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hey everyone...
i know this might be very repetitive for you guys to be asked to diagnose someone else
i just want few opinions from those who are aspie (autistic), since no actual test can make me believe for sure that i am one...

i can't get a formal diagnose since I'm not in a country that have good specialist in this field ( maybe in capital but not my city) , and also can't afford it financially, let alone that i don't have access to my parents and most of my childhood memory.
i took several tests, you name it EQ,AQ,RAADS-R and bunch of others, all indicated that i have aspergers. I'm pretty convinced that i am autistic since not one other thing come close to describing me and my life so far.

i know it's a joke to ask of opinions based on some test result and a few line of words, however i cant think of anything else to do at this point. i would write my whole life only if i could, to give you a good perspective of my personality but since I'm not good in writing English, i rather not bore you to death with my bad grammar, (and cos writing is frustrating unlike reading English).


here is my Aspie-quiz results, what do you think ? ( looks like i cant post image or url cause I'm new user, anyway to fix this ?)
scored 140 for neurodiverse and 67 for neurotypical



if you have time, this is the whole result in pdf : (cant add a link cause I'm a new user)



PS: i really appreciate your thoughts guys even if only a few words, and sorry for my bad English again.

I am formally diagnosed and have never taken an online self diagnosis test.I would recommend you contact who ever you can in your local area that offers psychiatric services and get in touch with them.There must be someone in your local area that your health insurance would pay for,even if it's a masters level therapist and not a real psychologist or psychiatrist.At least they can give you something better than online tests and self diagnosis.

Also if your master's level nurse practitioner or talk therapist is sure of diagnosis they may be able to talk to your insurance to set up an appointment with a doctoral level therapist for formal diagnosis.There may be some hoops to jump through but you should be able to get formal diagnosis.

What benefits or services do you hope to obtain from a formal diagnosis?Also what country are you in,you implied your not in the US but you didn't state your country.Are you in a country where it is difficult to get health care,or is it just that you live to far away from a city that has services?Does your country offer universal health care?

If you can't get a professional opinion, the best you can do is look up the official criteria psychologists use to diagnose autism or Asperger's (probably the DSM or ICD-10, but there may be something else depending on the country you are in) and decide whether you fit those criteria. You know yourself much better than anyone on WP does.

If you want to be really thorough, look up conditions that are similar to autism and see if you fit the criteria for those (to rule them out). Make sure you use professional and trustworthy information sources (such as an encyclopedia or university's website if you can't find a copy of the DSM or ICD) and not random websites.

The only online test that is at all authoritative is the one created by Simon Baron Cohen, but that is only an indicator of whether a person might be autistic. Don't bother with online tests.

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For a one-time processing fee of $50 I'll informally diagnose you.
$50 per diagnosis, so you can informally have whatever you'd like.


Wait, I've got a doctor's note that says I'm an elf and allergic to work.

Hello, hope you are well. I am a self-diagnosed girl HSP with ASD and diagnosed ADHD. I have close family on the spectrum, have had good friends on the spectrum as well. If you've taken that many tests, done that much reading into the subject, keep getting high scores like you posted that are consistent with your life experiences, and made an account here I would say you have ASD, and the people I love who have ASD would probably agree with me on that.

I'm in the same boat as you, awaiting official assessment with no one around to help. I've spent years reading books and articles about ASD, studying diagnostic criteria for females and males on the spectrum, going through checklists and tests, etc. and, although it has always fit my life experiences 100%, I've gone through enough doubt without an official diagnosis that I wanted to reassure you that it's okay to be awaiting an official assessment and still think of yourself as autistic. As a girl I've been told I can't have ASD because I don't like math, am not aggressive, that I'm just shy, and, obviously, I don't have a diagnosis so how do I know? Believed them for a long time even though that came at a great cost to my health as I expected myself to navigate the neurotypical world in a neurotypical fashion but kept running into walls. It's so much pain and confusion to pretend you're just shy bc you don't understand how to make small talk or you're just overly sensitive because you literally can't tell the difference between friendly teasing or bullying. Nothing explained what I was going through except for ASD and my (last year) my diagnosis of ADHD, and close family, friends ultimately agreed with me if they hadn't already believed I was autistic before I could even accept that about myself. Ultimately no shrink is going to know you better than yourself, your family and your friends if you can talk to them about it. So while an official diagnosis is helpful, if you don't have access to that regionally or financially or whatever you need to accept that you are probably autistic, you are the way you are and give yourself the tools that you need to navigate social situations, sensory issues, work issues etc. Don't deprive yourself of any resources you need because you aren't sure about it. I made an account here yesterday because I noticed many users on the forums are either awaiting assessment or do not have official ASD diagnosis at all, and I'm hope I'm right that this is a community where that's understood. Psychologists who have truly researched and understand ASD as it pertains to adults are actually very hard to find, so what can you expect really? Don't be deterred from seeking help or advice... sending love and hope things go well for you.

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