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Confused about adult diagnosis

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Any one know if it's possible to suffer from Aspergers even if you have no problem (i.e. are good at) with the following: conversion, joking around, banter, sarcasm. I have no overiliteralness problems etc and have always considered myself quite empathic.

I do however score 32 or the typical Aspergers test and suffer particularly with rumination. I have also been formally diagnosed, however I found the (NHS) diagnosis process both inadequate and shoddy.

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  • Hi Pixiefox,

    That's very interesting, yes I'm very confident myself I don't have humour, conversational or literalness issues. In fact I would consider those things part of my strengths.

    I do find it interesting you have no self esteem issues.

    I've always seen my problems to be chronic self esteem and self consciousness and the loneliness that follows on from those issues. The fact you don't have those issues suggests that they don't automatically follow on from Asperger's.

    I have to say I have found the suggestion/diagnosis I have Asperger's quite confusing in as much as if I do have it how much of my problems of self esteem/self consciousness and knock on loneliness are down to it and how much are just independent of it.

    Yourself and at least one other person who replied in this thread have indicated they are in long term relationships, I've never even come close, do I blame "Asperger's" or what I originally thought were my problems - low self esteem and self consciousness.

    Anyway, thanks for the reply - getting other perspectives is really helpful.

     Cheers.

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  • Hi Pixiefox,

    That's very interesting, yes I'm very confident myself I don't have humour, conversational or literalness issues. In fact I would consider those things part of my strengths.

    I do find it interesting you have no self esteem issues.

    I've always seen my problems to be chronic self esteem and self consciousness and the loneliness that follows on from those issues. The fact you don't have those issues suggests that they don't automatically follow on from Asperger's.

    I have to say I have found the suggestion/diagnosis I have Asperger's quite confusing in as much as if I do have it how much of my problems of self esteem/self consciousness and knock on loneliness are down to it and how much are just independent of it.

    Yourself and at least one other person who replied in this thread have indicated they are in long term relationships, I've never even come close, do I blame "Asperger's" or what I originally thought were my problems - low self esteem and self consciousness.

    Anyway, thanks for the reply - getting other perspectives is really helpful.

     Cheers.

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