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Im Starting to Understand.... but still need some help.

Self Realizing Gamer Guy

Alright sooo, Hi, this is me, you can call me Joe. So listen, I'm usually never on a kind of site like this, im either playing some video games or just on facebook or something at this hour. A while back, I was told something from my father. Now with the taking into the account in 25 years old. He thought that I might seriously have asbergers.

Now I have NEVER had the impression i had anything like this... I was diagnosed with ADHD that was never fully cured. I mean the physical traits faded out, but the social ackward elements remain.

Like I CANNOT maintain a conversation to save my life, I've tried and felt ackward coming out of it every single time. Like certain people understand me, and I love that one person, but every else who dosent I just dont really like the quality of people who have too much pride in their own appearance, abilities, achievements, etc. : the quality of being vaincare for. I mean i care, but eh, friends are overated and complicated.

Every aspect of my communicating skills from the time I was 5 has been kinda diminished. I verbally stutter, I physically can't do cursive writing, and i have slight dyslexia when I try ti type out on the keyboard. <----- see what I mean? I just left that in there!

And relationships, boy let me tell on one hand (not including the thumb) just how many I had. Well i'll let you guess, but maintaining a relationship and knowing a sense about coupth, morales, and even general demeanor you have when your out with someone, is very very hard to me.

Like, all my life I felt... different, and for god knows I never wondered why that was. I felt like I didn't fit in with absolutley anyone and I was always so frustrated when i didn't even KNOW what asbergers was. So I just thought it was me, I mean, i'm not writing it off as a way to right off excuses or anything. But It just feels good to know that, I wasn't just a messed up kid, I had a reason for it.

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    A professional medical opinion can be useful but it isn't always essential. I was referred to a psychiatrist from my GP. Don't worry about the fact that it is a psychiatrist, ASD is often a completely benign condition (i don't think of it as a disorder, a lot of us think that we are different but not ill)

    nursing sounds like an excellent job for you. You sound thorough and caring and unwilling to skimp on your duties. These are all aspie traits so your story about the job helps to work out whether you have Aspergers.

    were you working directly for a hospital or through an agency?

  • Why hello there! very pleased to meet you to, in a sense. Well, my father said directly that I might have aspergers. Because I am a certified nurses assistant and I worked at a long term care facility for 3 months before eventually getting fired. The main complaint from my employers being that I just couldn't keep up with with the many many tasks that were expected of me on a day to day basis.

    When I am given to many tasks to do at once I move very hesitantly because I dont know which task i should put first. I have only really felt comfortable sticking to one particular thing and finishing it to completion and then moving on to the next thing rather then do many small things at once and complete them all at the same time.

    Truthfully i dont even know where to start with a doctor or really what I have to do or who to see to get a proffesinal medical opinion. Do i go to a doctor, do i go to a behavioral therapist?

  • AD(h)D was a common misdiagnosis of Autism spectrum conditions for quite a long time and your description of your experience of the human condition is indicative of Aspergers.

    Ive been where you sit relatively recently, having been diagnosed AD(h)D in childhood but realising as I grew in self awareness that this diagnosis did not fit my symptoms. I then approached my gp with the theory that the proper diagnosis was an ASV and a diagnosis was forthcoming without difficulty.

    I suggest you go see your gp and see what help is availiable to you.

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    Former Member

    Welcome to the forum!

    it sounds as though you might have Aspergers (with a P)! What was it that your father said that pointed you in this direction? might he have it too?

    I don't want to doubt that you are on the right track with your suspicions but we aren't doctors so can't give a definite confirmation in any case and you also haven't told us enough about yourself yet to get a really clear picture.