do i have appergers anymore

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i have noticed i no longer have the problems iv had in the past, i can hold long interesting conversations now, with complete strangers, before that would have freaked me out

i also had a fear of essembalys (audatoriums, sorry, cant spell either) but now i dont mind it, large crowds and loud noises im comfortable with

i have even been able to get relationships with people,......sexy relationships.......

so, does this mean i dont have aspergers anymore, or that i have just been able to deal with the symptomes and i still have it?

You can "lose" the diagnosis...as in cope with your symptoms well enough that you no longer meet the criteria but you can't lose the disorder i.e. you can't grow out of autism ..........it's mostly genetic (80% heritability) and developmental. You may have learned to cope with your symptoms well but may still have some residual problems (because your brain is still wired like an aspie's). In this case you still have AS (I would argue...even if you no longer meet criteria for the disorder) because for example if you have children they still have a higher likelihood of having an ASD. The other possibility is that you were misdiagnosed in the first place…………

If you "had" Asperger's you "have" it now.

It's like getting your hand cut off. If you lost it in the past and with the help of a prosthesis regained the control that you once had, that doesn't mean you have "your" hand back. It's still gone, forever.

You've just made ways to cope with your Asperger's or got over some of your previous issues. Or you were misdiagnosed as said above.

I've been able to speak more to strangers and go into places I haven't been to before, although rarely, this doesn't mean my "Asperger's" is getting better. I am just better able to cope.

I've 'grown' out of a lot of my problems in the last few years. I am happy about it.