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Confused about adult diagnosis

hfed

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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  • hfed, as you may know, autism is a spectrum so you may be somewhere along this spectrum, which means you will show some autistic traits and not others and the combinations of such traits may well be specific to you. This is why the other posters here, who have their own set of unique traits, will correspond to your situation to a greater or lesser degree.

    Whether you feel this presents a problem in your life is for you to say but if you are experiencing quite serious difficulties that interfere with your life then you may need to contact your local services. If you have been formally diagnosed this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

    If you were diagnosed properly all of the factors contributing to a positive result would have been taken into consideration - things like empathy, social communication etc., so I wonder whether you do have an accurate picture of how you interact with others. Maybe you are just a good 'actor', kind of winging it, but do not naturally fit in to social situations.

    The point is though that if you only had some autistic traits and not enough to be clinically diagnosed you should never have received an official diagnosis. This could be one reason you are somewhat perplexed by the self-assessment of your behaviour.

    The fact that you found your diagnosis 'shoddy' may be a manifestation of your condition, i.e., 'perfectionism', which is one of many Aspie traits.

    On the other hand, it the diagnosis you received was badly performed then maybe you should go back and ask for another one.

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  • hfed, as you may know, autism is a spectrum so you may be somewhere along this spectrum, which means you will show some autistic traits and not others and the combinations of such traits may well be specific to you. This is why the other posters here, who have their own set of unique traits, will correspond to your situation to a greater or lesser degree.

    Whether you feel this presents a problem in your life is for you to say but if you are experiencing quite serious difficulties that interfere with your life then you may need to contact your local services. If you have been formally diagnosed this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

    If you were diagnosed properly all of the factors contributing to a positive result would have been taken into consideration - things like empathy, social communication etc., so I wonder whether you do have an accurate picture of how you interact with others. Maybe you are just a good 'actor', kind of winging it, but do not naturally fit in to social situations.

    The point is though that if you only had some autistic traits and not enough to be clinically diagnosed you should never have received an official diagnosis. This could be one reason you are somewhat perplexed by the self-assessment of your behaviour.

    The fact that you found your diagnosis 'shoddy' may be a manifestation of your condition, i.e., 'perfectionism', which is one of many Aspie traits.

    On the other hand, it the diagnosis you received was badly performed then maybe you should go back and ask for another one.

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