Any fellow Aspergers/Autistic folks here ?

Just wanted to touch base and say hello and curious as if/what kind of help you have gotten for your condition (if you feel comfortable with sharing)

I was diagnosed with Aspergers rather late in life (age 27) and as such, i didn't get the support or help i needed in my younger years. Not angry or bitter about it, i have come to stop feeling sorry for myself and embrace my condition (i refuse to call it a disability)

 

I also have Asbergers. I had no idea what it was until I was in college. Before that I was just the shy kid. When I learned about it I made more sense to myself.

It was a bit frustrating to hear the mental health professionals then all say that ritalin was not a smart choice for me. Growing up they swore I just had ADD and I was forced to take amphetamines for it. I did not understand why they made me feel so bad. Now I know I was basically having the side effects meth users have. I was very paranoid and thought the police were going to arrest me for murder. I never had an appetite and I had so much trouble sleeping.
I started to fail middle school. I stopped taking the ritalin and instantly could eat and think again.

I don't see any way I can manage my condition. I am who I am I can learn and not make the same social mistakes again. I rely heavily on my girlfriend to speak for both of us in social situations since I often don't know how to keep a conversation going. Like I am just shy and if I don't know you I don't like to talk.

She is very friendly and can talk to anyone. I will ask her "what do they mean when they say this? Are the mad at me?" or something like that. It's really helpful to have someone you can trust like that. But, I have found from being around other autistic people I "get" a lot more unspoken social hints than they can. Even professionals have told me I have a mild case of asbergers.

 

Oh fuck, now it makes sense.

 

It isn't a mental health condition, numbnuts.

 

Not Bugsboner's Brunei remark me thinks. But it does explain certain thought patterns unfocusedanakin relies on when he assumes stuff about certain convo partners. Still... many people without such a condition have 1) less interesting thoughts to share, and 2) at least as much trouble communicating them adequately.

 

You were forced to take speed for ADD now were you?

Uhhh-huhhh

 

Amphetamines often have an opposite effect on people with adhd. It makes them calmer, where the general user gets a lot more energetic.
Ritalin is here in the Netherlands too often overused and pretty standardly prescribed to kids with add or adhd (or to kids displaying all the traits). It makes them far less of a hassle in a full classroom.

 

ahhhh now i get it

 

I would make the assumption that someone actually diagnosed by a clinician with Aspergers would have done enough reading to at least know its spelt with a p, not a b

 

I'm pretty sure its not due to a lack of knowledge.

I do think you're being rather pathetic in your urge to sound either witty or funny here.

 

Or snarky.

Ah well, whatever gives you a good feeling about yourself

 

None of the above if nothing about his post was true in the first place

 

Why do you think so?

 

You are gonna explain what made you say that, right?

 

He's also dyslexic

 

I have autism spectrum disorder.
It's a cognitive and developmental condition that you are born with.
I didn't crawl until i was 2 years old.
I walked by myself on my third birthday.
My late natural mother had both adhd and asd but had decided to be so stubborn and not get an official diagnosis of either.

Don't do what my late natural mother did which was drink, gamble and smoke.
All of this gave her a nasty infection that killed her.

 

Gerspurburgers then

 

My niece has this issue. I also know of a few umpires who need help with doing their scorecards.

 

Don't poke fun at it please.

 

I wonder if I have anything like this.