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Officially Autistic

Well, this really isn't news. It's just official now. Years ago I took an "Aspie Quiz" and scored pretty high. I've been in contact with Cynthia since 2009, and after reading many sobbing emails from me, she suggested a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and my doc at the time agreed. No doc I've seen since then has disputed it, so I just took it for granted that I had it. Apparently it was still unofficial, though. I've been seeing a therapist for a few weeks, and she knows all about MD and all my other diagnoses. She told me last Friday that she was officially giving me the diagnosis and that she thought it important that it be in my file as an official diagnosis. I'm not sure why, but it can't hurt, right?

When I got on Disability, the people who gave it to me diagnosed me as having Borderline Personality Disorder. After reading up on both disorders, I really feel I have both, but my therapist doesn't agree. She hasn't seen me at my worst, though. I don't go nuts as often, but when I do, I have all the symptoms. When I was working, I was going nuts all the time, which is why I needed to go on Disability. I felt like I was having a nervous breakdown everyday. I still have all my conditions, but it's not as bad without the added stress of work.

Anyway, that's it. I'm officially on the spectrum.

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Comment by 4everlost23 on May 20, 2014 at 6:24am: I am so glad that you have the support that you need. No, it won't hurt because whether it is official or not if you have it, then you have it. Still I can understand the feeling of not wanting another issue on top of the others. I myself really don't wanna have anymore issues, but I am sure that I do. They are there whether I like it or not even thought I do not have any diagnosis. Thank goodness you don't have to work because working just is not possible for some people, so I am so glad you have all your needed support. Keep focusing on being as healthy as you can be...I think that is all that we can really do.

Comment by The1andonlyAbber on May 15, 2014 at 8:50pm: Thanks.

Comment by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on May 15, 2014 at 7:19pm: Which quiz did you take? The one I took was a couple of hundred questions. Either way, I wouldn't take that for a proper diagnosis. I just take those things as a clue to if I should look into a real diagnosis or not. I just take them to see if I'm looking in the right direction or not. I'd been thinking about it for a long time before I took the quiz. I took it twice and scored highly both times. If you think you may have it, just go see a counselor. I saw my therapist a couple of times before she felt confident giving me the diagnosis.

Comment by The1andonlyAbber on May 15, 2014 at 7:01pm: I scored really high on an Asperger's quiz, too. I took it just for fun, though... Before you took your quiz, were you unaware that you might have Asperger's? Are people with an autism spectrum disorder usually not aware that they might be "on the spectrum"? If so, I probably have Asperger's. I knew my behavior in certain areas was pretty unusual before, but I always just attributed it to how weird I was in general (like most of us on here, I used to think that maybe I was the only person who had such a crazy imaginary life in the world). I never thought it might possibly be something like Asperger's. Whatever it is doesn't seem to be affecting my life much, but then again, I don't have much of a life right now.