I was initially diagnosed with Narcisstic Personality dis

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I was initially diagnosed with Narcisstic Personality disorder. I suppose being an Aspie is better. ??

Anyone else had a similar experience?

What are your "symptoms"?

I like to think about my favorite subject all day every day and that's all I like to talk about

Do you have a cocky attitude towards people? Are you headstrong, stubborn or anything?

I would get a second opinion if I were you.

Do you show any signs you read in here


http://www.halcyon.com/jmashmun/npd/dsm-iv.html


Do you lack empathy and act like you don't care how others feel or do you want thigns your way and you always have to be first? Do you treat people like dirt? I know aspies cna treat peple like dirt but they don't do it on purpose.


diagnose criteria:


has a grandiose sense of self-importance
is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by other special people
requires excessive admiration
strong sense of entitlement
takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
lacks empathy
is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her
arrogant affect.


DSM-IV criteria for it:


A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes


That's narcism. You show any of these?

As seen above, there are some similar symptoms between NPD and Asperger's. Of course, narcissistic personality disorder is a behavioral disorder and not a developmental disorder like Asperger's Syndrome. I've checked myself to see what it is I might have, and I think that I have mostly ruled out NPD, because I do not think I am better than everyone else. Instead, I have to remind myself that I am as good as the average person. In my daily interaction with people, I am restrained either because I am unaware of the social cue or because I want to avoid a difficult social interaction.

[from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, 1994, commonly referred to as DSM-IV, of the American Psychiatric Association. European countries use the diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization.] is a false print """ it's """ DSM-IV-TR """ Sorry need to re edit /// also you will be put under a PDD coz as you can see from the last link.... why it might of happened want to go to a person who does the test without a APA book infront of them or know what they doing ie:- do autism... if you felt it was wrong...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DSM-IV-TR-Diagn ... 0890420246



http://www.autismuk.com/index6sub.htm#treat "" this is the World Health Organization one... ""

DSM-IV one


They meant to rule out the other disorders if they did put PDD-NOS
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly. ... 049&a=3372

Kirinia Cosange's story sounds a lot like mine, except for the Nazi infatuation. Well I did like Ninjas and Samuraiis.
I guess I came across as self-centered and a know it all, so he labeled me narcisstic.

I also took a personality inventory test and it flagged me as having narcisstic traits.

whateveh.

like Kirnia no one suspected Asperger's until several years later.

I "had" NPD at one point in time. And I do agree that I show some of the behavioral characteristics in part. However, I am definitely AS, and would probably be better described (in the narcissistic department) as a Narcissistic Personality Style (which is generally meaning "partial" NPD).