Hi all, I am new here. My psychotherapist recently suggested I could be on the Autistic Spectrum because I have always had severe social anxiety (I am currently 31), but the way I am and certain clues makes him think I could be autistic or aspergers. I did the test at http://aspergerstest.net/aq-test/ and got a score of 32. My childhood was characterised by me having very specialised interests (for example I love maps, and when I was 7 years old I remember drawing an outline of the landmasses of the world and most of the countries borders etc for my teacher). I also remember calling people 'humans', but being bullied and laughed at in school because of this, despite it being factually true. I guess I have always excelled at school and now I am a doctor of science working for a private company. I was diagnosed with dyslexia about ten years ago and I guess the reason why I hadn't been noticed is because I did so well in school, and I am starting to wonder perhaps the same is true for me not being diagnosed as aspergers/autism (if I am). I could give loads of examples growing up as to why I could be aspergers/autism - I guess because I have had a lot of issues with anxiety and depression, these could be masking (and maybe the root cause) any autistic tendencies? Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and explain where I am at in terms of any potential diagnoses. It would be really useful to know where to take it from here - I think a formal diagnoses could be useful for me to help me make sense of my world.
