Hai again, just received official confirmation...
Hai again, been a while since I've last been here.
Yesterday I went to see my psychiatrist to get some forms filled out for a work agency and also for university (to get accommodations) and during the course of our discussion, he brought up Asperger's. Then he basically officially confirmed that I had it and put Asperger's down on my form, in addition to my other diagnosis of schizoaffective.
I'm not quite sure what to think. I guess relief? I had been confused for a while because my psychologist and psychiatrist had been wrangling with the idea of whether I was on the spectrum. Doc had always said no. Now it's yes? I don't know what changed.
So, anyways. I guess I'm trying to adjust to viewing myself as an official Aspie instead of someone who, for several years, wasn't sure. When I first joined here in 2005 I had no idea, but I guess my instinct was ultimately correct.
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Said the apple to the orange,
"Oh, I wanted you to come
Close to me and
Kiss me to the core."
Think you're ASD? Get thee to a professional!
WOW
I can't even BEGIN to imagine how you must FEEL right now!
Vindicated, perhaps?
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I did not go looking for Asperger's...it found me by way of my Higher Power. Once we became acquainted, I found out that we had quite a bit in common and we became good friends. And then I landed on WrongPlanet!
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Confirmation can be a good thing rather than leaving you wondering forever I hope that it helps you understand & learn more.
People's instincts are right quite often, even though of course there are times when we assume the wrong things.
I'm glad that you have confirmation. Congratulations
Thanks all. Yes, confirmation is good. I was getting a bit tired of being in limbo and not being sure if I was a 'fake' or the real deal. Sometimes I wanted some extra assistance with uni based on something which might have been related to Asperger's but I couldn't get it because I didn't have it, officially. Here, the psychiatrist reigns supreme. I always felt awkward in forums like here because I wasn't sure if I was a 'real' member.
It has been a long road. Actually, I suspected ASD in high school after reading Donna Williams and realising I could relate to her experiences. I just didn't take it seriously until I was dxed with social anxiety and I felt that there was something underlying that was informing it.
Vindication might be in the mix of emotions I feel right now. I'm not sure. I do believe there are several emotions running through me but I can't pinpoint them. Hence me typing this at 3:12am!
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Said the apple to the orange,
"Oh, I wanted you to come
Close to me and
Kiss me to the core."
Think you're ASD? Get thee to a professional!
Congrats. I'm looking forward a professional assessment. Either way, I'll be relieved. I would prefer a confirmation though, as I'm a bit envying you.
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"Aut viam inveniam aut faciam." (Hannibal) - Latin for "I'll either find a way or make one."
Yesterday I went to see my psychiatrist to get some forms filled out for a work agency and also for university (to get accommodations) and during the course of our discussion, he brought up Asperger's. Then he basically officially confirmed that I had it and put Asperger's down on my form, in addition to my other diagnosis of schizoaffective.
I'm not quite sure what to think. I guess relief? I had been confused for a while because my psychologist and psychiatrist had been wrangling with the idea of whether I was on the spectrum. Doc had always said no. Now it's yes? I don't know what changed.
So, anyways. I guess I'm trying to adjust to viewing myself as an official Aspie instead of someone who, for several years, wasn't sure. When I first joined here in 2005 I had no idea, but I guess my instinct was ultimately correct.
You shouldn't think of yourself as an "official Aspie" because that is allowing AS to become part of your identity
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Yesterday I went to see my psychiatrist to get some forms filled out for a work agency and also for university (to get accommodations) and during the course of our discussion, he brought up Asperger's. Then he basically officially confirmed that I had it and put Asperger's down on my form, in addition to my other diagnosis of schizoaffective.
I'm not quite sure what to think. I guess relief? I had been confused for a while because my psychologist and psychiatrist had been wrangling with the idea of whether I was on the spectrum. Doc had always said no. Now it's yes? I don't know what changed.
So, anyways. I guess I'm trying to adjust to viewing myself as an official Aspie instead of someone who, for several years, wasn't sure. When I first joined here in 2005 I had no idea, but I guess my instinct was ultimately correct.
You shouldn't think of yourself as an "official Aspie" because that is allowing AS to become part of your identity
ummm. AS affects us at a very basic level of who we are, how can it not become part of one's identity???
If you take away the ASD from us, we would be a totally different person.
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up.
-James Baldwin
I guess what I meant by "officially Aspie" was simply that - I've been given the official confirmation. So, now I am officially diagnosed as a person with Asperger's. I meant it as more of a description of my current status.
I see the point in not over-identifying with being on the spectrum, but on some level it does have an impact on who I am and how I experience the world.
_________________
Said the apple to the orange,
"Oh, I wanted you to come
Close to me and
Kiss me to the core."
Think you're ASD? Get thee to a professional!
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