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IAmParadiseSeekerJW

IAmParadiseSeekerJW

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Good evening :)

I reluctantly signed up, but have been curious for some time.

One of my closest friends is here and after taking a few tests online to do with Aspergers and talking with my dear friend, it has made me suspect that I do have Aspergers. I am 19. I took the RDOS test and scored 153/200 and it said it was highly likely I was "neurodiverse" (if that's what it is?) and that it seems I apparently suffer from Aspergers. I suppose i'm in denial and don't know what to think. I have had many friends over the years who have had Autism or Aspergers and never have I classed myself as one of them or seen similarities until I met my friend who's on here, and we got chatting and realised we were so alike it was insane, and now I question whether or not the tests were right? I'm in denial about most things though...I suffer with Depression, IBS, PCOS, Migraines and now waiting official diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. I don't want to believe there are things wrong with me when quite plainly there are...Ahhh.

Anyway, here I am and thought i'd say hi!

Sorry for rambling.
 
Welcome to the forum! ;)

I am sure that you and your friend on here, will find even more in common and you will make many more but hey, don't go and lose the love you had at first hehehe

I can understand why you are in denial and poor you, for suffering so much at such a young age!

Soon, hopefully, you will bear the aspie badge with pride.

And hey, this is simply amazing, because guess what? You can add another friend ie me ;) because not only am I am aspie but wait for it, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, hence why I recognised your chosen avatar name.

Do hope you will, in time, consider me as a close friend (wink, wink)
 
Thanks for the welcome Suzanne, muchly appreciated!
Looks like we have more in common than we ever thought once upon a time eh?

Thanks for being understanding with me and hopefully one day I will stop being in denial...we'll see!
 
Welcome to the forum, IMPSJW. I'm new myself. I'm still in that phase of, "wow, are there actually other people like me anywhere?" I wasn't too sure how comfortable I was signing up. Still exploring.

I like to think that I don't "suffer" from AS, but other people suffer my AS and eventually penalize my difference. (The short-term memory problems & ADHD...I definitely suffer with those!)

A thousand times welcome.
 
Thanks Aspergirl4hire :)

I know exactly what you mean by that...You know, me and Suzanne (ie poster above / one of my closest friends) chat away on Facebook and Suzanne will say something to me and i'm thinking, "That is exactly how I feel" or "Wow you feel the same?" or i'll say something and Suzanne will say, "Ditto", "I get you completely" or something like that...We are like twins - we think the same, act the same...The only differences between us are age, parents, marital status and some interests lol...I'm obsessed with everything South Asian and Middle Eastern, and Suzanne is obsessed with Taylor Swift. When Aspergers gets brought up, I think to myself and i've said to Suzanne a few times now, "I don't think I have it, you know, I can't because, well, I don't act like you" but the reality is; I do :/ I suppose, I compare myself to ones I know who have it and think of how excitable and up/down they get but I just don't see myself as that...Most will say i'm one of the most awkward people ever, and I find it difficult to socialise (have improved apparently) but, i'm also rather calm...I suppose it's all the other little things that get mentioned that aren't really little things but I see as little things and they all come together and are screaming Aspergers but i'm not listening because I don't want to think I have it...I'm having a hard time fighting the idea of having Fibromyalgia..a recent unofficial diagnosis by the doctors...
 
You're welcome, IAmParadiseSeekerJW.

One thing I've noticed is that, for me, "obsessed" looks like "hyperfocus" but they're completely different internal experiences. People watching don't get the difference, but I do.

AS, or autism, isn't a tragedy, except for how different brains treat us. More on that later, perhaps.

Excitability doesn't happen until overload, for me, but the ADHD makes me very active and the emotional sensitivity does cause other people to see me as volatile.

The fibromyalgia...are you getting that formally confirmed? I think my sister-in-law had it. Tough road to hoe, but things did get better.
 
Oh right! That's interesting Aspergirl4hire.
And true..
And oh right, what do you class as overload though? And ah of course ie ADHD...How do you cope with that? I understand sensitivity completely.
In regards to the Fibromyalgia, I am hoping to. I've had 3 doctors tell me "it sounds like Fibromyalgia" so i'm just waiting really on a referral to a Rheumatologist now...I think that'll probably clear things up and give me a definite diagnosis as such..Or at least, hoping!!! I'm finding it really hard to accept it because i've gone from leading quite a busy life to being knocked off my feet unable to do what I want without suffering not nice consequences. But hey, could be worse.
 
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