This is all so new for me. Where do I start?

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Hi everyone. Sorry for making a newbie post. My story is kind of strange. I have a seven year old son who has been diagnosed with ADHD and ASD. But I'm beginning to see that I was the same way as a child. I was in a bad school district and my parents didn't know what to look for. Doctors weren't screening for it then. I definitely have ADHD but my psychiatrist does not want to go beyond that in discussions. When I bring up other issues he says things like "you're probably just stressed out." ??! ! I've been on adderall for about a year and it has helped immensely with the concentration problems. But there's still something off about me. My son's doctor zeroed in on the fact that I walk on my toes. I have asked so many doctors about my toe walking none have ever mentioned the coloration with Autism to me before.

Okay I'm rambling. I do that even in writing, haha. Throw your best advice at me please! Books? websites? I need to get educated because I know the professionals aren't giving me the full picture. I need to figure out the best thing for my son.

Story is not strange but common here

All of this from The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome and Partnership(agrasp) website.
If what is written below sounds like you we will help you with the next steps


WHAT ARE AS, AUTISM & PDD?
Asperger Syndrome (AS) is generally considered to be a form of autism. Unlike the more severe forms of autism, people with AS exhibit little or no impairments in their speech (at most a mild delay in early childhood). But like many people with autism, they have a level of intelligence at least in the average range and often in the above-average or even superior ranges. And as with all other forms of autism it is characterized by varying degrees of deficits in social interactions and non-verbal communications. More specifically, people with AS have difficulties, sometimes severe, in perceiving the world from the perspective of another person and in “picking up” on the social “cues” (facial expressions, bodily gestures, tone of voice, etc.) that constitute such a significant part of many human interactions. As a result, having AS can mean having great abilities or talents in certain areas, but can also mean never living independently, never holding down a job for any extended period of time, and perhaps never even enjoying an intimate relationship. At the very least, it often means being an outcast and even subject to victimization in school, in the workplace, and in personal life.

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List of Female Asperger Traits from Help4Aspergers
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do some online screening tests, a good one is here http://www.aspietests.org/raads/questions.php plus there are several others around if you google "aspergers online test for adults" or something like that.

also try to get a referral to a specialist from your GP if you want the diagnosis.