AS discovered as adult anyone?

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Nope, I'm a 100% certain, self DX myself.



LOL...I feel the same way...

I just wanted to have my suspicion confirmed, purely for my own information.


My meltdowns worried me the most. I also noticed that I lacked certain skills that everybody else seemed to have (mostly social skills and EQ) and that worried me too. I was afraid I might have something serious that might potentially get a lot worse one day.


I'm a very private person too. I think my AS is a part of the reason why I'm reticent, but I also think previous and frequent bad experiences with other people are a big part of the reason. I just don't feel like dealing with more crap from people. I don't feel like giving them more ammo to use against me.


I agree. When I discovered AS and came to WP for the first time, it was like I finally found my own planet. I usually feel like an alien among other people and feel like there's a mutual lack of understanding, so it was great to finally come across a group of people who understand.

Sweet! I'm delighted for you - if only life was always like this...

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2004. Noone thought it right at the time but nothing fit and they'd run out of labels to apply. 04 was the same year I looked at AS as a possibility but the joys of the NHS and multiple locum psychiatrists or trainees on rotation meant slowly the reality of my illness was masked by the ever important label. I never had hallucinations, no voices etc and while I was considered as having delusions, the truth was I knew there was nothing reaisticl about my worries of remote sensing by govt (I was obsessed with ESP's, psychics and remote sensers and the documents I read suggested they were real experiences trialled by governments. I value my personal privacy and worried about the potential for this. Quite different from believing they were after me for some reason)

Anyway after having a baby and against the odds staying quite sane without so much as baby blues, a pdoc agreed I needed reassessed. Sadly I was moved to a different doc and it took a while to persuade him but when I did he agreed to have ms assessed for ASD.

I'm now in the process of getting diagnosed. Im terrified theyll tell me im insane afterall as i feel an ASD dx is far more suited to me than any of the mental health criteria.

I'm in my 30s now and I honestly don't believe diagnosis in my teens would have helped me. I'm a stubborn Person and wouldn't have taken on board what it meant. I would still have strived for the unattainable.

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I discovered AS when I was 19. For me there was nothing like coming to terms with it in my case - I accepted it immediately, with a feeling of HUGE relief. It explained so much. I finally felt that I had an explanation of why I was like that. I just can't imagine finding out later (I discovered it late, as an adult teen but it would be horrible if I did it like let's say 20 years later, after my MANY futile attempts of trying to change). It would be great if I discovered it (AT LEAST) 10 years earlier. In my case my putative AS is severe enough to prevent me from being able to convince myself that I'm just like others, only eccentric.

Me, before 3 weeks ago. I'm 39 years old.