Hi, I"m Rob and I'm new here.
I've known about Aspergers for almost a decade now, but only recently was it suggested that I look into it to explain some of my oddness, especially as a child. For starters, I took the Wired Aspie quiz, initially scored 26, took it again and was a little more honest on the answers and it bumped up to 31. Then, took the more involved test at rdos; 155 out of 200. Definitely some Aspie tendancies.
It was when I was a child that they were really manifested. Very awkward, shy to a fault, a bit disconnected, very, very focused. Began to suffer from migraines when I was 11, neurologist noted that I was above average but very focused; I tended to blank other things out... including most of school.
As I grew older I lived a bit of a lonely existence, having only a couple of friends. The sudden moving of one of my friends at the age of 15 was the impetus to learn more skills. I really succeeded, to the point where I could move in some circles, albeit the nerdier ones. Still very focused on the subjects I loved, simply ignoring the ones I didn't. I was one of those kids who would come in and blow the tests out of the water but never did a shred of homework and failed anyway (I thought it was all knowledge based, not performance based. Of course, I was wrong...).
Life has been... weird. I'm in my mid -40's now, and finally coming to terms with the fact that so many of my life's problems - my depressions, my anxiety, my feeling alien, my inability to keep some long term relationships - may be traced to this. I plan on getting further evaluated, but it definitely seems like a possibility. Either way, it's all good.
Rob