I have a diagnosis with aspergers but it's false help!

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Hello every one, this is my first post here so cut me some slack.

When I was very young I was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome, it wasn't a good time for me as my parents had split up. Soon after I had met my step father who happend to be in the military as a result we as a family quickly moved to Germany. This is when my diagnosis came in as I had just moved and was torn up I wasn't very social for a say... 8 year old kid who had never left home and his friends. This started a chain reaction to my diagnosis of aspergers.

That's just my back story (which I don't want to have to bore you with by the way), the issue is by any stretch of the imagination there is no way I can have aspergers syndrome. I absolutely love social situations in which I can make eye and physical contact, I also have a lot of friends and I am in the popular circle of people. Yeah some how I'm part of the guys who beat each other up and go drinking for fun. Hey I can even flirt and get a girl friend.

Now is it just me or does that not sound very 'aspie' to you. Most of all I have attended over 7 schools as my step father is in the military, most of the people here wouldn't like change... After 3 years I get fidgety and need to leave and meet new people. Infact my aspirations are to leave home and travel meeting new people and branching out to the world.

Aspergers syndrome has affected my future allready, it was my intentions to join the military this year when I turned 16, unfortunately my application was revoked due to my apparent "condition" although I am physically fit and spent most my teenage life under military disiplne and law. All my teenage life knowing what I have apparently got has held me back and made me feel bad as a person. I personally hate being out side the box at stake of being unpopular.

I don't want this to hold me back any more, but it's stuck on my medical record and mainly people want to become diagnosed and not gt rid if it. So as far as I know there is o real system for getting rid of it.

Any replys would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you
Charlie

You can seek a second opinion now, which can override the former one in your records. Just go to a GP and ask about it. Bring the new one up if the former is mentioned when you reapply/apply for stuff.

Charlie, if you're that certain that you don't have AS, and want to join the military (I'm a Navy vet myself), then I would talk to a recruiter to see what they have to say about your situation. If they are encouraging, then I would find a doctor and get undiagnosed. Just make sure to tell the doctor why you want to be undiagnosed so that the doctor can prepare the necessary paperwork according to what the military will accept.

Good luck.

You very eloquently provide a lot of background detail that makes it seem unlikely... I feel weird saying this (as many people on here are looking to rule in a diagnosis), but only a professional can rule it out.

Attachment concerns (such as ones common to children in military families) and anxiety (such as those experienced by a child in the wake of a divorce) can look like an ASD by themselves... With both of these facts put together, that can be a perfect storm of misdiagnosis.
I would seek out a professional and make sure he knows this important background information.

It certainly doesn't seem like you have many aspie traits, so you're saying you never had difficulty making friends when you were young, never had any problem with reciprocal conversation and things like that, no sensory issues, could easily understand others' points of view, no special or all-absorbing interests? If all that is the case, I would be inclined to agree with you that that does not fit the profile of an aspie. I would check the ADA regulations and/or speak to a psychologist regarding what I can only see as discrimination against you by the military. If you can't find a loophole to make them accept you, the next best bet would probably be to get retested, demonstrate that you were wrongly diagnosed in the past, and get AS struck off your record. Good luck!