yay! newly diagnosed!

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I didn't know where to put this, but this seems as good of a place as any. I'm diagnosed PDD-NOS. Finally! Yipee!

Does the ''PDD NOS'' mean ''less severe than Asperger'' or does it mean ''more severe then Asperger but less severe than Kanners''. I am asking because either of the two would be ''not specified''.

Welcome

To Roman: it's like a step above aspergers in terms of not meeting absolutely every single criterion for an asperger's diagnosis, but most of them.

To TenPencePiece: thanks!

Actually DSM 4 criteria for Asperger does not say you should have every single simptom either. It says you should have at least 2 out of 4 ''social skills'' issues they listed and at least 1 out of 4 ''special interests'' (see http://www.autreat.com/dsm4-aspergers.html ). That would amount to less than half of what they listed; so if you had ''most'' of it, as you put it, it would be ''even more than enough'' to get Asperger diagnosis.

Or are you saying you do have the right number of symptoms from I and II but you miss some of the ''qualifying'' criterias III-VI? If so, which of the III-VI criterias on the link above are you missing?

Or are you refering to some other criteria when you were implying you needed to have every single simptom? Do you have a link to it?

i'm glad you are glad!

Welkome to WP

Mick

To WrongPlanet!! !