michelletanner
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone! I came across aspergers about 3 weeks ago and thought it sounded like my boyfriend. I started reading more about it and realized that I fit the description perfectly. I read a book of personal experiences and related so deeply. I've discussed it with my mother (who is a nurse currently working with a toddler who is most likely on the spectrum) and after a few weeks she's convinced I'm right and its seeing out in herself. I feel no one will take me seriously when I say that my boyfriend, mom and I all have it (and I swear I'm seeing signs in my 16 month old but it's too soon to say).
A little about myself and why I'm here. I'm 24 and living with my boyfriend and daughter. We struggle with money and keeping the house clean, but we're great parents. Most of my focus goes towards my daughter. It's probably obsessive but I try to look at that as a strength. I graduated high school with "good" grades, but not high enough for me. I've gone through 10+ jobs. Most lasting 2 weeks or less. Only one I was at for a little over a year and I could only handle it because it was a small town grocery store where my best deepens worked and I could go to the back whenever I wanted. I made my way though most (2 months short) of cosmetology school. I had taken a leave of absence, and quit and came back, then quit again. The final time I was pregnant so I never went back.
I've been "diagnosed" depressed, anxious, bipolar...I'm not even sure what all there has been, but none of it stuck. This is the first thing I've come across that answers every question I've been asking for years. I've also read that my hypothyroidism and celiac/food allergies could be related.
So I am having a lot of challenges with this that I need to work through. Money, jobs, housekeeping, friendships, self care...the list goes on. I've switched from feeling worthless to feeling hopeful that if there are others like me that can manage maybe I can too.
Sorry if this is long or confusing. Hopefully this will be the one place I'm understood
A little about myself and why I'm here. I'm 24 and living with my boyfriend and daughter. We struggle with money and keeping the house clean, but we're great parents. Most of my focus goes towards my daughter. It's probably obsessive but I try to look at that as a strength. I graduated high school with "good" grades, but not high enough for me. I've gone through 10+ jobs. Most lasting 2 weeks or less. Only one I was at for a little over a year and I could only handle it because it was a small town grocery store where my best deepens worked and I could go to the back whenever I wanted. I made my way though most (2 months short) of cosmetology school. I had taken a leave of absence, and quit and came back, then quit again. The final time I was pregnant so I never went back.
I've been "diagnosed" depressed, anxious, bipolar...I'm not even sure what all there has been, but none of it stuck. This is the first thing I've come across that answers every question I've been asking for years. I've also read that my hypothyroidism and celiac/food allergies could be related.
So I am having a lot of challenges with this that I need to work through. Money, jobs, housekeeping, friendships, self care...the list goes on. I've switched from feeling worthless to feeling hopeful that if there are others like me that can manage maybe I can too.
Sorry if this is long or confusing. Hopefully this will be the one place I'm understood
