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Adult female with recent Asperger Syndrome diagnosis - how are you supposed to feel?

Daisy12345

I have thought I had the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome for the last three or four years, and my difficulty coping with things like change got to the point that I went to my doctor and asked to be referred to be assessed because I need help. My GP said I didn't have it, and he could tell because of how I dress, but he referred me anyway.

I was assessed and I was told I have Asperger Syndrome, and also Dyspraxia.

My mother, however, is convinced either it is something I have developed, or I don't have it. This is because the idea of it being genetic, or I was born that way, unsettles her. However, I know I have always felt this way, and obviously the specialist agrees. But even as a child, when teachers remarked that I had no friends, my mum did not want to believe it. The way she acts makes me feel like I am a fraud. 

Anyone else having difficulty coming to terms with a diagnosis?

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  • I have to say, I got the same "it's because your too intelligent," then "you'll meet people at college who are as smart as you," and then it really doesn't happen.

    I feel for what has happened to you. It sounds like you have had one lousey doctor after another. In my experience, doctors are idiots. You need to do your researchm, find out whats wrong with you, then present them with the facts, if you want anything done. Although that advice would be useless to you now, and probably just as useless if you had been given it as a child when you were vulnerable and needed some one to help.

    I think you need a Community Support assessment. I don't know where you live... But I'm in the UK and I am waiting for my assessment now, they will help me with diet, getting work, activities, and I think they would help you with a massage therapist also...

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  • I have to say, I got the same "it's because your too intelligent," then "you'll meet people at college who are as smart as you," and then it really doesn't happen.

    I feel for what has happened to you. It sounds like you have had one lousey doctor after another. In my experience, doctors are idiots. You need to do your researchm, find out whats wrong with you, then present them with the facts, if you want anything done. Although that advice would be useless to you now, and probably just as useless if you had been given it as a child when you were vulnerable and needed some one to help.

    I think you need a Community Support assessment. I don't know where you live... But I'm in the UK and I am waiting for my assessment now, they will help me with diet, getting work, activities, and I think they would help you with a massage therapist also...

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