Example: I hear that I’m ‘High-Functioning’ according to my parents but I’ve been diagnosed as ‘Autistic disorder’ by my doctor and I’ve previously thought that I had ‘Asperger syndrome’ to name a few terms.
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Asperger’s is an older, outdated term to refer to a part of what we call today the Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Basically, it’s all the same disorder, but it has different ways it presents itself.
I’m AUDHD, with interoceptive issues, social cognition problems, proprioceptive issues, terrible organisational skills, I have a bad perception of time in the middle to long term. I’m also impulsive, easily distracted, I have mediocre to bad working memory, many many sensory particularities, etc. I think I also have dysgraphia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia.
That’s a big whole package right there, and it’s actually so much more but that’d take a long time to write everything down.
My diagnosis is Asperger syndrome despite me being diagnosed recently, because my country (Norway) still hasn’t transitioned to the ICD-11 diagnostic manual yet.
ASD - Autism spectrum disorder.
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I was diagnosed originally at 3yo with Asperger’s. As mentioned by folkrav this diagnosis is outdated, ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’ isn’t a thing anymore. To the best of my knowledge it’s currently all Autism Spectrum Disorder with numbered levels associated with each diagnosis ranging from 1 to 3.
The old Asperger’s diagnosis is, AFIK, translatable to Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1.
Never been tested. 42yo and afraid of what they will find
If you don’t mind me asking, why are you afraid?
I’m a few years older than you, and I’m trying to get diagnosed, but either the ASD or ADHD that I seem to have are interfering with my life. I want a diagnosis so that I can try to alleviate the symptoms, and hopefully make my life a bit better.
Apologies if it seems like a daft question, I’m not always good at getting my point across in text, but I’m genuinely curious :)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1)
- Major Depressive Disorder in Partial Remission
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Panic Attacks.
All diagnosed at age 46.
Asperger’s isn’t a name they use anymore. I have that, but they called it like “autism 1” or someshit like that.
Autism 1 makes me laugh. Don’t miss the other entries in the autism franchise.
Autism 2: The Revenge Autism 3: Autismator!
I’m just wondering when the inevitable prequels and reboots start showing up
I’ve had a prognosis ~10 years ago. I did not keep seeing the Dr. For life reasons so I never got a full diagnosis, nor do I feel I need one as I do not think it will ultimately change anything
Informal diagnosis with the official questions for Autism (don’t want it written down) and my therapist also pretty quickly told me she’s pretty sure I have ADHD as well.
Both was at around 22.
Great to have someone tell me why the world is so strange, but obv the heavy lifting on my life I have to do myself.
I’ve been referred for diagnosis, but I haven’t had any official diagnosis as of yet. However, all signs point towards yes.
Symptoms and stuff
- Sensory issues, mainly related to touch, which go back to when I was about 4.
- Infodumping about niche and obsessive interests.
- Relating to other autistic people.
- Other autistic people assuming I am autistic from my behaviour.
- Brilliant memory for things that interest me; crap memory for everything else
- I am strangely lucid when drunk, although I have difficulty with coordination and memory.
- Face-blindness (in some cases).
- I suffer from depression.
- I am not the worst at picking up social cues and identifying sarcasm, but only if it is done in the sarcastic voice, in context, or with a tone indicator/explanation.
- I tend not to “get” unspoken rules.
- I often require explicit instructions to know what to do.
- I am LGBTQ+ (see my Pronouns.cc), which is positively correlated with autism. [Source]
- My Dad, Uncle, and Grandad are almost certainly autistic, and I see symptoms in my brother.
- My cousin is autistic.
- I was proficient in my speech and writing from a young age, and it took me about a year to “get” what school was about after I joined. I used to devour books, until the first round of exams took away my time and I started spending more time on the internet.
On top of that, the online tests I’ve been sent all come back more-or-less positive.
