Self diagnosed people here don't have aspergers

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well,thanks for the input.Watch out for carpel tunnel.....(thats my free advice )

Anytime, no problem.
I can't seem to keep my mind on anything long enough though.
Not a good day.

You may think i am giving Wolfpup a hard-time or that i have set myself as a guru for diagnosing AS from the fakers or something. But just trying to demonstrate that it does not really matter between self-diagnosis and a doctor diagnosing (so long as you know yself).
I think i failed.

I have not yet been diagnosed simply because the option was never presented to me It's like if your leg is broken...

if the bone is snapped, and you can feel it (are having trouble walking, or cannot move your leg at all due to it), does it mean that it isn't broken just because it isn't obvious to everyone until the doc says that it's official? The leg is broken either way-it's until the doc slaps a cast on it that everyone will keep saying "it might not be as bad as you think" or "you probably just twisted it wrong"... or, "we don't know for sure that it's broken until the doctor says so".

Well i have not read this whole thread, so don't know who mentioned infiltration.
I think there are a few fakers on here too; i do not really care though.

I do know about diagnosis, ( though not specifically aspergers: i have worked on image processing methods in diagnosing breast cancer). So, i can tell you that if you get an official diagnosis, you are not mathematically sure (100%.)
In fact, if you do the actual maths, then it will be nowhere near.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_m ... dical_test
(for the mathematically inclined)

What you must remember though is that it is not a 'disease' to be diagnosed.

lol, I missed saying I meant that I don't need a doc to tell me I have this. I wouldn't mind getting a diagnosis, but it won't change much as I already know. I'm guessing that you understood that's what I meant. Bleh, forgive me, lol, I have a hell of a time reading responses, but yes, same as with your leg, I don't see where a diagnosis persay makes a big difference between self-diagnosis and doc diagnosis-it just emphasizes what you already know/knew, and makes it official for those who'd just like to hear it from a doc due to uncertainty... rofl, overthinking ftw-I just completely forgot where I was going with that, but am pretty sure I blabbed more than what was needed already XD Thank God for that spot on the wall, eh?

That's what I was kind of wondering too...

When you said you have a CAT scan of your brain somewhere, I realized that I probably do too! And possibly an MRI. In high school they started running tests on me after I quit going to school for a year. (My mom had no idea what was going on with me.) They wouldn't have been looking for that abnormality.

I will agree to that, as I have stated earlier in this thread, it is a spectrum disorder, or more like a condition really. For higher functioning Aspergians I think the only true disorder lies in the fact that we're locked into the NT world set around THEIR strengths and weaknesses, and are largely isolated from other Aspergians.
But back to the point, there are some hard characteristics that are common throughout the spectrum on some level or another. Like making eye contact, not being able to socialise well the NT fashion, etc.
However I still stick to my guns, it's obvious whenever a disorder or "disorder" arises, tons of people jump on the cowboys-and-indians bandwagon. They pretend to be part of a "disabled" group to sooth whatever identity crisis they might be encountering. And they often proceed to use it to gain sympathy from people.
Now I am not insensitive to people going through identity crises, however, stealing a seat in someone else's community or culture is unnacceptable. They usually always choose disabled people because it's like a sub-conscious bullying game, they know disabled people usually aren't strong enough to stand up to it.
Point is though, if your not Aspergian, and your claiming to be Aspergian, claiming to speak from a 1st hand perspective, then your opinions on our issues are just plain invalid.
Steve, I do not know if your Aspergian or not, I don't know you on a personal basis. Maybe you are, maybe your not. Who knows?
A diagnosis doesn't always mean anything, some of the most Aspergian people on here aren't diagnosed. And, some who are diagnosed I often question, as you stated above, "professioanls" can be unreliable. They might dx someone with any random disorder they can exagerate "symptoms" to in order to sell pills or something that'll make them money.
However, I would say in general, the majority of people who aren't diagnosed are the most likely ones to be fisher price Aspergians.

We all seem to have an innate sense about ourselves and our surroundings no matter how high or low functioning we may be. I am a currently self diagnosed aspie soon to be DX'd, yet I am not looking to say either way that self diagnosis is always acurate. Maybe some of us are depressed and loners and feel these are tell tale signs of Aspergers who knows...The point is those of us here are looking to commune and relate to people whom we feel are like us.

We are far more intelligent and empathetic than to turn away someone as I am sure we have all been turned away due to illogical thinking such that someone does not seem aspie or autisitc enough for this site. When you think about it wouldnt you say thoughts like those seem more Neurotypical than anything