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24 Mar 2012, 7:51 am
24 Mar 2012, 8:00 am
vortex wrote:
Hi,
I'm sure people have done this before and I'm sorry if it's annoying. I suspect I might have AS and I can't stop thinking about it. I've suspected it for a couple of years and I could really use your opinion on whether you think I've got it or not and if it's a good idea pursuing a diagnosis. This is me:
- I hate smalltalk and I don't understand it.
- I don't like looking people I don't know in the eye.
- I hardly ever understand jokes if they're not exactly my kind of humour.
- Never particularly liked hanging out with people my own age. Found, and still find, people older than me more
interesting.
- I can't really multitask.
- Find it difficult to make up stories and pretend.
- Find it difficult to express certain feelings.
- I don't really empathise with people I don't know.
- I can't function without routines and planning. I don't handle change well. If someone interrupts my routines or make changes for me I freak out.
- I'm very sensitive to sounds. Use earplugs a lot and can't even listen to music that often.
- I’ve always collected things and what I thought was fun about it was being able to sit for hours just sorting stuff. I had about 500 ice-hockey cards when I was young for example. I could sit in my room for hours sorting them and then when I was done start all over again.
- I value knowledge, fact and rules greatly. My siblings often said I was the police in the house because I always busted them if they did something wrong when we were younger.
- I'm very interested in numbers and I love learning.
- I have very focused areas of interest and I only have one interest at a time. Astrophysics, gravity, Rubik’s Cube, Physiology, Photography, maths, World War II, neuroscience, playing the piano, Flags, Harry Potter and ice-hockey are examples of things I’ve been interested in over the years. But only one thing at a time.
- I've felt different and socially awkward my whole life without knowing why.
- I'm a black-and-white thinker.
- I'm very easily annoyed and irritable.
I could say a lot more, but this list is getting long already. Anyway, I'd really appreciate if you'd let me know what you think. Oh and I score consistently high on the AQ-test, low on the EQ-test and high on SQ. I know you can't really trust test on the internet. But still.
Anyway, I don't know what to do.
Thanks for helping.
I'm sure people have done this before and I'm sorry if it's annoying. I suspect I might have AS and I can't stop thinking about it. I've suspected it for a couple of years and I could really use your opinion on whether you think I've got it or not and if it's a good idea pursuing a diagnosis. This is me:
- I hate smalltalk and I don't understand it.
- I don't like looking people I don't know in the eye.
- I hardly ever understand jokes if they're not exactly my kind of humour.
- Never particularly liked hanging out with people my own age. Found, and still find, people older than me more
interesting.
- I can't really multitask.
- Find it difficult to make up stories and pretend.
- Find it difficult to express certain feelings.
- I don't really empathise with people I don't know.
- I can't function without routines and planning. I don't handle change well. If someone interrupts my routines or make changes for me I freak out.
- I'm very sensitive to sounds. Use earplugs a lot and can't even listen to music that often.
- I’ve always collected things and what I thought was fun about it was being able to sit for hours just sorting stuff. I had about 500 ice-hockey cards when I was young for example. I could sit in my room for hours sorting them and then when I was done start all over again.
- I value knowledge, fact and rules greatly. My siblings often said I was the police in the house because I always busted them if they did something wrong when we were younger.
- I'm very interested in numbers and I love learning.
- I have very focused areas of interest and I only have one interest at a time. Astrophysics, gravity, Rubik’s Cube, Physiology, Photography, maths, World War II, neuroscience, playing the piano, Flags, Harry Potter and ice-hockey are examples of things I’ve been interested in over the years. But only one thing at a time.
- I've felt different and socially awkward my whole life without knowing why.
- I'm a black-and-white thinker.
- I'm very easily annoyed and irritable.
I could say a lot more, but this list is getting long already. Anyway, I'd really appreciate if you'd let me know what you think. Oh and I score consistently high on the AQ-test, low on the EQ-test and high on SQ. I know you can't really trust test on the internet. But still.
