How Old Were You When You Were Dx'd/Self Dx'd?

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Diagnosed when I was 4

18 years old, in the army, Asperger's. ADHD when I was 17. Though I started speaking when I was 8 months old, and it appears I was already obsessed with precision when I was very young.

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Mum told me that when I was a year and a half old my grandmother caught me playing with some dirt on the floor. She told me: "Don't touch that, it's kaka", to which I replied: "Granny, this isn't kaka, it's dirt. The kaka is in the potty." She was terrified with me everafter. Truthfully speaking, this event may have more to do with the fact that my parents never used "baby-speak" with me*, rather than with my inherent peculiarities.

* "Never saw the point of first teaching you incorrect language, just to teach you how to speak properly later on," mum told me.

I self-diagnosed around 16 when another aspie told me about his own differences and how he never fit. I felt like I belonged somewhere after that experience.

Took my first batch of tests when I was six, the last batch of test I took shortly after my seventh, put into play therapy, GLD class, bumped out to SLD class, bumped out again to the school supply closet where I stayed for two school years till my step-dad split and the woman that gave birth to me moved us to another place, the abuse started in earnest and i ended up in regular class and no more therapy.

I ignored the Dx when I was a kid, just like the woman who gave birth to me did. Used the I.Q. scores as some kind of badge of honor to avoid being called a ret*d, didn't work of course. I had to go look up what Hyperlexia, Dyscalculia and Autism were when I got home from school. All I have for a Dx is what I overheard the tester, the home room teacher and the woman who gave birth me talking about and i read the I.Q. score on the results page.....

No help since. Which has had a massive impact on my life. Which is why at thirty-six I'm going to go bare my heart and soul to a stranger to get the ball rolling for funding for the therapy I need. I need an official Dx in order to access local resources. I have no paperwork or any anything from my childhood, no records, nothing. So many lost friendships, jobs, no-starter of a career.... social outcast. playing havoc with my current relationship. Well the ASD and the PTSD.


Bleh... Dealing with all this crap all at once after decades of avoiding it sucks.

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There were signs since my early childhood. I started talking when i was one or so. I didn't liked to play with other kids in kindergarden. I was really quite kid. Most time i played on my own with my toys building houses with my building kit. In my 1st grade other kids keep telling me i must be from mars. Nowadays i am attending grammar school in Europe. I am 19 and i like digital circuits. I don't anymore care being awkward. I am going to see psychiatrist to get official diagnosis.

60s

I was diagnosed at age 2, circa 1990.

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Wish I'd learned about it long ago, for my family's sake. We're all happier now, knowing why I'm the way I am.

I was 2 in 1989.

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I was 3 years old.

I was diagnosed with AS when I was 14.

Just shy of 31, in early 2004,
a shrink dx'd me (I'd never heard of Asperger's before).

diagnosed fairly recently a few months ago at the age of 25, from a mental health checkup after suffering extreme stress from my degree. It concluded I do have Aspergers

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome when i was 11 years old.

Officially diagnosed at the age of 21. I first suspected it when I was 19 or 20, I don't exactly remember.

I was 18 when someone called me autistic for the first time. I laughed so hard about it in his face. How ironic, LOL.