Aspie or borderline?

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I'm wondering if im more borderline personality disorderd/ADHD than asperger. My little bother was diagnosed 1 month ago with asperger. (Made perfect sense that I should have it too)

Started going to a psychiatrist 3 weeks ago, she even nodded saying "You might have som traits of being an aspie"

- Now to my question -
I've never been the typical stereotype of people with asperger. I've always been that tough guy who did everything, came with the right responses - followed by people looking up to me and tons of things similar
- I've always been very violent but fair.
I know i understand social rules extremely well (by my definition) and before i ended up in this badass depression i was a funny/cool/respected(?) guy with tons of friends and social interaction was no big deal.
Even when i meet people now I just got it at the back of my head that "you're handicapped/autism) and it kinda strikes me down.. wtf to do?

For NT's I've tried more than most poeple around my age (and older)
I've been aware that i might have autism for less than 5 weeks.
I've always known there was something off about me. Just didnt know what.
I've been reading about split personalitiy disorder // Schizo points were made, but nothing that said "bam"

No one in here can diagnose you, so there´s only one solution to that question: Get a real test - and don´t feel bad, if it´s more, than a couple of traits.
No matter your level of ASD or something like it - you can learn from it - locate your weak points - and your strong ones.
You seem to have some real social strengths. Some of it, you might have studied to learn (tough guy with all the right responses) and some you might just have developed by intuition.

Think of ASD as a different personality. Any personality has its strong and weak points. That´s it.

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Wasn't looking for a diagnosis either, is there any test online you are familiar with? the ones i've taken were waste of time.

Just wondering if anybody else had similar experiences, all tho the most responses i've seen has been big anxiety and so on.

Normally i feel im not in peace all tho when my head isn't analyzing and overthinking everything my natural response is on point. Everybody seems shocked when my head FINALY stops thinking.. its depressing knowing you got more than it takes to be "normal" but just cant stop thinking and just live in the moment..

Take these tests:

http://www.wired.com/2001/12/aqtest/

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

And see what scores you get. If you score borderline, then either you have it or just some of it and if you score below, you probably don't have it and if you score high, then you probably very likely you do have it.

Did 3 tests.


All negative, implying im VERY NT..

All tho, who says im not just answering according to my normal respond mechanism? I've only been aware of "autism" for 5 weeks.. I know loads of my information according to people are from other individuals from school etc.. I just don't get the fact that i also got this "hyperfocus" people are talking about and more traits but hey i might be autism but been too much around NTs might make you one? If you battle your struggles or define yourself as a specific type of the group etc .. hell i need a psychiatrist more than every 2nd week -_-


anyway, thanks for posting those tests. Made me think hell of alot more on this

my scores are stated below.. I'd like to see if any with the diagnosis have similar scores like me?

AQ scored 23

Aspie test
Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 93 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 129 of 200
You are very likely neurotypical

and some psychcentral where i scored 28 (0-29 not likely autism)

holy s**t, took and borderline test

0-19 was not likely
33 & up - Severe

Scored 36

Guess i got some stuff to talk with my psychiatrist

Good! Take them. It will be a good place to start.