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Hey! I'm Annie. I was diagnosed with Asperger's when I was 12, and pretty much tantrummed and refused to accept I had anything out of the ordinary... Until round about now, at 15, been coming around to the idea for a few months and figured it's probably true. Scary!

I love CNS pharmacology more than anything, I try and be friendly to everyone and I'm proudly Vegan. I recently broke up with the boyfriend of a year so I'm going to be trying many new hobbies to keep myself busy.

I look forward to talking to everyone here!

Welcome to Wrong Planet. I think you have a lot to offer our community here.

For example, we had a recent post about SSRIs and SNRIs and depression, which approximately 25% of the people in general will struggle with at one time or another. I started the post and I'll try and include a link to it. It was really just medical journalism. I just look up SNRI on google news (the more specific the better, or the rarer the term the better), and got a pretty good article. And some people jumped in and shared their personal experiences. And that combo can be very powerful, at the very least, it gives people better questions to ask their doctor and helps people be better educated and more confident patients. http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt158330.html (the article is rather unfortunately titled "Adolescent depression," but it's primarily just about people in general)

Are you a vegan for ethical reasons, health reasons, both?

And since you're still in high school, have you thought about medical school. Yes, really. And why not start on your own terms when you're young. Maybe read a couple of medical school biographies and see what you think.

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

Having AS is nothing to be ashamed of (not saying you are particularly ashamed or anything). It is merely a difference and there is nothing terribly wrong about it, even though it does have its difficulties.
Hope you enjoy your time here

AardvarkGoodSwimmer, thanks for the welcome. I'll definitely check out the thread, seems very interesting... And Veganism, eh, for neither I guess. I know it's odd, but I've dealt with eating issues for a while now (controlling my eating in unhealthy ways like severe calorie restriction etc), and one of my best friends (and crushes ) is Vegan... Then it clicked, I can exercise the obsessive 'control' over my diet with Veganism, instead of restrictive measures. Never looked back.
And I'm not sure yet, about medical school. It's definitely a possibility, but I'm not sure my grades are going to be up to it! Perhaps pharmacy.

TenPencePiece, thankyou. And yeah - I guess all that I was scared of is that with having AS, all people would see me as would be 'AS', not a person anymore. That frightened me and so long as I was diagnosed with AS even I started to see myself as just a condition instead of a person, so obviously I began to become very opposed to the idea of having it at all, to get 'myself' back... I'm just learning to accept that the two co-exist.

Well, from my experience that isn't common, especially with people who understand about it. I think others would agree that this place is one of the most understanding of internet forums

To WrongPlanet!! !

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Hi Annie, pharmacy school is good. You might also think about going the PhD route in chemistry, neurology, something like that, where you teach and do research.

And about the grades, please consider pre-studying. It's so effective it's almost cheating. Actually, kind of is, just an entirely legal form of cheating! For example, if you sign up for Chem I first semester freshman year, you can casually look through a textbook the summer before. Then once you're in first semester, from time to time you can skim through the material for Chem II. That way, you kind of run one semester ahead. (And it's amazing how much even a little bit of this leverages, and also gives you greater ability to take an evening off, read something just for fun, etc.) A person can do this for every college class, including history, anthropology, Contemporary Asian Literature, etc. In high school, because of the boredom factor, I might only recommend pre-study for math and science classes.

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Okay, about the post(s) on depression and medication and the body's biochem, etc. Yes, this is an area where I think we can make some progress here at Wrong Planet and people here can help educate each other. But, not as an obligation, for that's dry as dust. As open field, that's another matter. So, I am not trying to put any pressure on you or anyone else. Merely showing one open field among many.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Thankyou for all the welcomes!! !

AardvarkGoodSwimmer, unfortunately, I'm in the UK, so I don't really understand that schooling system, sorry! I have the grades to get into a Pharmacy degree (providing I do well at A Level), but probably not Medicine. Too competitive for me, haha! And yeah, it's amazing how many posts on pharmacology & biochemistry etc I've found... It sounds really odd, but it's not just that, it's HOW people approach their interests. I was used to feeling quite alone in the fact that if I was interested in something I'd unearth the FACTS (like, collecting them obsessively and checking and double-checking them) and become quite serious about it (for me that's been psychopharmacology - for 2.5 years now <3 I still have other interests, but they're things I 'do'/activities, psychopharmacology is the only 'obsessive' interest where I don't 'do' it, I research it). It's such a relief to feel less alone in that here!
It's just fantastic to see people being interested in their interests. I can't even begin to explain how amazing that is to me... xD *going overboard, I know!* I was just beginning to lose hope in that. Most people I'm around day-to-day don't seem to be like that.

I like your approach to interests! I sometimes get frustrated and even angry when someone doesn't share my particular interest, or doesn't immediately 'see the light' when I explain it. I like the fact that you're open to just the fact that the person has a strong interest.

Then interests might have a season, I might get interested in something else, and I might later come back to the previous interest. It's all good.