You may or may not have Aspergers.

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My wife got me the T shirt!

Having a real diagnosis of Aspergers may classify you as being disabled and entitled to some form of government welfare payment if you live in a European nation.
So you are self diagnosed and not yet confirmed Aspergers and can not get that government pay cheque that may make life so much easier for you.

I fully understand there is no welfare state in the US, private pension insurance only in the US. In the US you can not get a diagnosis unless you pay 1000s out of your own pocket. I personally do not know how you Americans survive with your private only health system, no public health system and no access to welfare system.

Actually, I would say Spock (not "Doctor Spock"... he was a child psychologist, not a Vulcan) would make a pretty good Aspie. There are many different types, after all. Repressing emotion because you have been taught it will take over is not unusual on the spectrum--we often deal with meltdowns and emotional overexpression, at least as often as we deal with under-expression. I did this myself for quite a while. Lately I've just begun to realize that it is easier to deal with emotion if you get away from the situation that's overwhelming you, calm down in private, and then come back to it. Humans aren't Vulcans, after all. Not even autistic ones.

Compulsive lying and lack of emotion has nothing to do with AS or autism. I really don't know where you get that. I would suggest you go and read some more about autism in general, especially books written by autistics; you seem to be quite underinformed.

I suggest Congratulations! Your Child Is Strange. It's child-focused, as you can tell from the title; but much of it applies to adults too.

Yes, it was a sad chapter in America where funding for mental health got cut so that folks could be set free from institutions. Then the funding for the "safety net" for them got cut, so they ended up on the street.

Asperger's is most easily diagnosed when you are either young or old. When you are young the developmental delay aspect is quite apparent.

It is hardest to diagnose in young adults--when mental illness typically shows up for the first time--now it is necessary to weed out much more common
mental illnesses before making a diagnosis.

As you get older it again gets easier to diagnose--you may have offspring who are diagnoses, making your diagnosis much easier. Special talents often take time to develop and translate into something useful.

i also may or may not have a cold.

i have a runny nose, fever, blocked head head etc

it might be a flu, might be something else, but im sure its a cold.
all i know is, lemsip & neurofen makes it go away.


but i need my gp to tell me its a cold...

I was told by a doctor that I couldn't have Asperger's because I looked her in the eye (I was looking at the frame of her glasses... neat trick, huh?), my voice was expressive (I was there for depression and crying... hmmmmm) and that I wasn't 'odd'. A psychiatrist, licensed and self admittedly 'experienced' in autism. 10 minute/3 symptom pseudo dx.

Sorry. Not buying it.