal. I felt like it was bad luck I was having. It was never suggested to me I had it, I was told after the diagnoses and I didn't really understand what it was then except it just made me stupid and different. I am not sure what was the benefit of telling me like was it supposed to cheer me up or make me stop trying to be normal and being like everyone else so I would stop getting into trouble because I was a copycat?

League Girl thank you so much for your honesty. It was kind of you to reply to my question.