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26 Jul 2016, 8:44 am

Hello world! I'm brand new here, and it takes me a long while to get the hang of a new website. Just wanted to drop by the newbie board and say hi.

I'm currently digging my way out of a poor mental health situation, and working towards getting an official ASD diagnosis. I have a second appointment with a psychologist this friday, who thinks ASD is a definitely possibility (as well as ADD), so I'll be taking some tests. Also working with my longterm psychiatrist who laughed at the suggestion of ASD, and thinks I may only be suffering from an attention disorder. Hoping to reach further self-discovery!



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26 Jul 2016, 8:55 am

Welcome. Although this board focuses on ASD, we have members that don't have ASD but other issues, so even if you don't have ASD I'm sure you'll find other people here you can relate with. :wink:

As for your long term psychiatrist, realize a lot of professionals are confused by autism, especially high functioning autism-- it's fairly new in the literature and poorly understood. So take it with a grain of salt, and it's good you're getting a second opinion.

edit: grammar.



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26 Jul 2016, 9:05 am

Welcome! Hope you enjoy it here.



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26 Jul 2016, 2:19 pm

Hey orangegoldgreen welcome. :sunny:


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26 Jul 2016, 9:18 pm

I use *greetings* I tried launching a shiny pokéball at your head but it merely bounced off :/ Hope your mental health journey yields some useful answers and gives rise to a better direction :)



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28 Jul 2016, 5:00 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet! :D


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29 Jul 2016, 8:24 pm

<-- wild noob with a different ID No. :)
Loved the wild noob intro...

Hope you get some answers in decent time. I am in a similar situation and that was my reason for joining, too.



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30 Jul 2016, 2:58 am

ASD is an attention disorder.

Think of the Good Witch of the North saying, "Are you a good doctor, or a bad doctor?"



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30 Jul 2016, 3:02 am

Also, don't tell your longterm psychiatrist any of this.

Look for help in as many places as possible. Even the parking lot at Wal-Mart.

Strangely enough, I got more answers from a fire hydrant than I did from some of the biggest psych MD's in my area.



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31 Jul 2016, 11:56 am

It's nice to meet you :) Welcome to Wrong Planet! :D


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