At this point in my life....

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There are lots of people at my work. Many noises, fluorescent lighting, yelling in my ear while I am on the phone.

I asked to be moved to a quieter location. One where I was not forced all of this data into my skull. I did excellent the other day with out all of that stuff happening within my proximity. I could focus.

I was not allowed due to....
i don't know. i HAD to be where all of the noise was. They put me there.

A few calls later I exploded.

I don't work there anymore. I want to find out what is wrong with me. It could be a score of things not even related to Asperger's. I cannot keep a job. The only reason why I am surviving now is because of a deal with my father I have worked out. This deal is temporary and I am running out of time.

I live in the Tampa Bay Area and I have been researching on exact places to figure out what is wrong with me. Besides mental health facilities I cannot find a place that researches/tests anything with Autism for Adults. Would I be able to go a place for children to find out more information?

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There are somethings that point out that I could very well have asperger's.

I detest the masses (but I enjoy individuals once I get to know them).
I hate touch from people (but I enjoy the touch of a very special lady - either monogamous or asexual).
Depending on mood I detest eye contact.
Pedantic speech - which is atypical I guess. Superfluous, verbose, and even prosy. I have been told I need to speak in layman's terms. Often.
I am obsessive. Certain textures (jeans, tissue paper, construction paper, wet/dirty feet, ick) freak me out while others I enjoy immensely.
If I have to do a particular task a different way it really bothers me/tightens my chest.
My third eye is particularly powerful.

then there are some things that stand out that point to me not having it(as far as I know):
I'm either speaking with Everyone, or speaking with Nobody. I switch between the two like day and night. Some say they cannot tell that I detest the masses or that I have social issues.
I'm vibrant and empathetic at times. At others I am apathetic.
At times I am trusting, gullible, and easily mislead and used. Then I think everyone is a liar and no one is to be trusted.
I am being treated for depression. Sometimes on the medication-after a while-I still get depressed. That leads to suicidal thoughts.

Those parts switch.

Anywho, please don't flame me. I need help and I just wanted to get that out. I am going to speak with someone else about this matter very soon that will most likely point me out to a certain place. The only problem is that due to my deal it might mess things up and that is something I do not want to happen.

There have been points in my life where I have slept outside/starving/and generally doing the homeless thing. I am not going back to that. I want progress. I have a life... it is mine... and I want happiness and success. Right now I am barely stable, but safe.

Regardless on where you are on the spectrum everyone deserves that.

Thanks

Have you heard of sensory integration disorder? Your dislike of certain materials, your hate of fluorescent lighting and dislike of sound could be because you are hypersensitive to these things. SID is sometimes co-morbid with AS and autism.
You could have scotopic sensitivity which is light sensitivity. Have you ever tried wearing shades under fluorescent lights?

I know I am 'somewhat' light sensitive. I keep losing my shades. I go out into the sun and I am blind. It does not help me that I do live in Florida.

hmm.... my shades will need strings then. Hypersensitive? Sometimes.

What about pain though? I have broken my nose, toes, cracked my skull open, and other nasty nasty wounds and not felt a thing. You can be Hypersensitive to one thing and Hyposensitive to another?

WHO GETS TO DECIDES THIS? WHY NERVOUS SYSTEM WHY?

My son is very like this in regards to different levels of sensitivity. Somethings do not bother him at all, then other's are brutal. I am very tactile myself and enjoy a lot of sensations that would bother other people, but don't like to eat any kind of hot cereal or very cooked veggies because they are slimey. Also I've been cut and punched and electrocuted... but the one pain I cannot tolerate and wimp out over is burns. Even a tiny one from accidentally touching a hot burner or the iron hurts so badly.

For these and several other "oddities" in regards to my physical makeup I have learned to just say to myself, "Well I guess that is just one more weird thing then...", and shrug it off.

Maybe you could try to think of a way to calm yourself as soon as you start to escalate and head the fits off at the pass. Like deep breathing, or getting up to drink some water? Maybe having a Stim Toy at your desk?