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22 Jan 2014, 7:38 pm

So the first time I heard of aspergers was when I had a psych eval in the military. It was one of several things she thought I may have. I didn't think much of it then. I was having major problems getting used to my new life in the military and it was only getting worse. I looked back at my papers, and it says "adjustment disorder" for the reason of discharge from the military, so I'm not sure if she actually diagnosed me with that or not.

A few years later, I was asked if I had aspergers by a coworker. By this time I had forgotten that aspergers was mentioned to me before. I started to get curious about it and I asked my best friend, who is an OT and worked with autistic kids. She said that she thought for years that I was aspie.

That was 2 years ago. Since then I've been obsessed with reading about autism and trying to figure myself out. I did all the common online tests and scored pretty high on all of them.

I found out that the son of one of my friends has aspergers and I asked her about it and told her about my suspicions. She said she agreed with my suspicions.

I asked someone else who is a registered counselor. At first, she seemed to agree that I might be on the spectrum, but after a while, she seemed to stop thinking I have AS because I had a lot of anxiety :? I don't see how that excludes the possibility of it being AS

The latest "confirmation" was today. My OT friend asked one of her friends, who knows me, if she thought I was on the spectrum.. (She works with autistic kids in a special school district) Her reply was "Oh, he totally is!"

After I heard about that, I felt really good! I felt validation and was glad that I seem to be on the right track in figuring out my brain :lol: I guess the next step is to find someone who can do an assessment and make it "official".


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22 Jan 2014, 7:49 pm

jetbuilder wrote:
So the first time I heard of aspergers was when I had a psych eval in the military. It was one of several things she thought I may have. I didn't think much of it then. I was having major problems getting used to my new life in the military and it was only getting worse. I looked back at my papers, and it says "adjustment disorder" for the reason of discharge from the military, so I'm not sure if she actually diagnosed me with that or not.

A few years later, I was asked if I had aspergers by a coworker. By this time I had forgotten that aspergers was mentioned to me before. I started to get curious about it and I asked my best friend, who is an OT and worked with autistic kids. She said that she thought for years that I was aspie.

That was 2 years ago. Since then I've been obsessed with reading about autism and trying to figure myself out. I did all the common online tests and scored pretty high on all of them.

I found out that the son of one of my friends has aspergers and I asked her about it and told her about my suspicions. She said she agreed with my suspicions.

I asked someone else who is a registered counselor. At first, she seemed to agree that I might be on the spectrum, but after a while, she seemed to stop thinking I have AS because I had a lot of anxiety :? I don't see how that excludes the possibility of it being AS

The latest "confirmation" was today. My OT friend asked one of her friends, who knows me, if she thought I was on the spectrum.. (She works with autistic kids in a special school district) Her reply was "Oh, he totally is!"

After I heard about that, I felt really good! I felt validation and was glad that I seem to be on the right track in figuring out my brain :lol: I guess the next step is to find someone who can do an assessment and make it "official".


Well it is good that you have a support system that is empathetic to you. Hopefully you will be able to get in to see someone soon (some places take months to get an appt.) and get a definitive answer. May I ask what you plan on doing once you know for sure?



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22 Jan 2014, 8:02 pm

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May I ask what you plan on doing once you know for sure?


My goal is to get help with being more self sufficient and improve my executive functioning. I have never lived on my own and I'm not that great at taking care of myself. I also want to improve my communication skills. I have a hard time talking to people face to face. Eventually I wanna go back to school so I can get a better job.

I had no kind of help in school. I did horribly and with the exception of one of my elementary school teachers thinking I had ADD, no one tried to figure out the underlying cause.


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22 Jan 2014, 8:17 pm

Well those sound like good goals for a diagnosis. (Not that any reason wouldn't be a good reason.) Sorry I was just curious. I had no specific intent.

I never really wanted to get diagnosed. I thought there was no way I could be, still do some days. I had a therapist who set it up and insisted I go. So to shut him up (he was an idiot anyway) I went. I didn't have the self discovery thing till after so I was just curious.