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I have Asperger's however for ten years it was misdiagnosed as General Anxiety Disorder/ Panic Disorder. So I have been on meds for quite a while that just were not working for me. I spent all of this time trying to feel "Normal", however no matter what I tried I could never feel how I assumed everyone else felt like. I have trouble making connections with other people, since when I meet new people I can never like them. I don't hate people however the connection just does not exist and I usually want to keep the conversations short and to the point.

However finding out that I have Asperger's is helping me, since I have OCD as well and I was trying everyday, every minute of the day, Obsessively to rid myself of what I felt was a Mental Disorder, however this attempt, had almost, had me put into a Mental Hospital. Now that I know that I am not crazy, I feel more at peace, and am now accepting that what I felt was wrong for an NT is perfectly normal for someone with Asperger's. So now when people make fun of how I eat or walk, or the words I use ( for some reason I use a lot of 19th century words), or how I will sometimes speak, as my friends say, poetically, I don't have to feel bad anymore.

I don't know if having Asperger's makes anyone else feel better, but to me it is a hell of a lot better then being Mentally Ill.

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Knowing that I have Asperger's made me feel better as well.

--David

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Well you you can't fix the Aspie part of you, but you stop a lot of the OCD stuff it is hard but can be done, it takes will power and will bug the heck out of you when you do. You just have to stop yourself from doing the OCD stuff, like checking to make sure the door has been locked properly, and checking it 10 times before you can walk away, took me a while but got it down to 2 times.
I just had to force myself to walk away and trust what I had done it worked. Got OCD with a lot of other things but did the same with them as well.

Welcome to WP, Napoleon Bonamite.

Welcome to WP!

Welcome, NapoleanBonamite, to the Wrong Planet community.

To WrongPlanet!! !

Hello NapoleonBonamite, welcome, and enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!

Hi NapoleanBonamite,

Welcome in and make yourself comfortable!
Im glad you feel yourself in more peace since you got the correct diagnosis.
To have AS can actually make one feel better, just to have the knowledge about it!