Introduce yourself...

[Rosenwyn]

Hi, I'll try to introduce myself but I'm not very good at it, I never know what to say!

Ummm, I'm 27 and a mother of 2 kids a son and a daughter. I have 5 goldfish and 2 butterfly plecostomus in a massive aquarium. I love reading scifi/fantasy books with an ever expanding collection, I love space especially photos of stars, etc I find it relaxing, I like scifi alot but I'm not a trekkie, I love opera especially going to performances and I love baking. I live with my son and I'm a lone parent. I recently started an Open University course hoping to go on to study a degree, if all goes well. I was recently diagnosed with Aspergers by the psychiatrist I go to. This is where it gets a little complicated. He definately thinks I have aspergers but he's not fully committing to a diagnosis of aspergers, said something can't fully diagnose me without knowing how I was like growing up or something along those lines. So he's diagnosed me but not diagnosed me at the same time, if that makes any sense?! He encouraged me to look up asperger's on the internet the last time I spoke to him, so I think that he wouldn't have that if he thought it was a small remote possibility? From what I've read about it, it does make a lot of sense and a few of my friends say it makes sense too.

[jewlie35]

Hi there,

I'm Julie and my partner of 2 months has aspergers. I joined this forum to understand about the various perspectives/expriences on life of people with aspergers and also to hear the perspectives of NTs ( I hope this is the politically correct term to use!

Looking forward to meeting others on here.

Bye for now.

[TheLetterMan]

Hi new to website. Adult with aspergers and looking to get more involved. Thanks!

[Gareth Roberts]

Welcome everyone! It's great to have you all here!

[timjim]

Hi,
am new here, i have aspergers, i am 42 not had the full diagnosis yet but i know i have it, it explains my life and all the problems i have had, why i have always knew i was different since i was young

all the best
Tim

[marel]

Hello all,
(never sure what to put in these introduce yourself threads!)
I'm female 34, live in Wales and suspect I may have AS. I'm currently looking into getting a formal assesment but, it doesn't seem to be as straightforward as I'd hoped, especially at my age!

I've read quite a bit about AS and the more I read (whether that's a good thing or not, I don't know), the more convinced I become that I have AS.
I've been browsing this forum for about a week now and there are so many things that I can relate to, so it's very refreshing and incredibly comforting!
I do hope no one will feel like I'm 'crashing the party' since I haven't been officialy diagnosed, I'm just trying to discover why my life, so far has been so challenging and difficult whilst most people around me seem to (despite some hiccups on the way) sail through.
Nice to meet you all!

[philipo]

i m phil 47 highly skilled ,just worked out im aspergers ,177 points.its still a bit raw as the NHS are absolute crap and have been consistently for over25 years.managed to combine dumping the misssus after the kids left home with motorcycle accident injuries but through it all I 've realsied im bonkers with aspergers.but it's good really if a little late in life.i'm just focusing on survival at the mo but its very liberating understanding that 45 years of oddity are not a mental illness.i am obviously very angry having no education and being treated like an non specific looney most of my life,but fortunatly i seem to have been using my obbsesional side to map the fibre optic cable network for north manchester and further afeild as well as counting the nuclear trains (insomnia can work for you!) and nosing in on dodgy proffesionals.i have decided to forward all this info to a foreign power if my aspie needs are not helped within a year.it may seem a bit drastic but the non treatment of aspies/auties is disgusting and the state/nhs dseserves no repect.i feel that im best just living in the trees and waiting for the police to put me out my misery with a bullet in the head,such is a life time of near constant anxiety.Trust yourself ,we are all a long time dead so waste little time talking to nhs.

[Gareth Roberts]

@philipo You do seem very angry with the NHS, what are your experiences with them? Please do keep relatively calm as we do have some younger children on the forum but it'd be great to hear what experiences you've had! :-)

To be fair, I think you'll find the NHS are not too bad considering in the states it's not widely accepted as it is over here - plus it's all private so it costs $$. There are a number of excellent resources aside from the NHS which are aimed at supporting people with AS, a few of them do seem pretty good.

For the record, you have http://www.nas.org.uk and http://www.asgma.org.uk if you're in Greater Manchester

[jasper]

Hello
I'm very new to this, after being married for 35 years I am just beginning to realise what may be wrong. When reading a newspaper article about an adult in middle age discovering he had aspergers, I realised I have some similar symptoms myself when in social situations, although manageable for around 10 years since taking antidepressants.
But what I am still struggling to take in, is that I now see what makes my husband so difficult, although he's always worked (obsessively) he has many of the symptoms.(It seems that like does attract like) I always knew something wasn't right, but in my own mind, tended to blame myself, and so I now feel I've been like a shield for him to hide behind. He is very stubborn and is too proud to admit to anything being wrong with him, happy to let me take take all the blame.
He doesn't socialise at all, and prefers to spend every evening in a room, alone, drinking alcohol (I can set the clock by his timing).
Any suggestions what to do would be appreciated.

[AngelaFinn]

Hi my name is Angela and my husband is Pat. We have an 8 year old son Luke who has been diagnosed with Aspergers. From what I understand we have been fairly lucky in that we have been diagnosed within 12 months of first asking our GP for a referral and the local CAMHS have taken him on for occupational therapy and art therapy. We are unlucky in that he can be very aggressive, although I think a lot of the aggression comes from frustration and not being able to comprehend what is required of him. At the moment he is very stressed at school (mainstream) and is chewing his top so that when he comes home it is soaking wet. He is also asking to take familiar things to school which is another sign that he is stressed trouble is he cannot tell me what is causing it.
We do struggle with his condition but luckily we have each other so when one of us has had enough the other is usually ok to take charge.
Do anyone have any ideas with how to deal with the agressive outbursts?
Thanks