Do I have Asperger's?

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I'm not really sure where else to go about this issue, but I think I have Asperger's syndrome. I have related to a lot of articles and seen a lot of myself in the symptoms of Asperger's. Sorry if this is a long post, but bear with me. I tend to have very obsessive, narrow interests. For instance, I got interested in filming things and I wanted a specific model of camera. I learned everything I could about it, read reviews, watched reviews, everything I could do. For a while, it was all I would talk about. I feel that I am clumsy; I learned to ride a bike at age 11. As long as we're talking about clumsiness, I absolutely can't play soccer or basketball. I simply can't. I trip over my own feet playing soccer. I am very awkward; I just don't know how to react to some things. Also, I can't get a waitress's attention. It feels so weird to ask for something as simple as extra napkins or whatever. Everyone I meet has an impression that I'm intelligent. My teachers, parents, peers, etc. I love having a routine; I hate change. I develop habits extremely easily. I'm not very good at making friends, but when someone becomes friends with me, they tend to love me. In a relationship, I don't really know what to do. I show affection, but I do have a hard time verbalizing it when in person. The most I can do is "I love you," or "You're amazing," but nothing more than that. The thing is, I really want relationships, I'm just bad at creating them.

A big thing is that I can't empathize. I have a very hard time "standing in someone else's shoes." Someone, for example, will tell me that their grandmother has died, and I just won't know what to say, and I really won't care too much, even though I have had a grandmother die. It feels like I'm being rude ad mean.

Even with all those symptoms, I have reasons to think that I don't have Asperger's. I lack autistic behavior, like a sensory issue. I have a distaste to loud noises though. I will hear someone putting away silverware and get angry for some reason. It's weird. I had no delay or problem at any time with speaking.

The biggest thing is that I probably would have been diagnosed as a child. I'm only 14 (if knowing that helps), so at this day in age, a child with AS would not have gone unnoticed.

I don't really know where else to turn. I feel that if I tell a guidance counselor, my school will try to put me in special classes, but I doubt my school has a social skills class. The point is, I just want to know if I have Asperger's or not, and if I should get help. Thanks very much.

I do not believe autistic behavior is sensory issues. Autistics/aspergers tend to have sensory issues ie: co-morbid sensory processing disorder (SPD)

So - you can be autistic or have aspergers without sensory issues - but it is common for aspies to have them

But to just let you know - getting angry as a reaction to noise sounds like a sensory issue to me.

I may be wrong... but this is what I remember when researching aspergers/autism.

you can take an online test

http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

oh I totally get that

Glad that test helped! It sure helped me too

My results:

Your Aspie score: 185 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 17 of 200

Autism/Aspergers is a spectrum, as you probably read. I wish you an easy road to diagnosis

@alecazam - You're a pretty good writer. It's refreshing. I get so tired sometimes of having to wade through poor grammar and spelling just to get the gist of someone's post. It's very tiring to "correct" their mistakes as I'm reading. The fact that lots of these posters are twice your age is also disappointing, lazy, and inexcusable. Yeah, that's the aspie in me. I can't help it. Welcome to WP.

Talk to your doctor.