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alrite my names fitch im from north london england im 15 and i was diagnosed with mild aspergers about 2years ago, the thing is though i don't think ive got aspergers even tho i was diagnosed with it cos i mean im good at socialising with my m8s nd that nd we have rite laffs on friday nights haha nd i can make eye contact easily with ppl but its doing my head in cos before i was diagnosed with it i was fine nd i never really got depressed but now i get depressed sometimes cos i fink im never gonna have a normal life because of all the stuff i read up about aspergers about how you cant make friends easily nd all dat but i can socialise fine and make friends easy, i swear i must av adhd or sumin cos im preety sure it aint aspergers. does anyone feel the same as i do???

If you are 15, you are just experiancing what every single teenager goes through and ever has.

You are changing as is everyone of your friends. It is the way it is. Fnord put it best, Life is what you make of it.

I know I have AS; but it doesn't really get me down. I mean, it causes problems; but they're solvable problems. All in all, life is OK. And having friends as an Aspie isn't impossible, either; most of us have friends, though most of us are not popular.

I think it would be really annoying to be misdiagnosed, though. It's happened to me, and I didn't like it. Have you read through the diagnostic criteria and asked your counselor or therapist or whoever to explain why he diagnosed you that way? Maybe you have one characteristic that's stereotypically associated with Asperger's, but don't actually fit the diagnosis--that's how I was misdiagnosed (multiple times, at that).

If you have a good reason to suspect you aren't actually Aspie, you are very right to question the diagnosis and maybe look for a second opinion. There's no good in getting diagnosed for the wrong thing; you'll get the wrong treatment.

yh but its doing my head in cos i dont think ive got aspergers, isit denial??? it really pi**es me off sometimes cos i fink i cant make friends nd i fink ppl r gonna fink im a ret*d (sry if that offended anybody), none of my m8s know that i have aspergers except one of my best mates tht ive known for long nd he says he just thinks i seem perfectly normal which is why i don't think ive got aspergers + da fact tht i dont really have any of da symptoms tht ive read aspergers ppl have

Basically what Callista said. Although for some people with Aspergers socialising can be easier in certain times of their lives than in others, also, I wouldn't look at how you spend time with friends- they get easier and easier to socialise with because eventually you are bound to learn something.

Some people with aspergers can make eye contact pretty easily, but if you've gone and read the symptoms and still have doubts than, yeah, I'd take some time getting things straight if I were you. Of course ADHD, ADD and aspergers are known to overlap in some ways and traits so I suppose it isn't impossible that you were misdiagnosed.

another thing is is that the doctors reason for diagnosing me with aspergers is that i dont talk properly; like i mumble alot lol nd its weird cos i seem to speak slightly differently with my parents but with everyone else i speak completely normal, is that a reasonable enough excuse to diagnose me with aspergers??? in fact is that even a symptom of aspergers??? and i'm good at drawing aswell but so what alot of people are good at drawing it don't mean i've got aspergers does it???

Nope, they ain't reasonable excuses. xD Lol it almost sounds like your Doctor's been watching Rainman if that's the best they could come up with. Heheh.

Most people talk differently around their parents compared with how they talk to their mates. It's natural.

lol

It's very normal to get depressed at times.

What you really shouldn't do though is see Asperger's as a disability, especially if like you said you are able to be social and lead a normal life. The disorder is only a label that you can use to find help if you need it.

Callista, et al are right. Question the doctor and get another assessment if you are having doubts. Doctors can be wrong. Plenty of people on this forum have been misdiagnosed more than once before getting a proper assessment.

Whatever the outcome, don't let it get you down. You are still you. Keep on being who you are. No one can take that from you unless you give it away.

i get well depressed sumtyms aswell, ive lost count of the amount of times ive felt like killing myself cos i fink i ent gonna have a normal life like everyone else nd i dont see the point in living, it makes me feel kinda like the guy in a metallica song called "one" where the guy cant live or die, it feels like i cant live properly like everyone else, tht proberbly sounds stupid but it jus feels like i cant live properly

I found this at the NAS.

I can't find anything about suspicion of a misdiagnosis, but maybe it might help a little: *shrugs*

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly. ... 071&a=3106

and I found this

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=364&a=9120