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 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 21 Jun 2018, 8:42 am 

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Cheers on the diagnosis! It feels good to have a starting point, doesn't it? There can be a lot of feelings bouncing around when you reevaluate your life experiences in the light of an autism diagnosis. Just try to be patient with yourself and hang in there. I am happy for you, a correct diagnosis ...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 11 Jun 2018, 2:02 am 

Replies: 16
Views: 898
I know this is 9 months since I last posted, so I figured I should post an update. I finally found a Doctor to do the diagnostic screening to determine if I am indeed autistic and just got the report she wrote. I am officially diagnosed with: Autism Spectrum disorder, level 1 Major depressive disord...

 Forum: Games and Video Games   Topic: What is your favorite MS DOS games?

BrianLocke
Posted: 17 Sep 2017, 9:44 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 1,865
NFL Challenge was one I really enjoyed. We even had a league where we took all the players from the team rosters and had a draft. I drafted Joe Montana and went to the Superbowl.
Another I enjoyed was Harpoon.
Of course Wing Commander 3, and the best star wars game ever Tie fighter.

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 17 Sep 2017, 2:35 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 898
Oh, that explains it then. There is a lot of new research on autism that has come out only recently that challenges a lot of what they used to believe in the seventies. If he believes it's got something to do with oxygen loss, he probably won't know much about therapeutic strategies either. It's re...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 16 Sep 2017, 11:14 am 

Replies: 16
Views: 898
If you want to compare clinicians/diagnosticians in your community, try searching around the Psychology Today database ( https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/prof_results.php?sid=1505575632.7956_2862&state=PA&spec=167&spec=251 ). Their fees can be much more affordable, but they ar...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 16 Sep 2017, 11:11 am 

Replies: 16
Views: 898
Let us know how your meeting with a psychiatrist goes. Meanwhile, have you completed any self-reported screening tests? Here are a few good ones: https://www.wired.com/2001/12/aqtest/ http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php http://www.aspietests.org/raads/ Screening is a good way to decide whether o...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 16 Sep 2017, 10:13 am 

Replies: 16
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Sorry for the long delay in getting back to this but after that encounter I was pretty stressed out and then I had a long day the next day starting with a doctors appointment for my girls then an appointment with a therapist (for weight loss surgery I am going through the process of getting) and the...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: Re: I think I am autistic
Posted: 07 Sep 2017, 7:39 pm 

Replies: 16
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Went for a psych eval and started explaining my problems and was told that they don't do diagnostic testing and it didn't matter if I have autism or not and it was a waste of time trying to find out. He just wanted to treat my symptoms and didn't care what the cause was. He wants me to see a therapi...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think I am autistic

BrianLocke
 Post subject: I think I am autistic
Posted: 05 Sep 2017, 6:22 pm 

Replies: 16
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I am a 47 year old male, married with 5 year old identical twins and I have struggled all my life with anxiety depression social isolation, over stimulation among other things. When I was 3 years old, I was hit by a car and everyone (including myself) assumed my problems were the result of the mild ...
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