Is brain damage the problem?

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Hi hope someone will answer this topic.
I recently posted for suicidal issues and i am still going through a very hard time, but i wondered if i had Aspergers or brain damage.
Before a serious head injury i had in 2010 due to a bad fall i had some symptoms of Aspergers such as social awkwardness and sorting objects. I also read quite early and prefered reading than other things.
I dont think i had childhood brain damage as there are no records at the hospital of having hypoxia or anoxia or damage due to forceps or whathever. I tried to kill myself yesterday night as i cant bare life anymore always beeing in doubt about having brain damage.
Anyway my psychiatrist before told me that maybe i only had social phobia and not Aspergers because i am kind of outgoing towards people and this is not a sign of autism as for him usually autistic people are pretty introvert .
Maybe is it the result of a brain injury.
I was diagnosed with Aspergers by a multidisciplinary team composed of neuropsychologist child psychiatrist and neurologist. I did the Ados 2 and wais iv as well as Vineland scale as well as the Autism Quotient test. If there was brain damage would have it been ruled out?
What do you think?

I have been examined by a neurologist who told me that i probably didn't have brain damage as for today.
Do you think my aspergers was caused by a trauma? I know it can cause autism like symptoms but not the condition itself. Also how can i,figure it out if i have brain damage or not?
I dont think my injury was severe because my glasgow coma score was good all the way through.
Some doctors told me it could have been severe because there was i tiny blood clot which went away by itself but maybe in some cases it can cause permanent brain damage.
Do you think Aspergers can be caused by a brain injury?

I have brain damage.

Do you have "flat affect" mostly ? I feel like my "flat affect" is from brain damage.

I feel emotion, it's just that the emotion rarely manifests facial expressions.

I once won $6000 on a slot machine, and people were telling me that I should "get excited". I was inside, but the neurological message doesn't go to my facial expressions.

I am having an MRI scan on Thursday to determine if my brain is damaged or not.

I have been emotionally flat for as long as I can remember, and my memory is beyond abysmal. Even though psychiatrists and doctors ascribe all of my problems to poor mental health, I refuse to accept that a foggy/blank mind that has lasted for over five years is nothing more than depression and anxiety. If my brain scan results are clear or inconclusive then I don't know what I will do. Suicide might be my only viable option, as I cannot endure such absent-mindedness and emotional numbness for the rest of my life.

I cannot fathom how anyone could be content with a mind that doesn't think about anything the majority of the time. If I were a neurotypical, I could mask some of my problems by socialising with other nitwits. But alas, I am autistic and cannot relate to anyone.

It's not brain damage- it's brain evolution.

Brain damage could give rise to autism-like symptoms, indeed.
I would recommend you find a licensed mental health specialist (preferably one with experience in autism), which might be able to tell the difference.

I was born cyanotic meaning I wasn't getting enough oxygen which may have caused some brain damage.

But if there is brain damage, it's not something that an be surgically repaired, so it doesn't really matter to me one way or the other.

My impairments and difficulties are the same either way. Treatment, therapy, coping etc are the same either way.

I'm in the same boat either way, so it's like what difference does it make which ocean I'm stuck in?

I've had different jargon thrown at me as to the particulars of my condition. It could be this, it could be that.... "What's the difference in the end result?" I ask. "Well....blah blah bah...." they tell me. Translation: there really isn't any.

Back in the 1960s and previously, they attributed many "minor" disorders to "minimal brain damage." So "minimal" that it cannot be detected through any means scientists had in those days.

I was cyanotic at birth and I always wondered if it could be related to my issues (this was back before I even heard of Asperger's Syndrome). There was some speculation by researchers about the link between anoxia and autism for awhile. More recently research seems to be pointed in the direction of neural development, and ASD brains having more neural connections that NT brains, which seems to be the exact opposite of brain damage.

I also have symptoms of dyspraxia, which is characterised by poor coordination and motor skills. Problems with working memory are also associated with it. There is a lot of overlap between ASD and dyspraxia.

These things are all just collections of symptoms, and I suspect there's more than a single cause. About all you can do is deal with the symptoms, through medication, coping strategies, maybe certain kinds of occupational therapy in some cases.