I'm now convinced I have AS

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I am now totally convinced I have AS by several new pieces of information.

In a conversation with my mother I found out that my parents were aware I was different from other children by the time I was three years old. When we had some friends visiting I'd leave them in the sitting-room with my toys, take one toy and go off alone to my room to play (several other parents commented on it then and more so as I got older).

When you combine that with the facts that:
1) I am hypersensitive
2) I was born 8 weeks premature
3) I had breathing difficulties
4) Forceps delivery
5) My mother was regularly exposed to mercury during pregnancy (dental nurse)

The final piece of the puzzle that convinces me my self-diagnosis was accurate.

Convincing a doctor would be something different, but relatively unimportant from the perspective of my own process of self-discovery and acceptance (and this takes priority over the worthless opinions of the local quacks).

I have managed to get a referral, but that was mainly for depression & sleep problems although I intend to raise the issue of AS when I get to see a therapist (social workers first... *yawn*).

Cheers,

Torak

Maybe if you think of some of your behaviour as it relates to the diagnostic "triad", I just let rattle about social/communication difficulties when they got me started but I think it would have been far more coherent if I'd written some of the things down. It would certainly have saved time.

Mercury, pah!

But great you're convinced. Hope meeting with the new therapist works out well.

That's quite true regarding the mercury but I am of the general opinion that many experts will say what the pharmaceuticals industry pay them to say and that politics talks louder than science.

(cynical, me? Noooo )

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Mercury?
Was actually thinking of the god of commerce/trading for my name, loosely, had forgotten the possibly link between mercury and autism. In short, just another faux pax in the life of me. >_<
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Regardless, glad you'll be seeing someone. I'm still waiting on my father, although at this point, I should probably pick up the slack and help look. Lazy me

Good luck with the therapist, and I hope you have a fruitful relationship.

Thanks.

I forgot to mention the previous post I made (6 months ago) which went into more details, but revolved around social problems and my own knowledge of being different, also AQ 41 (I think), EQ 6 SQ 58. I never knew about my mother's revelations then.

I stim a lot also, but mainly either flexing my leg (left usually), stroking my little finger's fingernail with my forefinger after wrapping my left little-finger up in the ring finger & mid digit, also I love feeling textures on plastic chairs' arms and semi-smooth plastic items.

I heard enough to convince me, which proved a relief in many ways as I now understand a great deal more about myself.

True, true. One should always be taking their morning dose of Skepticism for the day. Does a mind good.