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Tlc

Hello

I am new to the community and forums like this are new to me also. I may make mistakes as I try to understand how it works. I wanted to introduce myself as I would like to feel part of the community here.

I have recently been diagnosed has having Asperger syndrome, this has come as a shock to me and has happened during my final year at college/uni. It may also mean that I cannot progress into my chosen career path due to my struggles in social situations.

I am now trying to understand what it this means for me and how to move forward and I am hoping to find others with similiar experiences that we may support each other.

Thanks for reading.

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    Hi again,

    i also went through problems at work and they were taking me down a "competency" track because of my performance and issues with my performance. i was effectively being bullied and picked on because I could not behave in a way that they could cope with. i couldn't cope with their criticism and we were locked a downwards spiral that left me with stress and clinical depression. My managers didn't spot the depression and weren't at all sympathetic.

    i worked out that i might have asd but only went for a diagnosis when i hit a crisis with people at work shouting at me and getting further down the competency track.

    have you told your work about the diagnosis? Are they aware that they have to make "reasonable adjustments"?

    i'm now well through to the other side of the whole thing and my stress and depression have disappeared and i am starting on a fresh phase of my life. My performance is nearly back to normal and i am feeling as though i am back in the groove of doing useful stuff.

    Have you had any counselling, CBT or anything like that? I had a few sessions of counselling that helped me regain my composure. 

    I completely understand what you say about feeling that you are going mad. I wonder if the stress and depression before the diagnosis followed by a diagnosis is traumatic enough to be a bit like PTSD. 

    You aren't mad or mentally ill with the ASD but it commonly leads to mental stresses that might lead you to end up at the Gp. I think it's important to understand and deal with the ASD and then everything can fall into place from there.

    :-)

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    Hi again,

    i also went through problems at work and they were taking me down a "competency" track because of my performance and issues with my performance. i was effectively being bullied and picked on because I could not behave in a way that they could cope with. i couldn't cope with their criticism and we were locked a downwards spiral that left me with stress and clinical depression. My managers didn't spot the depression and weren't at all sympathetic.

    i worked out that i might have asd but only went for a diagnosis when i hit a crisis with people at work shouting at me and getting further down the competency track.

    have you told your work about the diagnosis? Are they aware that they have to make "reasonable adjustments"?

    i'm now well through to the other side of the whole thing and my stress and depression have disappeared and i am starting on a fresh phase of my life. My performance is nearly back to normal and i am feeling as though i am back in the groove of doing useful stuff.

    Have you had any counselling, CBT or anything like that? I had a few sessions of counselling that helped me regain my composure. 

    I completely understand what you say about feeling that you are going mad. I wonder if the stress and depression before the diagnosis followed by a diagnosis is traumatic enough to be a bit like PTSD. 

    You aren't mad or mentally ill with the ASD but it commonly leads to mental stresses that might lead you to end up at the Gp. I think it's important to understand and deal with the ASD and then everything can fall into place from there.

    :-)

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