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Hi, My Name's Lucy and I MIGHT have Aspergers/Autism?

fiercelyoptimistic
over 7 years ago

Hello all.

Im not completely sure if i belong her or not? I've previously been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, OCD etc.
I was asked by my boss today, if i have ever found out if i may be autistic/have aspergers syndrome?
Now i was confused! For me, i didnt believe i had it and decided to take an online test to just have a rough idea of if it was in anyway LIKELY and i got 35/50, my boss said i should see because i tend to not be able to read people at all, in any way and always say the most inappropriate things, but i think i'm doing okay!

I mean i enjoy socialising but i also enjoy time to myself, i have a very small social circle at the most! and have had to move jobs due to these kinds of things before, but i have NO CLUE if i even HAVE it. or if i'm just.. me? if that makes any sense!

I have not had a diagnosis yet, i intend to try and speak to my family GP as soon as i can to query it, but in the mean time i'd love to hear from some other people who have it who may be able to help me in my process?

Thank you for your time

Regards

Lucy

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  • over 7 years ago

    Hi Lucy,

    I have just been recently diagnosed and some of the comments you have made sound just like some of the incidents of my life. It was something that I stumbled upon. I knew I was different somehow but not sure why. I mulled it over for over two years before getting an assessment - reasearching everything I could find, talking to people, etc.

    I then decided to get the assessment from a professional and find out for sure. Turns out that I had Autism and this has really helped put things into perspective for me. Questions that have worried me all my life, I now have an answer for. Although it has not all been easy it has been worthwhile and I am still on this journey.

    Only you can decided if you want to get an assessment but I would suggest reading about Autism and seeing how you fit in with what you find out. Remember it is a spectrum and no two people are the same - we just have similiar traits. Knowing as much information as possible really helped me to decide if I wanted to know for sure.

    Wellington

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  • over 7 years ago

    Hi Lucy,

    I have just been recently diagnosed and some of the comments you have made sound just like some of the incidents of my life. It was something that I stumbled upon. I knew I was different somehow but not sure why. I mulled it over for over two years before getting an assessment - reasearching everything I could find, talking to people, etc.

    I then decided to get the assessment from a professional and find out for sure. Turns out that I had Autism and this has really helped put things into perspective for me. Questions that have worried me all my life, I now have an answer for. Although it has not all been easy it has been worthwhile and I am still on this journey.

    Only you can decided if you want to get an assessment but I would suggest reading about Autism and seeing how you fit in with what you find out. Remember it is a spectrum and no two people are the same - we just have similiar traits. Knowing as much information as possible really helped me to decide if I wanted to know for sure.

    Wellington

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