kaspermedmusen wrote:
So I have this friend who, believe it or not, also have AS. We are different in many ways though.
Every evening she takes a low-dose Seroquel and within three hours she falls asleep. Does not matter if we play video games or have a drink, she must suddenly go to bed early in the evenings. She also needs a lot of sleep in order to function. And she is EXTREMELY sensitive to (new) senses. Even taking a long walk to the drug store makes her real tired.
She is so sensitive to many medicines. She used to take ADHD stimulants but became the most silly person ever. She started joking about having auditory hallucinations and also saying stuff like "little poor boy, here take a cigarette" (she knows very well I do not smoke) and also trying to hug me. I just become crazy when I am around her when she is in that state. The other state I do not like is when she becomes absent and do not respond to what I say. She has severe OCD and seasonal depression and probably symptoms of ADHD too. But I am not sure about that.
The state when she has normal mood, is contactable and not joking about silly things is when I enjoy being with her. So when she calls me (which is like every day) I often reject meeting but if I tell her to come we sometimes argue over misunderstandings.
Despite both having AS we are different in many ways. I try to be the support for her but she basically is hard to talk logic with. One thing I said was that it always has to be in her way, otherwise she gets grumpy and she admitted to her parents having told her the same thing.
I stopped contacting her many times but she keeps calling me and sometimes I am impulsive and arrange a meeting for us. I feel like the misunderstandings take much energy from me. I always have to explain further what I mean when I say something. I feel bad about the situation but she is suicidal too so can I just reject her?
Do you think two persons with Asperger's syndrome can be good friends and help each other or is it meant to fail?
Should I block her number, because I know if I do not she will call some day and I can't say no?
well its like with all people, my best friend is autistic as well as me, we get along really well, during high school we were inseperable, then in sixth form (so thats like, age 17-18 there, except im one year old then i should be due to having to repeat a year because of chronic illness) we were still very good friends despite me being much further ahead academically (i was doing a level 3 course, he was doing a level 1 course, both in the same subject). it just depends on the person, if you don't like her or don't want to be friends with her, then don't be. but if you do, then do be friends. just depends who that person is, regardless of being NT or not. or at least ive found that. im really good friends with him, but im also really good friends with this NT guy. just a matter of personality i guess and who they are
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AQ score: 45
Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 174 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 30 of 200
You are very likely neurodiverse (Aspie)
Officially diagnosed 30th june 2017
21 Jul 2016, 3:25 pm
