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i wanna know wich mental disease is the coolest.

i'd say manic depressive

I have every intention to get a disgnosis when I can. Now is not the time however.

Sweetheart, I don't know where you're from, but it's not as easy as "going to see an HMO" or getting a social worker to refer you to one.

In my opinion, a lot of people who were eventually officially diagnosed started with self-diagnosis which was then confirmed professionally. A comparison to a physical condition like AIDS, cancer, or heart disease is an argument that has been brought up before and it doesn't fly here either. There are tests for all three of those conditions which are easily determined. Even then, doctors have made mistakes in diagnosis. There is no hard and fast test for AS even considering the usage of the DSM criteria. It's up to a doctor's interpretation to decide if you fit or not. There is no blood test or any other physical, error proof way to see if a person has AS. Since AS wasn't even really recognized until 1994, many people fell through the cracks as children or young adults and were either misdiagnosed, or worse yet, not given any help at all. Trying to find a doctor who is capable and knowledgable enough about childhood AS is difficult enough, let alone trying to find one capable of understanding the condition in adults.

Self-diagnosis does nothing to those who are officially diagnosed and it definitely doesn't turn it into a joke. Would you care to explain why you think that it turns those professionally diagnosed into jokes? Your statement makes no sense.

I'm in the process of finding an official diagnosis and it's not easy or cheap. I could have put "officially diagnosed" in my profile, but why lie? What harm is it doing you? How is it making it harder for you?

That is what mainstream does to people. Don't pick on people who are self-diagnosed because you are taking swipes at them too and making them seem like they are lying.

There are many reason why someone haven't been to a psychiatrist in their adult life. Not everyone can afford insurance. Not everyone also came from a stable household with understanding parents.

I do however see your frustrations with people who don't have aspergers that claim all their problems with picking up women is because of that. Read that in the other thread. Also, mean people are going to pick on you and throw in their reason. That's all they like to do. Pick pick pick.

For example people like Rush Limbaugh when it comes to Michael J. Fox. How he treated that topic. Why care about what those kind of people think? They take swipes and try to make you seem like you are full of it because they cannot bring themselves to understand. Their whole life has revolved around converting so you should too and if you don't well you are just a no good jerk.

No offense but,

I know more about AS than any "professionals" I could go to for a diagnosis. They haven't heard of it, much less feel a desire to even ask what it is.

As for Dr's, I live in Canada, so I don't pay anything if want to see one. Those who think american healthcare sucks should consider moving here.

Also, there have been some valid points made, and maybe I made this thread in haste. My issue is that there are many NT people out there who feel that AS is either A) made up or B) is the "trendy internet disorder" of the month which nerds label themselves with. This is probably noone's fault here, and I apologize if I offended anyone, and I realize this thread was a little unnecessary.

I also realize that there probably won't be finite diagnostic criteria for several decades, or until they can identify the "autism gene." I am sure there is a gene, because it is genetic. My older brother was diagnosed with classical autism when he was 3 or 4, I was diagnosed with AS at age 19 (I am 24 now). Also my dad and mom have some AS traits, and there is a wide spectrum of autism and AS with people having different levels of symptoms and traits, so it is impossible to put everyone in the same, or one of a few categories. Again, sorry if I offended anyone with this thread.

Let's just agree that this thread is pointless and should be canned, ok?

You're the one who started the thread, but I'm all for it. The discussion in these threads always turns pointless very quickly and all arguments have been made elsewhere. Live and let live.