WHy cant anything help my aspergers?

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Ive tried oxytocin spray- gave me heart palpitations- had 2 leav work numberous times for a racing heart...

kolonapin made me drug addicted to it.....so i quit luckily.....

anti depressants suck and dont work.........

going out with people didnt make me more social..... i still stood quiet.........

my gf left me cus i dont have anything intresting to say plus im wierd.........

energy drinks..... or whatever didnt help.........

exercising dosent make me more social...........

I cant gain wieght.......

ive been trying for years.... im thinking about quiting my fast food job and going on disability.......

I don't see how anti-depressants would help unless you're clinically depressed, talking to people would make you more social, reading interesting stuff and talking about it might make you more interesting, a combination of eating more and exercising would make you gain weight

Asperger's is not something you can cure. To be completely honest, I don't know if I would want to cure myself even if I could. I doubt I would be as good as I am at math and pattern recognition if I was an NT.

Think of the positives, and try to find a support group or other people that will listen and understand. They're out there, I promise. The good news is that you can always improve in your weak areas if you have the desire.

What kind of people are you trying to hang out with?

I have been trying for years to figure it all out, without any kind of support from anyone or even any knowledge of just how different I am from everyone around me and there is usually just one constant I have always found, people are generally not worth it.

Stop trying to fit in with them, and start fitting in with what you want to do, in time you will naturally find people who gravitate to you and do not mind so much that you are "weird"

You can spend years trying to fit in with these people, or you can accept the fact that they just do not want you and go find other people who do not have the (irony, don't you just love it?) social hang-ups that so called normal people have.

From your other posts, you have WAAAAY more going on than just Aspergers. Seek professional therapy is my personal advice and work on the comorbids first. AS in and of itself is less a big deal than the Anxiety and Depression that come with it. IOW: I think you are focusing on the wrong things and in the wrong ways.

For one thing depression

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You post an awful lot about how "dark" or "hopeless" thing are (like in this thread) Try getting help from an actual competent professional. You'll have to hunt one down but they can help you to help yourself better I think. ASD and depression are really two different things. Depression is way more harmful IMHO.

You could also easily have body dsymorphia going on or GI issues what with your weight gain thing. Like I said... More comorbids than AS itself. But go get help from a real professional instead of asking a bunch of people from the internet....

There is no medication effective for any type of autism. You do not have a 'disease' that can be cured. Autism is a disability, like dyslexia or a club foot.

You are who you are because your brain is CONFIGURED that way, you can't change that. Stop hating yourself for being different than the norm, there's nothing WRONG with who you are. It just means because your brain is a slightly different model than most, there are certain things that will always be a little more difficult for you than for others, just as you will have knacks and abilities they won't get. Some things you'll get better at as you get older. It helps to put yourself in places where you can socialize fairly comfortably with people who have similar interests. Social skills are learned only by doing, failing, and doing again. Its often frustrating, but doping won't change it. Trust me, I've tried.

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Dude.... Seriously, GROSSLY depressed...

Is there ANYONE you can talk to besides the internet? Can you get access to professional help?

Asperger's isn't something medication can fix, you need to work on your skills and certain issues you have.

Going to a therapist is a good start. Maybe reading more about autism, depression and trying to get a better understanding of yourself will help. Also, don't focus so much on socialising. I did and was miserable. It's better to focus on something you're good at. If you don't think you are then go out and find something you could probably do.
We're usually good at picking up interests.

I agree with the suggestion that it may be more than AS. Depression is common on the spectrum, but a mistake that people with both these things tend to make is that depression is simply part of AS. Try looking into a therapist that can assess you for depression...if you do have it, make sure it is separately addressed from your AS, since they present and work together in different ways.