Hi all,
I have not been assessed to see if I have Aspergers or not but I believe I may have it based on discussions with my family about my behaviours, completing online Aspergers tests (I normally score around 40, whereas 28-31 indicates Aspergers) and by reading content online from others and noticing I do similar things that they have noted.
To quickly summarise
I Love:
- Working and collecting data
- Working alone
- Memorising phone numbers, bank card numbers, car number plates and dates of birth.
- Noticing patterns in things
I find difficult:
- Social interactions
- Working with people -Building friendships
- To resume something after interruption
- Change of routine
- Making eye contact
I noticed I:
- Find it difficult to know when it is my turn to speak on the phone
- Fixate on the small details rather than the whole picture and will constantly work at something until it is complete.
- Constantly talk around people I am comfortable with about what I want to talk about, not what they want to talk about.
- Randomly say quotes from movies or lyrics form songs and repeatedly say these quotes or lyrics out loud to people.
- Get anxious when forced to be around large groups of people.
- Find it hard to let go of things(for example if I shouted at on the phone by a customer in work, this will annoy me and I will keep thinking about it for many days)
I am thinking that it would be best to get assessed as to whether I have Aspergers or not, even though I don't think it will make a great deal of change in my life, I would still like to have confirmation either way.
Would any of you that have been diagnosed recommend it is the best thing to do? I currently try to mask most of the above when possible, especially in work but at times it is extremely difficult to do.
- Would you also think any of the following below are possible Aspergers behaviours? Not looking for a diagnosis, just to see if anyone in the community would do similar things to the below.
- I think of a word in my head and try to use "line combinations" to write the word in the fewest line combinations as possible. e.g. I will spell out the word "Ten" with nine lines/sticks
- When walking between destinations I will pick a random number of seconds e.g. 600 and I will count in my head to see if I can reach home before this target. If I am quicker than the target I will lower the amount of seconds as a challenge.
- When I am tracking a package I will check/refresh the tracking information at least 100 times per day to see if the package has moved. I will also do the same if I post on a forum. I will check the page around 100 times to see if someone has left a new comment.
- In my job (Help desk IT Analyst) I feel panic each time I have to answer a call and feel extreme relief when I finish a call. I will also have problems knowing when it is my turn to speak and will often talk over people. I will also try to talk to customers via instant messaging if possible rather than call them back.
Thanks to anyone who takes time to read this and/or reply.
