Hi everyone.
I am new to this forum.
Within the last 9 months I initially self-diagnosed myself with Asperger's Syndrome. It is also possible that it may be High Functioning Autism as I did not speak until I was 4. My dad thought that I could actually speak earlier since whenever I wanted something I would point. Finally when I turned 4 and I was pointing at the salt shaker and he would not give it to me.
I finally blurted out "Give me the salt."
I took the online assessment twice and scored a 36 the first time and a 39 the second time.
One thing was that I really was lousy at sports, especially baseball, soccer and basketball.
Also, My mother kept telling me why do you keep repeating the same thing over and over again. No one wants to hear it.
Also, I had a tendency to talk loud alot and still do on occasions. I also still carry on long winded conversations about something I really like and I cannot stop easily.
My greatest challenge is my sensitivity to noise. Phones ringing greatly unerve me. I actually turned off the ringers in my home except for the kitchen phone. And if it is quiet enough, I can hear the phone ringing 40 or 50 ft away.
When a fire alarm goes off, I have to cover my ears or I will put in cotton or use headphones.
Also, I cannot follow multiple conversations in a group setting. I even have a hard time hearing even one voice clearly. It all sounds like noise and babble. I have even been told that I am easily distracted. I thought it was due to ADD, but I think what happens is if there is too much background noise, I cannot filter it out. This goes for any external sounds, or visual stimulus.
I cannot even eat spicy foods. They cause canker sores in my mouth and excessive perspiring and even my lips will burn like they are on fire.
Plus I get easily irritated by being nagged or questioned too much. I have actually had fits where I almost go into a rage when I am over stimulated by noise.
My job is an engineer at a major company.
Well that's it for my initial summary of myself.
Richard
15 Mar 2013, 2:19 am
welcome to our cool club 
