COULD MY SISTER HAVE ASPERGERS ?

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HI EVERYONE, I'm new to this forum, and would like to ask advice about aspergers syndrome regarding my elder sister. we both have suffered from severe depression for many years, and have recently begun to suspect inattentive adhd in myself. however though my sister has similar problems, there has been marked differences in our behaviour. As a child she always seemed so disconnected from people, and had a problem with childhood interaction, she was easily upset over things, but always very much in her own world. so people did nt always understand her distress. her life has been greatly hampered by this and it has caused severe depression. I Recently came across symptons for aspergers and i felt i was reading a description of my sister. So would be greatly interested to hear other peoples opinions, kind regards DAINBAMMAGE X

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Hi DAINBAMMAGE welcome, to be diagnosed usually best to start with your doctor (if they will listen) and ask for a referral.... but some things you can consider/do for now:

As I am not a professional do not feel its my place to diagnose you, and feel often people are there own best judges. Its quite possible you are by what you have said, but it takes a lot longer to be diagnosed, to be honest the biggest misconceptions of people being on the autism spectrum is that we are all the same, we are not... in fact can be very diverse and different. So its not a matter of a simply check list, some of us have adapted and changed, i.e. I now look directly at people could never do as a child, since being diagnosed I do realize that in fact I do, but not in the same way as many an others do... its really not as simply as a quick check list.

I wasn't diagnosed with any think until in my late 40s, I have many co morbid, associated conditions. Autism is the center, the differently minded part, as for diagnosis.. I feel its best thinking about being diagnosed, write down as much information as you can will really help, back to when you were a child. As we get older we learn to change and adapt, does not mean we do not still have those differences, do what your doing now research and read as much as you can and then decide, if you feel you are I always say its best to know for sure before being diagnosed, as its not about the label, its about true identity.

Continual to do what you are doing list the information down, do you have anyone you can discuss it with that your close to, who can help you decide.... If it is really worrying you maybe you should see a doctor and discuss with them, its very common to have OCD, anxiety, depression if on the autism spectrum.... so I will also add not something to rush into, with self discovery we all have to decide if we choose to be diagnosed or not, and if you choose to its good to have the professional support you may need. It can be very hard at first and if your already under a doctor, once you have gathered all the information you can, discuss it with them. Remember you are really not alone, there are many of us who have been thought similar situations so we really do understand what its like and how hard things can seem especially at first.

Some things you can do, list, criteria ands test:
AS Symtoms (Full Official Criteria) and take the AQ Test:
http://asplanet.info/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=63

"Hi," DAINBAMMAGE, and welcome to Wrong Planet. Wishing you all the WP best to you and your sister.

Hi TIM TEX, ASPLANET, & JETLAG and thank you for your replies to my post And your welcoming coments, i will take on board what you say asplanet and continue learning as much as i can about it, for my sister has felt alone and isolated for so many years, fearful of things that are benign and commonplace to most people, so i m desperate to find out as much about this as possible. so i really appreciate your Welcomes and your shared experiences, and thank you Asplanet for the link kindest regards DAINBAMMAGE X

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I am still wondering the same thing about my older NT sister.