It's official! I'm an Aspie! yea!!

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Congratulations.
I find it very ...odd you're so happy about it. Actually, it's awesome you're happy.
I'm still very confused about the whole deal.

The process is not set in stone. It took a lot of sessions and some tests in my case, as well as a theraphist and neuropsychiatrist... but as far as I know, there's no "Asperger's test".
I suppose you have to trust the doctor. One hour and a half, with previous indication, interviews might be enough, I think. As long as it's done by a certified professional.

I am not so sure I will feel happy about. All this when the day comes. But who knows?

Matthew

Yes, I will try to do that.



I think it didn't take long because I don't need to go through all the steps for a diagnosis because I don't need it for any disability relief and I'm not a child so there isn't a *lot* of guidelines. She is one of the few experts (she is a child psychologist who specializes in autism and asperger's so she gets all the adults referred to her to) in my entire state (which is arkansas--so we don't actually need a lot of experts). She has been in the field for awhile. I'm sure it is easy for her to tell. She actually did point out my eye contact is lacking and that I do stim with my hands while I am nervous. I wasn't sure how long it would take. But I guess I'm pretty obvious.

I also didn't know for sure how i would feel about it. . .in fact I was amazed at how happy and relieved I was. Asperger's explains pretty much every issue I have (and had) in my life. I think I was worried if i didn't have it, then I couldn't understand myself. . .

I too am recently diagnosed officially, but I had suspected I was somewhere on the spectrum for years. I was very much hoping for the diagnosis and I got it. I too am very proud to be an aspie. Welcome to the aspie community lol. I hope you do get the right therapies now. I know I will be enrolled in disability services at my grad school and now get the kinds of services I need at school. And yes I love that here at WP we don't have to worry about bad reactions to our optimistic outlook on our diagnosis.

Same here it's been 5 weeks now since I was diagnosed.

How does it feel to know what you are?Relieving isn't it and you have come to the right place. The amount of aspies is on the rise today wrong planet tommorow the world muahaha.

Congratulations I guess

Well, I had my second visit with my expert therapist, and it was wonderful! We figured out that my whole life I have been defining myself by the negative things people told me about myself, so she told me I have to find out who I am. I also asked about how she knew that I was an aspie within three minutes (besides the fact that she is an expert, I wanted to know what gave it away). She thought about it for a minute, and then looked at me and said (nicely), "Well, look how you are sitting right now." I look and realized I'm slouched. She said, "I could tell by the way you carry yourself, you seem to be stuck in that awkward preteen-teenage stage, we need to get you out of that stage."
So that was a relief too. My husband was wondering (and mind you, he doesn't understand Asperger's in the slightest, and at the moment has no inclination to learn about it, which is rather frustrating) if I didn't manage to incorporate all the stuff I read about Asperger's when I was obsessing (perseverating really). I mentioned this to my therapist, and she said, "You can't fake Asperger's." So that made me feel better too (I was also slightly worried that maybe I managed to do that--despite the evidence that suggested I have always been like this ).

I'm actually going to post this here as a reply, and I think move it out to the main page. . .

How can it be a relief to have a disablility????

This is how I now feel, I always had felt different but wish I was an NT, why would anyone enjoying being an Aspie? I think they are fooling themselves and not being honest !

Life stinks since I know what I now have, and have had all my life.

It’s a good feeling, especially for those diagnosed in adulthood, because it explains so much. It’s almost as if you’ve found your whole self. I looked at it as an “Aha!” moment.

For me it's not a good feeling.I was diagnosed In May at age 44 and to be honest I hate it, now I have become withdrawn and feel ashamed to have it. What's great about it???

Not AS, but I recently myself got diagnosed with an ASD; it's kind of a mixed bag. Doesn't help that my parents really don't agree with the whole community as a whole and are more traditional on their beliefs, but it's nice seeing your faults and being able to identify what things are actually problem points.

I'm happy for you.

It’s good because of what I wrote in my post. And what are you ashamed of? Shame comes from things that you can control and regret acting upon afterward. Would you rather have not received a diagnosis and continued to go through life wondering, as I would have, “What in the hell is wrong with me?” At least you know for sure what you’re dealing with. Attitude goes a long way, too. It’s not as though you were diagnosed with liver cancer. A book that has really helped me is “Be Different,” by John Elder Robison. Hang in there.

Being diagnosed, as an adult atleast, takes ages (or it seems like it). When you finally get an answer and ONE diagnosis you can put all your quirks into, it is definitly a relief. I suspect most of those getting diagnosed as an adult has always felt like an outsider and a weirdo. A name for it is very welcome, and feeling like an insider suddenly, in a community like WP, is also a relief.

Congrats I'm happy you're so happy about it.

I was diagnosed with having AS, and my parents were asked about me as a young child. Yet no one picked up on it in all those years.