NT or not nt

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My psychiatrist has diagnosed me as having a primary psychotic disorder ( i think that he thinks i have schizophrenia) instead of AS. i'm on risperdal at the moment....i cant say that much has changed accept for the fact that i don't feel anxious in public anymore. my question is does this make me nt? a normal person does not see the world as i see it. an nt by definition is someone who does not suffer from any psychological disorders. does this mean that i am not nt? is it therefore more tragic for someone who does not have as or autism tom be such an outcast? i used to think that my life was a tv show and that everyone i knew were actors. That is the reason why i was put on meds in the first place. The fact remains that i feel more at home on this site than anywhere else. I can relate to what most people are talking about on wp than anywhere else. can anyone else relate to what i'm going through?

I think that this is a matter of opinion, but I believe that people with neurological abnormalities other than ASD should not be classified as NT. Schizophrenia is a good example because it has been shown to have a neurological basis--it appears on brain scans. I think that people who have schizophrenia or any type of developmental delay or brain damage should not be considered NT because their brains are not typical.

My husband used to be on risperdal as well. Taking meds doesn't really affect AS one way or the other for the most part, although they can make it easier to fake being normal, but that doesn't change what you are really like just the surface of your feelings so that people put up with you.

There is no magic pill to make you NT. Shrinks really don't know what they are doing, nor do they really care. They call it scientific, although you can't really apply science to feelings and you shouldn't try.

I'm sure your welcome here regardless of your diagnosis. Don't worry about the NT thing. Normal is overated.

Very well put!
I totally agree...
i wrack my wee crusty little brain over that one...because even though i am not really diagnosed with much more than a doctors opinion that maybe amphetamines and anti-anxiety meds might help me function to a better capacity...

I have never been "Normal" It has always been obvious in the way that I interract with other people and my environment....It is something I have stuggled with since I was a small child...There have always been issues with my neurological and even physical (toe-walking) development...that do not seem to be "typical"

I am glad not to be 'neurologicly typical"...but i didn't ask to be like this...and it HAS been a long stuggle....