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23 Aug 2009, 9:38 pm

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Personally, in my own opinion, you should really get a formal diagnosis from a doctor. I don't have the qualifications to diagnose anyone with anything more then a cold so I'm pretty sure that, although I know me pretty well, until I get a diagnosis it's just speculation.

Who knows, it may not nessisarily be autism, it might be PDDNOS or a non-verbal learning disorder. So unless you are qualified, I say leave the diagnosis to the doctor.

Now, that's not to say that doctors are 100% right, they're human, just like the rest of us and are bound to make a mistake sometime in their life, but I'd trust an MD over myself.

And hey, maybe I'm wrong. Some people who diagnose themselves are probably right. But get diagnosed anyway. And I know it takes a long time -took me 8 years of testing and therapy and people scratching their heads before it was finnaly said. But its worth it . Without a formal diagnosis you can't get the bennifits like a disability penssion or school computers or stuff.


Why did it take so long on the tests?

Many people on the spectrum might have a hard time earning an income and can't afford all the expensive tests. I would take them if it were reasonably affordable to do so...but it simply isn't. I have done what I can..I received an assessment from an AS specialist who said it seemed clear to her that I have asperger's and advised me not to bother to take the tests...it was seconded by another psychologist who um...agreed with the assessment...I spoke to him for several hours..

I am not ready to get on disability...Though i might need it someday...But I don't believe that I should not be allowed to relate to the autistic spectrum just because I don't have a piece of paper.

and I MIGHT be PDD-NOS..and that IS an ASD....it is also said that ADD is likely related to the Autistic spectrum....ADD is not just a simple blanket term for fidgety lazy kids who can pay attention...ADD is a complex issue....that has to do with a different wiring of the brain that leads to a different way of interracting with the world...


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23 Aug 2009, 11:16 pm

darby54 wrote:
km2113 wrote:
Anyone can find a professional that will tell them they have Asperger's Syndrome.
Anyone can find a professional that will tell them they have ADD.

A diagnosis is not the end all be all.

This is a really good point.

A previous post compared it to cancer, but that makes no sense since Asperger's/autism cannot be diagnosed from, say, a blood test, x-ray or biopsy.

The biopsy will tell you if your tumor is benign or malignant. The doctor will treat you for the tumor regardless. It's like saying, the AS specialist or neurologist can give you a reality check. Are you really disordered or are you just really bright and everyone around you is jealous? Doctors can help determine stuff like this.



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23 Aug 2009, 11:58 pm

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Are you really disordered or are you just really bright and everyone around you is jealous?


It' funny, for most of my life I actually attributed it to this. When I was going through Navy electronics school, the second toughest program the Navy had, (it had a 48% attrition rate out of those who could even get in), I was breezing through without even breaking a sweat, although I did induce presperation on some of my lesser instructors with some of my questions. :D When I would try to help some of the guys who weren't getting it they would invariably get mad. I was dumbfounded. Another buddy explained that perspective to me and I just assumed he was right.

What I didn't know was what I was missing with regard to my personality. I now understand that although I meet the archaic definition of "genius" in one respect, (spelling notwithstanding), I am also quite ret*d, in the delayed sence of the word, in another. This nicely explains why I can easily grasp and explain high minded theories, and yet simple things that a child should understand have to be explained to me.

See: If you've ever been told "For somebody so smart, you are sooooooo stupid" you might be an aspie.

Yea, I've been told that,.......a few times. :D



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24 Aug 2009, 8:42 am

^ I've been told that too. My experience has been, although I am above average intelligence, generally, I haven't always been able to access or make full use of it. It's kind of like being given a key but not being allowed to use the key to open the doors to freedom because the machine didn't carve it exactly right and I lost my receipt so I can't take it back and get another.