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Hi all, I'm a college student (biology major) and I've recently started suspecting that I may have Asperger's. I'm holding off a while before telling my parents and attempting to get a diagnosis, but my research makes me feel about 90% certain I'm somewhere on the spectrum.

I won't lie - I was pretty resistent to the conclusion at first. Going away to college helped me make huge progress with my social issues, and for a while I thought there was hope I might eventually become "normal". But the more I looked into the symptoms of Asperger's, the more I realized how well it explained my entire life. It's almost alarming, really. Like my personality is one of those chalk optical illusion/street art things: a weird, meaningless jumble until you view it from the right angle and suddenly the pattern emerges.

But anyway, enough of my weird metaphors haha. Other fun facts about me: I love to read, I'm currently obsessed with all things British, and I come down solidly on the side of the felines in all dog vs cat wars

Btw, if anyone is curious about what specifically makes me think I'm an aspie, just let me know and I'd be happy to provide a list

Hi Elenchus, This is my first post on this site as well. I am 30 and just got diagnosed with ASD/Aspergers. I took the KBIT last month and the following week I took GADS and ADOS. I have been misdiagnosed basically my whole life and now I am really starting to figure out exactly what is going on with me. I must admit I wish I had known about aspergers sooner. Probably would have made my life more than a bit more comfortable. Hope to see you around here.

Welcome both

Welcome to WP! <3

Welcome Rapture and Elenchus!

Hi and welcome to WP from another cat person.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

I'm brand new as well. So I hope this works for all of us. Not sure how cool you are with sharing, but I find list work great for going down and making sure things are what's what. Unfortunately no one really paid much attention to issues of the brain when I was going through school. My doc never administered a written test, just went through books and questions and behavioral examination for some weeks then confirmed I absolutely am Aspy. Sometimes I wonder if there were more things that should have gone into the diagnosis, but I hear different specialists handle diagnosis differently. The only real testing I read about was for kids. Curious what you guys have run across. As to telling your parents, I guess it depends on your relationship with them and what kind of parents you have. I found that my family didn't care much one way or another. I am the oldest of five and my sibs suffer from an assortment of goodies. My Ex refuses to accept the diagnosis as she prefers to think that I am the way I am just because I am an ass, even though the people who know me all agree I am not. I think it just makes it easier for her to be able to blame things on me. Exs what can you do?

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Mick

I'm also obsessed with British things as well. I have been my whole life.