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Hi, My name is Melanie and i found this site when i was looking on Google for info on Aspergers following my diagnosis. I was diagnosed last spring, but i've always known i was a bit weird, at first they thought i had depression with "atypical symptoms" but with some persuasion finally decided to refer me to an expert in adult autism for consideration and he said "i'm quite frankly amazed you've been left this long without a diagnosis" it took him and 3 other experts a total of an hour to reach a decision, after 23 years of me feeling like i was on a planet where everyone else was given instructions at birth, and somehow i managed to skip picking mine up. So yey! finally i know i'm not just a complete weirdo, there is an explanation at last.

Anyway, i'm 23, English (from the north) and i live alone apart from my rats which are definitely my main special interest, i know just about everything there is to know about them and i've been keeping them for years. Most people think this is an odd hobby, but it chills me out.

I don't currently work, i tried that, for some reason i thought it would be a good idea to work front of house at a theatre, terrible idea, i was very good at my job is some respects, nobody other than me could balance to kiosk in the upper circle with the slightly quirky till, but terrible in other respects, the theatre sat 2000, 2000 strangers every day, honestly what was i thinking? this lead to an inevitable complete meltdown, which was horrible, but did lead to my diagnosis, so good result really, and i won't be trying a job like that again.

Glad to have found this place

Welcome!
The forum says you're 24

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

I am 24 i forgot! i was really very tired when i wrote that, i don't sleep well, ever. Thanks for the welcomes