Anyway, I don't know what to do.
Thanks for helping.
Welcome to the Wrong Planet!
AQ and EQ/SQ are psychometric screening tools, they are not a diagnosis but, they are scientific.
Your list of symptoms sounds like aspie traits. Based on that and the tests, you have high probability of being on the spectrum.
This book may be of interest to you: The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome, Tony Attwood
To be sure, find someone experienced with Asperger's to diagnose you officially. If anything is unclear to you find second opinion.
There is quite a lot of threads already about it so you might be interested in reading them.
24 Mar 2012, 8:07 am
24 Mar 2012, 8:18 am
vortex wrote:
Thank you.
Thing is, I have friends and I can function with other people even though it drains me. Having said that, I don't have many friends and I definitely avoid meeting new people. Anyway, because I do have a few friends and seem quite normal (though seeming highly introverted and addicted to planning) people don't believe I have AS. I've never tried to get an official diagnosis though. Should I?
Thing is, I have friends and I can function with other people even though it drains me. Having said that, I don't have many friends and I definitely avoid meeting new people. Anyway, because I do have a few friends and seem quite normal (though seeming highly introverted and addicted to planning) people don't believe I have AS. I've never tried to get an official diagnosis though. Should I?
Judging from the fact that you took the time end effort to post here, and previously to research the AS, than you must be at least very curious
Official diagnosis is the only way to know. The thing is that it's easy to misdiagnose oneself, because it's impossible to be objective. On the other hand there are currently no reliable objective test for AS. So trust yourself first, than the "professionals". You know yourself better than anyone else.
But if they'll consider an alternative diagnosis (like ADD, SPD, or whatever) consider it as well and only than prove them wrong.
Problem is that it's difficult to diagnose adults and even more girls.
Having friends does not mean you don't have AS. It's the amount of effort it takes to keep those friendships going that matters.
For more thoughts on the subject see the Attwood's book. There is also detailed info on advantages/disadvantages of official diagnosis.
I'm currently trying to find someone competent in AS in my country, but it may be difficult ;/ but I need to know.
24 Mar 2012, 8:26 am
kojot wrote:
vortex wrote:
Thank you.
Thing is, I have friends and I can function with other people even though it drains me. Having said that, I don't have many friends and I definitely avoid meeting new people. Anyway, because I do have a few friends and seem quite normal (though seeming highly introverted and addicted to planning) people don't believe I have AS. I've never tried to get an official diagnosis though. Should I?
Thing is, I have friends and I can function with other people even though it drains me. Having said that, I don't have many friends and I definitely avoid meeting new people. Anyway, because I do have a few friends and seem quite normal (though seeming highly introverted and addicted to planning) people don't believe I have AS. I've never tried to get an official diagnosis though. Should I?
Judging from the fact that you took the time end effort to post here, and previously to research the AS, than you must be at least very curious
Official diagnosis is the only way to know. The thing is that it's easy to misdiagnose oneself, because it's impossible to be objective. On the other hand there are currently no reliable objective test for AS. So trust yourself first, than the "professionals". You know yourself better than anyone else.
But if they'll consider an alternative diagnosis (like ADD, SPD, or whatever) consider it as well and only than prove them wrong.
Problem is that it's difficult to diagnose adults and even more girls.
Having friends does not mean you don't have AS. It's the amount of effort it takes to keep those friendships going that matters.
For more thoughts on the subject see the Attwood's book. There is also detailed info on advantages/disadvantages of official diagnosis.
I'm currently trying to find someone competent in AS in my country, but it may be difficult ;/ but I need to know.
Yeah, I'm just afraid I'm not looking at it objectively either. I mean, to me I've either got AS or many of the traits but I don't know for sure. I want to look it up to get confirmation and an explanation.
How come it's more difficult to diagnose girls by the way?
