Newbie Aspie Male, Age 39

Hi there, I'm new here. A pretty calm, chilled and relaxed character I think

As far as I can tell having Aspergers is pretty good really... it's like being a human upgrade, able to excel at pretty much everything which is why large companies and government agencies actively seek out people with these traits.

I'm a high functioning Aspie who began life completing jigsaw puzzles picture side down, and progressed on to the whole university and career thing, buying a house, settling down with a nice and very compatible woman etc etc.

Everything was going quite well until an incompetent doctor got involved...

So following a series of their medical incompetence, beginning with stomach problems, progressing to Gluten/Dairy intolerance and ending in a condition known as ME/CFS I now find myself about 5 years on, a very active, physical and practical mindset locked inside this constantly fatigued body which doesn't perform much better than an 80-90 year old's.

Not sure whether it is an Aspie trait or not but I view this as a fixable problem which needs to be solved and remain confident of fixing myself

Work has proven to be too much of a challenge with the limited energy of the ME/CFS condition though so have had to say goodbye to my career, house and long term partner and focus on creating my own forms of income which is challenging at times, but also exciting and has been full of learning new skills which is always good.

I guess I came here to understand if any other Aspies suffer from ME/CFS and to speak to anybody who does.

And I'd also like to understand if anybody has found ways of earning an income from home and would love to learn how as I'd like the stability of a normal job really, only it would have to be a work from home job.

And also, while I'm here, and after spending half a lifetime of only ever knowingly being in contact with non-ASD people I'm very open and keen to get to know some other beautifully minded Aspies to try and see if we're all on similar wavelengths to each other. It would be great to make some friends on a similar wavelength if such people exist