Greetings from Scotland! I am Dan!

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Hello WP,

I have found this site through my own independent research and am so glad I have found it!

Here is a little background to me....

I was born premature by 6 weeks and was much later than usual to walk and speak - so much so I was kept back a year at school for a while, though I did move up a year in the end. My parents looking back found my behaviour odd regarding the later developing than most but always thought i was very clever!

I went through school with few friends and was bullied in middle school aged around 12/13!! School was very tough socially - I was very shy and easily embarrassed. My grades were always very good - even if i could not understand the whole thing in question i could remember the order/phrase to pass the exam - it is the same with spelling - ask me to spell a new word I don't know and I don't really know where to start without really thinking hard - so I remember English rather than think it if that makes any sense?

My school wasn't the best so i was sent to boarding school between 16-18. I hated being away from home and having to share a room with another person - so much so I would have left if i was allowed to. In my second year i had my own room and was fairly happy - the same routine every day suited me perfectly as i knew what to expect - I don't like suprises much!

I got AAB at A level - I only revised the night before the exams much to the distress to my parental units I think this shows my good memory?

I went on to uni at Newcastle - to say I didn't fit in was an understatement!! ! i hated it and rarely went to classes - i got depressed and was treated for this at the time - i had a year out of uni as a result before going back - i finished my second year but did not feel I could continue and left - I had not a single friend at uni!! ! Which really made me upset!!

I got a job as an aprentice at an engineering company 2 years ago which is what I am still doing - I went into depression again in late 2008 and was off work for several months - this time I also saw a apecialist to discuss my problems as well as taking fluoxetine 40mg. I am back at work now and enjoying it, mainly due to me doing the same thing everyday!! Is that sad?

I know i have never been normal - never had a girlfriend - now 24 - though I reckon I am a good looking guy Watched a program on autism and aspergers a while ago and related to a lot of the mentioned - some were mild to non-existent while others were very evident!!

The way I see it, I am an intelligent human with a great memory -this has enabled me to get through life to my current point - its not been easy with depression, but i bet a lot easier than others? I would say I have 2 real friends in this world - one from chilhood and one which comes from my unhealthy obession with Hondas!!

Well thats me - I was only going to say hello

Comments of any kind welcome!

Dan

Welcome. You seem quite happy. This site is probably better than any diagnostic manual for finding out if you are an Aspie: hang around a bit and see if you identify with us. You will find it interesting in any case.

Greetings, and welcome to the Wrong Planet community, Dan.

Welcome to the forum!

Hi, greetins from the Netherlands from anothe rfomrer preemie. Welcome!

thanks for the warm welcome

Hi Dan

Welcome to WP.
I'm sure a lot of us can relate to your interesting background.
I'd always known there was something different about me as well,but I was exactly twice your age before I eventually discovered Asperger's by accident,when I followed a link from Einstein
in Wikipedia !

To WrongPlanet!! !

Greetings from a fellow Scot.

Glad to have you on WP.

Hi, Dan. I hope you'll feel at home here.

thanks for the welcome - its not been easy but I am getting there!!

Hi Dan, welcome to WP.
I have also struggled with depression (since I was 14) and it was getting treatment for that that lead the psychiatrist to suspect that I also had AS. She went to South Africa though so I wasn't diagnosed until a year later, but she was right.
I hope you enjoy posting here.

Hi Dan from a fellow Scot living in the "colonies".

I ken ye'll like it here.

welcome here!!