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14 Apr 2011, 7:39 pm

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Oh and Congrats to you Verdandi... I really need to find the resources to get this done myself. I honestly don't put too much time into finding out at this point though because I'm fairly well adapted to NT life.... but I know inside what I am. I'm so glad you got some closure though! I'm excited for you!

I was fortunate in Washington that even with the slashed budget enough resources are available to get this far. I just hope it's enough.

I am soooo not adapted to NT life. I knew I was for sure, but it's good having paperwork.

And thanks!

Thank you to CockneyRebel, too.

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14 Apr 2011, 8:06 pm

Slightly belated congrats!

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14 Apr 2011, 11:15 pm

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

Slightly belated congrats!

Slightly belated thank you!

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14 Apr 2011, 11:35 pm

Congratulations! You must feel so relieved and vindicated. If I was in your place I'd be smugly thinking a big 'up yours!' to anyone and everyone who ever doubted me. Good on ya, luv! :wink: Ooops, a bit of cockney slipped out with excitement. :lol:

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14 Apr 2011, 11:40 pm

congratulations!

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15 Apr 2011, 12:41 am

Congratulations.

draelynn wrote:

Doesn't everyone just hide in the bedroom and hope the Jehovah's will stop knocking and politely go away?

My shrink wants me to be assertive. I find them very convenient to practice assertiveness on.

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15 Apr 2011, 1:09 am

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Doesn't everyone just hide in the bedroom and hope the Jehovah's will stop knocking and politely go away?

when i see the mormon missionaries on their bikes come pedaling up the lane, i close the curtains and mute the tv and stereo and try to look like an unoccupied place, which is harder to do with a car parked outside. wish i had a garage.

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15 Apr 2011, 1:40 am

i'm sorry. i'm a little confused... you want to be diagnosed with aspergers?

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15 Apr 2011, 1:50 am

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i'm sorry. i'm a little confused... you want to be diagnosed with aspergers?

No, I am diagnosed with Asperger's. I wanted to be diagnosed yesterday. I explained why earlier in the thread.

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15 Apr 2011, 3:46 am

Paramour wrote:

i'm sorry. i'm a little confused... you want to be diagnosed with aspergers?

These days people with it want to get diagnosed to see if they have it or not or they need it to get social security or to get other help in life or to have an explanation for their problems so people don't think it's all made up and so they understand them better. And there are aspies out there who don't want to be diagnosed with it because they don't see the point in it and don't see how it would change anything so why waste money? Not all aspies need a diagnoses. And some feel they don't need another label because they have enough already and enough problems.

But even with a diagnoses, it still doesn't always make people understand you better because there is ignorance about it or they just don't care if you have it or not so they refuse to accommodate you or cut you some slack or people treat you different because of the label and make false assumptions about you or treat you like you are mentally challenged.

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15 Apr 2011, 4:25 am

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A weird part for me was describing what I thought were mild examples of say, how I deal with routines and disruptions to those routines (like unannounced visitors: The answer is I don't deal with them) and have them described back to me as "extremely rigid."

I could actually tell through you're posts that your issues weren't mild.

I lock myself in my room too with music up. With mormons or whoever I actually don't see them coming. I'm too much into my own interests and there's no way to peek once someone is at the door. So I just nod 'yes yes' and thank them for the latest item to add to my recycle bin.

People really don't understand why we seek a diagnoses. When we begin to notice we are different and that this whole time there were others that actually related to us when we thought we could only be the only person like this, it's a relief and it's good to have it written down in paper.
My diagnoses only gets me on a pension and an employment service but as far as treating my symptoms it doesn't do much. There's promises of social skills classes that never happen. But with a diagnoses of ADHD at least you get on medication. By the way, will you be going on medication?

An official diagnoses also puts an end to the uncertainty of knowing for sure if you have AS or not. People really don't understand how confusing and frustrating that time of your life is like.

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15 Apr 2011, 8:21 am

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Verdandi wrote:

I could actually tell through you're posts that your issues weren't mild.

I remember you saying before, and it was a bit of a surprise then too.

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I lock myself in my room too with music up. With mormons or whoever I actually don't see them coming. I'm too much into my own interests and there's no way to peek once someone is at the door. So I just nod 'yes yes' and thank them for the latest item to add to my recycle bin.

My window is right next to the front door, so I can usually hear people coming up if I don't have my headphones on, although I can't really look at them if they're in front of the door. I usually let other people answer, although lately I've actually had an easier time answering the door (and more rarely, the phone) for some reason.

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People really don't understand why we seek a diagnoses. When we begin to notice we are different and that this whole time there were others that actually related to us when we thought we could only be the only person like this, it's a relief and it's good to have it written down in paper.
My diagnoses only gets me on a pension and an employment service but as far as treating my symptoms it doesn't do much. There's promises of social skills classes that never happen. But with a diagnoses of ADHD at least you get on medication. By the way, will you be going on medication?

My diagnoses might help me with SSI, yes. There's also been talk of some other supports with the AS diagnoses. And talking to other autistic people has been pretty amazing as far as that goes.

Yes to the medication - although because of my anxiety, probably not stimulants. I'll try Wellbutrin, most likely, and if that fails, then maybe Strattera. If that fails, I'll push for a low stimulant dose.

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An official diagnoses also puts an end to the uncertainty of knowing for sure if you have AS or not. People really don't understand how confusing and frustrating that time of your life is like.

Oh, yes. I had some really weird anxieties about this. It did get harder and harder to indulge them as things became more and more obvious, but it really does help to hear a professional say it's real.

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15 Apr 2011, 8:48 am

Welcome to the club.

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15 Apr 2011, 9:02 am

Uh congrats I guess.. You were always "official" in my books.

I have NO PROBLEM being rude to those people who knock on my door to teach me about their God. None whatsoever.... It is almost a sport in fact and I wear my "crazy" mask just fine for that event.... Last ones I had spun their tires to get off my property they were so frightened.... (Think 2nd Hand Lions Here folks...)

Funny thing they never come back.

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15 Apr 2011, 9:20 am

Congrats!

Before you were diagnosed how where you sure you had it? Is it worth bringing the possibility up with a therapist or is it better to wait and see if they suggest it?

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15 Apr 2011, 9:20 am

Verdandi wrote:

Well, if that was YOUR experience, I'd HATE to see what a diagnostician would say about me! Is there a category BEYOND "extremely rigid"? Oppositional-Defiant, perhaps?

And yeah, I do NOT like unannounced visitors or even when the folks have had people come in to repair something and I find out at the last minute (or even days before :roll:

). I tend to go somewhere where they can't see me and I literally stop doing anything I was doing when they enter. I hate to even have to say anything to them. For some reason, I start having mild anxiety issues; my ONLY thought is that I wish they'd just GO AWAY!

If it's somebody I have asked to come over for some reason, that's different. It's always somebody I know!

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I should like to quote this if/when I start a blog. I have a wonderful name selected! First things first - a DIAGNOSIS! I can't very well have a blog about HAVING ASPERGER'S without something that lends credibility to me talking about HAVING it.

And this is a great way of looking at it!

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