Officially diagnosed, and randomly at that

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I went into the doctor's office with sensory issues and a problem with migraines, came out with an Asperger's diagnosis-- even though I didn't mention it was on my list of suspected problems, or my autism-heavy family history! He put it on a form and handed it to me! I already knew I was Aspie but it's nice to have it confirmed!

Congrats? At least you didn't get a random "Maybe" like I got from my doctor. That's frustrating!

I am sure in a way it gives you a sense of relief. Because I have a history of significant speech delay my psych said I cannot have AS at all, just PDD-NOS.. its pretty silly if you ask me. I am thinking of getting a second opinion because I am hearing mixed things about getting an AS dx regardless of speech development history.

maybe you should kill your doctor

I don t really know if i should go to see my doctor, to ask him..

I dont think i could tell him "i cannot be touch, i have a lot of obsession, i need list, schedules in order to do things..etc . what is wrong with me? " I dont know.. because i dont think it is a problem...

Na... that would be too messy. I never brought up my obsessions to him before very much, maybe if I show him This, he will think there is more going on with me than Bipolar.

what kind of obsessions?.. i obsess quite a lot... i obsess over my art and i think of it as a blessing in desguise.. although, it can also be misleading..
for example these recordings ive made, i will mix them and obsess over it, but then come back to it later and mix it again.. but each time I learn so much more.. I always learn the hard way It's like my brain was wired to learn EVERYthing the hard way by doing it to the extreme, and then backing it off a little, so to find the perfect balance and skill..

Congratulations! And I hope your migraines go away.

Thanks : ) I do too.

Well, some doctors just disregard speech development...

Officially, it's simple:

The DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 say that Asperger's can only be diagnosed if no abnormal speech delay was present.

That means that:
1. single words have to be used by at least age 2.
2. Communicative phrases by the age of 3.

Important to know: Normal speech development is faster than that. Asperger's allows a typical (=small) speech delay. Some non-autistic children are slow and only use communicative phrases by age 3.





Meet that = officially warrant for AS.

Otherwise it's... well, classical for some parts of Europe and PDD-NOS (or autistic disorder) for the US.

Doctors may diagnose any way they like though.

Thanks, that actually helps a lot! Well, I don't have AS then, because I didn't use single words and some phrases until I was 4. But my son likely has AS, he used single words by 2 and phrases by 3. He is still delayed at 4.5 but uses a lot of sentences.