Possible AS? possible mis-DX of OCD and bipolar disorder

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Here are some of the symtoms i hove that i believe points towards AS...

I have dx of OCD/bipolar but medicines didnt work. I have anxiety and the meds worked, though.

I am not girly. I have felt like i'm a gay man in a woman's body... like.. i am attracted to males, but i feel not at home in my own skin.

i hate clothes shopping. i dont get the trends/fashions.... hate the crowds..

my sister said that i have had a tendency to blend in with a group of friends.. like if one group is hippy-ish, i become hippy. if a group loves metal, i love metal. Basically its hard to define myself. I

I tend to wear the same 5 outfits over and over again and i am quite content with that.

Do you start rocking back and forth or pacing in a circle and stimming if you get stressed?

[quote="zweisamkeit"]Here are some of the symtoms i hove that i believe points towards AS...

my sister said that i have had a tendency to blend in with a group of friends.. like if one group is hippy-ish, i become hippy. if a group loves metal, i love metal. Basically its hard to define myself.

/quote]

This is rather unusual for an Aspie--most of us stick out like sore thumbs, no matter how hard we try. There are online tests that you can take.

no........your still on track.

The more high functioning AS person learns
to blend in very artfully, just like you
mentioned.

Many of us have a fluid sense of self as
a result.

i rock back and forth a lot.... its comfortable .. i never thought it was a AS thing.

another thing that i do is stare off into space and things go off with my head cocked to the side my mouth open.. ive made it my mission to not do that, though... i do this weird thing with my mouth.. ill open my mouth to the side.. not like a yawn.. im not sure how to do it.... again like the rocking... i do it when im sleepy or stressed... some times i even do that stuff when im staring at the wall zoning out.

the more and more i find out the more im like.. oh wow.. thats an AS thing, too....

Your Aspie score: 168 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 41 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie



here are the scores for one of those tests i took... i dont know how reliable these things are... but yeah.

The fact that you conform leads me to believe you do not have ASD, also your train of thought seems like a NT's to me.

You should give more characteristics because what you said is not unknown of asperger people but they are not clinical signs of it.

Being tomboyish or neglect (for a girl) is found among any kind of neurogolical population and hating crowds can be linked to social phobia or anxiety.

Have you read the PDF file which comes along with the results of the Aspie Quizz ? It's quite useful because the test does not necessarly mean one have AS, it's a good indicator of other disorders (and since you have OCD, anxiety and Bipolar disorder, you may score high). Try as well to take the Autism Quotient.

They are not official diagnosis but interesting anyway.

AS traits in females

here are some AS traits in females. I sent this to a few relatives and asked what they thought about it.... Mom said that every single section sounded like me.

whatever it may be... i just want some treatment. i could care less if people think i am weird anymore. Waay past that.... but being able to recognize what I am doing differently would make life easier especially at work... for instance make me be aware if i come off as short with people...

There's no treatment for Autism. However you could have help.

I still think that you should tell us more about your childhood ans oddness in general because providing links and say "it's me" may not be accurate, tell us about how you developped, why you had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and OCD and when, etc. It would be helpful (but remember that you will not have any diagnosis online and will need to find a specialist for that. It can be hard to have a new diagnosis with other conditions, even comorbids ones).

i am not aware of a lot of what the AS symptoms are... so naming off how i am is like.. trying to write a biography..


My mom said when i was a baby i wasnt too keen on being held. I dont like being touched or hugged, still.
i cant handle loud noises. the loud sound of trains, sirens, and cell phones ringing actually kind of make me panic, eventhough i know that it cant hurt me... my heart goes into high gear. and stays there. always had sensitive eyes to light but i just assumed that it was because i have light blue eyes.

i can 'lecture' for hours about topics that interest me... usually languages or anthropology.
I am very awkward in conversations.... especially on the telephone.

I dont like " forced familiarity" as i call it..... when people barely know each other and hug and shake hands.... especialllly when they try to close in on me and hug me.

when people talk to me i dont get what theyre saying right away..... takes a few seconds to process...
i can be mid-sentence... and take a pause ... to think of what im going to say, and by the time i am ready to keep talking....someone is interrupting me. I dont have usual speech patterns i guess.


i had really really bad anxiety Monday mornings at school... and even nowadays when its a Monday after a long holiday weekend, i get stressed because im not used to the routine. Wednesday and Thursday feel better than Monday, but im telling you, i go into a panic thinking of Monday morning nearly crying and im not sure why....

im in an office building by myself thank god.... its not that i hate to work with other people, it's that i can do better on my own... without them clicking pens and coming and interrupting me when i'm mid-project. it takes a while for me to get back into doing something... its hard to pick up where i left off...


here is a little bit about me.