New, not sure if I have Asperger's or not.

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Hi, I'm Desi. I'm seventeen years old, but I turn eighteen in two weeks! I live in the southwestern United States with my mom and stepdad, and my two sisters.

I don't know if I have Asperger's or not. I started going to a counselor once a week because I have struggled with depression and anxiety for a long time, and wanted to get some help. After listening to my mom talk about my childhood and my current struggles, and listening to me talk about my life and how I feel, she suggested to us that I may have Asperger's, and that I should go to another doctor to get a diagnosis. I started reading up on Asperger's, and a lot of it makes sense and explains the origin of some of my 'oddities'.

I mean, I've always been kind of different, and people have always thought I was weird. I was bullied a lot. My family doesn't really understand me or my obsessions, and don't seem very sympathetic to my sensory problems, and bouts of overstimulation-induced panic. I hope that getting a diagnosis will help them to understand.

Welcome to WrongPlanet TheGirlInTheBubble. Good luck with your diagnosis.

Hi Desi, welcome to WP.

Only an appropriately-trained and licensed mental-health professional can render a valid diagnosis. This is not to say that all such people will give the correct diagnosis, so be sure to obtain a second opinion from another appropriately-trained and licensed mental-health professional.

Don't let any poseurs convince you otherwise.

Geez your name TheGirlInTheBubble pretty much says it all. LOL /hugs

Welcome and hi ya!

welcome to WP, Desi.

Crat! I forgot to say, "Welcome aboard, Desi!"

Try not to get too wrapped up in the "yes" or "no" of a diagnosis -- the current DSM / ICD is there as part of an agenda, NOT ultimately to help humanity! The key is to glean what you can relate to in what you read, for the purposes of relating to others so you realize how normal you actually are! Receiving an AS label is little more than a discussion starter, nowadays. They're actually doing away with the term in favour of PDD, which, in my book everyone has, to a greater or lesser degree!

Check out Dr. Tony Attwood's "Asperger's and Girls", and as for the mood swings, they even out, and what doesn't kill ya only makes ya stronger!

Welcome

"Curiosity killed the cone" -- love it, bro.... and... what, prey tell, is British Summer Time? Is it a "delightful feeling" at 4 pmpm??