What Symptoms Led You To Be Diagnosed?

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Mine is that i did really talk at the time but i do learn things at the slower pace and also I dont have that much communcation skills at the time

anxiety and meltdown

I threw a lot of big tantrums in class and I think I just acted immature. (like, compared to other girls who were into clothes and music and boys, in 6th grade I was still pretending to be an animal all the time and playing in the grass at recess..)

Poor social skills
Difficulties fitting in
Taking things literal
Processing information differently
Difficulty with change
Not understanding why I couldn't hug people nor kiss
Wrung my wrists when I was real little
Dyspraxia
Sensory issues
Rigid
Difficulty seeing the gray areas
Poor theory of mind
Echolalia
Poor eye contact

Does self-diagnosis count?

-Preferring being alone
-Didn't have a bf until a few years ago
-Went from never talking to talking too much
-Talking to myself, out loud
-No interest in "girly" stuff--dressing to be comfortable, not fashionable
-Social awkwardness/extreme introversion; sometimes still anxious in new situations
-Thoughts coming faster than I can speak--as a result, speaking WAY too fast and not being able to stop
-Getting engrossed in a single subject for long periods
-Dislike of small talk and falseness

And: just knowing I was "different" and finally finding a name for it.

It wasn't really my symptoms that led me to want a diagnosis, it was more because I was tired of people telling me I was rude, mean, emotionless, a robot, stuff like that. Unfortunately they still do that

But my symptoms were and are:
sensory/hypersensitive
flat expression
monotone in voice
somewhat rigid, stubborn
strong interests that have always been pursued (mostly in animals)
exceptional verbal and reading abilities
needing very specific and precise instruction
extremely significant anxiety, often leading to physical manifestations
bouts of depression
stimming
meltdowns
self-harm (in the past)
perceived to be cold, rude, conceited, condescending, etc.
very quiet/seen as shy
awkward in social situations
problems with non-verbal communication
urge to correct people, bluntness and extreme honesty
lack of self awareness


I just looked at the list of female AS traits and sort of went from there. I'm not actually thinking about it very hard at the moment, lol. Some of the adults I know don't think I have it, but I and my peers that I have told about it do.

The ones I can think of are...
No eye contact.
No social skills.
Odd behaviour.
Speak monotone.
Can't handle chance.
Taking things literally.
Sensory problems.
Meltdowns.

Lack of eye contact
My inability to touch or be touched by people
Social anxiety
My acting like a hermit
My collecting of data on special intrests 1-4 hours a day
Talking non-stop about my special intrests
Being blind to social cues
Being blind to some facial cues
Face blindness
No ability to deal with change
Not being able to ace a job interview due to anxiety
Meltdowns
Correcting of people's grammer
People think I am odd and I make some people nervous
Pissing off people and not knowing why
My extreme clumsiness

I never was privy to the particulars.

When I was 12, my parents split. I saw shrinks cause my dad was convinced me and sis weren't handling it well. Apparently this is when I was diagnosed, at 14 after spending a lot of time visiting these people. They never told me though cause they refused to believe it, and I ended up self diagnosing at 20. Later on, when I was discussing it with mum, she mentioned that yes, two separate shrinks diagnosed me.

I have no idea what specific symptoms led them to diagnose me, but I do know my eye contact was horrible, as was my ability to understand humour and subtext in a conversation. I also had and still have face-blindness, it's pretty annoying. I'm sure there were other symptoms, but that's what I remember most clearly.

Social retardation, sucky executive functioning, obsessiveness, stimming, sensory issues (both hypersensitivities and processing problems) and clumsiness.

Impusive, agressive, distractable and obsession with things, my hyper sensetivities, my intense desire to avoid touch and why I would scream when hugged, hyperactivity. I was originaly diagnosed with ADHD.

These are the main ones, I think...

+ Specific, intense, obsessive interests that interfere with my day-to-day functioning [although the actual interests themselves don't cause me distress - I enjoy them very much];
+ Empathy issues;
+ Social issues - very few friendships for much of my life, inability to tell social cues, mimicking others as a coping strategy.

Intense anxiety, sensory issues, daily melt downs with self injury, losing my words, not growing up like other people my age, social awkwardness/aloofness (Mom says I don't "connect"), obsessive interests, feeding issues

Eccentricities, poor social skills, lack of eye contact, I have a hard time doing what others want.
When I was a kid, I had the special interest and I couldn't hold still. I had a difficult time doing what others wanted me to do, wouldn't mind, wanted to do my own thing. I was diagnosed, originally, with hyperactivity and given Ritalin. AS wasn't in the DSM and Autism was still considered to be more extreme than what I exhibited. There was still no place for all of us kids who were in the grey area to go.