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Diagnosed 14.3.15 @ 41 years old

Deerstalker

Hello,

I was diagnosed yesterday with Aspergers.  Did the Baren-Cohen test in September 2014 after a lifetime of 'troubles'. Scored 32. After much soul searching, talking with my long suffering wife and reading around on the internet, I plucked up the courage to go to my GP in November 2014. She was AMAZING and referred me to the Autism team.  My assessment took place in February 2015 and I recieved my diagnosis yesterday - Saturday 14th March 2015

I am very lucky I realise - 5 months from GP to diagnosis is pretty quick I gather. I live in Birmingham.  NHS played a blinder for me. The diagnosis is a relief.

Time to start doing some reading and work out who, why, when and if I am going to tell people. 

Nice to meet you. 

Parents

  • That sounds encourgaing.  At the moment I have an overwhelming desire to tell people. I suppose in part it is to excuse past and future behaviours, but also, I have a strong sense of refusing to hide it.  I have spent all my life with the feeing that something isn't right.  Searching. Wondering. Worrying. Apologising. Berating myself.

    I feel a bit like I have completed my mission.  Found what I was looking for.

    At the moment I figure the people that like me will still like me and the people that think I am rude/arrogant/weird etc will still do so - so what's to lose?

    I am a bit concerend with possible detractors - i.e no you haven't/ you can't possibly/ *eye rollers*. I fear I may tear them a new one - and then stress about it.

    Ah the tangled webs......  TBH I am very comfortable with my diagnosis and myself for that matter.  It's just when you add other people to the mix that things get complicated.  

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  • That sounds encourgaing.  At the moment I have an overwhelming desire to tell people. I suppose in part it is to excuse past and future behaviours, but also, I have a strong sense of refusing to hide it.  I have spent all my life with the feeing that something isn't right.  Searching. Wondering. Worrying. Apologising. Berating myself.

    I feel a bit like I have completed my mission.  Found what I was looking for.

    At the moment I figure the people that like me will still like me and the people that think I am rude/arrogant/weird etc will still do so - so what's to lose?

    I am a bit concerend with possible detractors - i.e no you haven't/ you can't possibly/ *eye rollers*. I fear I may tear them a new one - and then stress about it.

    Ah the tangled webs......  TBH I am very comfortable with my diagnosis and myself for that matter.  It's just when you add other people to the mix that things get complicated.  

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