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Hector Scorn
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11 Nov 2016, 4:35 pm

Hi I'm new!
I've been waiting for a diagnosis for 2 years now, relying on an underfunded and overworked charity. They are, and I am 99% sure I have Asperger's syndrome.
The only close relationship I've ever had failed partly due to my 'quirks' earlier in the year and I'm feeling incredibly sad and lonely. The medication I'm taking for anxiety helps take the edge off though.
Anyway, hello, it's nice to find this forum.



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11 Nov 2016, 4:52 pm

Welcome! Good luck with your diagnosis.



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11 Nov 2016, 5:00 pm

Hello. Also Scottish. Also awaiting diagnosis. Hope you get yours soon. Two years seems a long time to have to wait.



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12 Nov 2016, 5:12 am

Thanks for the welcomes.

Until recently the charity had one person qualified to diagnose people and she was working part time. There are ways to jump the queue, either by paying, being suicidal or in a bad way. I'm probably doing okay compared with some, my life is chaotic but I'm relatively stable and independent.

fourcandles, which route are you taking for diagnosis?



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12 Nov 2016, 12:33 pm

Hey Hector welcome. :sunny:


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12 Nov 2016, 12:43 pm

Hey, Scottish too :) . Welcome, hope your diagnosis gets sorted soon, it really does make a difference.



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12 Nov 2016, 3:08 pm

Hector Scorn wrote:
fourcandles, which route are you taking for diagnosis?

I spoke to my doctor and gave her a list of reasons why I thought I might have Asperger's Syndrome. She thought so too and referred me to a psychiatrist for diagnosis. I've been waiting three months and haven't heard anything so far, but I know of people on this site from the UK who have waited up to three years.



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12 Nov 2016, 3:13 pm

Aye, it's looking like 3 years for me as well. Hope you get a diagnosis sooner than that.
I mentioned Asperger's to my GP and didn't get taken seriously at all.

Where do the Scots among us live? I am 20 miles north of Inverness.



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12 Nov 2016, 5:38 pm

I live in Edinburgh.



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12 Nov 2016, 8:02 pm

Greetings to all of you. Not scottish, but we're going to Edinburgh for two weeks next year.

Yes, this is the lamest post EVER. :?



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13 Nov 2016, 5:19 am

jmjelde wrote:
Not scottish, but we're going to Edinburgh for two weeks next year.

Hope you have a good time. It's a beautiful city and there's plenty to see.

You might want to google "dreich" though. It's pretty much our default setting for weather.



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13 Nov 2016, 8:38 am

Hector Scorn wrote:
Hi I'm new!
I've been waiting for a diagnosis for 2 years now, relying on an underfunded and overworked charity. They are, and I am 99% sure I have Asperger's syndrome.
The only close relationship I've ever had failed partly due to my 'quirks' earlier in the year and I'm feeling incredibly sad and lonely. The medication I'm taking for anxiety helps take the edge off though.
Anyway, hello, it's nice to find this forum.


I'm rather outraged on your behalf. Two years is a lot of developemental time for a teenager! I can see waiting that long as an adult. That's just part of adult life, but we should really be doing better for our kids than that.

How are you doing in school? Are you one of those aspies who does ok without support? Or are you getting support anyways, even without the diagnosis?



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13 Nov 2016, 9:02 am

somanyspoons wrote:
Hector Scorn wrote:
Hi I'm new!
I've been waiting for a diagnosis for 2 years now, relying on an underfunded and overworked charity. They are, and I am 99% sure I have Asperger's syndrome.
The only close relationship I've ever had failed partly due to my 'quirks' earlier in the year and I'm feeling incredibly sad and lonely. The medication I'm taking for anxiety helps take the edge off though.
Anyway, hello, it's nice to find this forum.


I'm rather outraged on your behalf. Two years is a lot of developemental time for a teenager! I can see waiting that long as an adult. That's just part of adult life, but we should really be doing better for our kids than that.

How are you doing in school? Are you one of those aspies who does ok without support? Or are you getting support anyways, even without the diagnosis?


I'm 30 years old! I did terribly at school and left when I was 13, kind of got lost in the system.



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13 Nov 2016, 9:15 am

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13 Nov 2016, 9:16 am

Hector Scorn wrote:
somanyspoons wrote:
Hector Scorn wrote:
Hi I'm new!
I've been waiting for a diagnosis for 2 years now, relying on an underfunded and overworked charity. They are, and I am 99% sure I have Asperger's syndrome.
The only close relationship I've ever had failed partly due to my 'quirks' earlier in the year and I'm feeling incredibly sad and lonely. The medication I'm taking for anxiety helps take the edge off though.
Anyway, hello, it's nice to find this forum.


I'm rather outraged on your behalf. Two years is a lot of developemental time for a teenager! I can see waiting that long as an adult. That's just part of adult life, but we should really be doing better for our kids than that.

How are you doing in school? Are you one of those aspies who does ok without support? Or are you getting support anyways, even without the diagnosis?



I'm 30 years old! I did terribly at school and left when I was 13, kind of got lost in the system.


Oh! Sorry. I misread your number of posts for being your age. It was 14 before you wrote this. Now it's 15. Good thing we don't age with our post numbers. I would be 400 some odd by now.



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13 Nov 2016, 9:19 am

Yup, that's caught me out too. I wish a diagnosis had been available when I was younger, I saw psychologists and psychiatrists, no one picked up on it.