How high functioning v. disabled are you: with 10 being high functioning and no symptoms, and 0 being unable to function?

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  • 10 high functioning and no symptoms
  • 9
  • 8
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0 unable to function

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I’ll be a 9 or a 10 once my brain inflammation level is minimized.

Currently a 6 cause I’m out of my supplement treatment.

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i’d say im a 6. i can get things done, but i have to force it because of negatives. working is ok for me. i can tolerate a job for about a year before i quit and look for another one.

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I’m pretty high functioning. Up until 2 years ago I was 9or10.

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About a 6 or 7. Still struggling with keeping motivated to clean house or write on my book projects and paint. But depression and voices largely at bay.

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I’m a eight, at least as far as I know; I could be very delusional like last time and have no idea I’m having a false perception.

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I’m a 3 because I’m inappropriate with very poor judgement due to sza. I don’t own or drive a car. I get paranoid around people. I suffer from severe, daily migraines. I have chronic insomnia. I have mild cognitive impairment due to sza. And I have degenerative osteoarthritis all over my body.

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It’s hard for me to tell without some concrete markers as to what would indicate each.
level . Broadly speaking : I’ve never worked/never had a driving licence/ need help getting to places/ practical skills,apart from money management, are poor. This forum ,as do other forums, plays to my verbal strengths. I function much better online than offline .

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I put a 7, i dont know how accurate it is myself. I do some chores…i doubt i can hold a job right now. I have some cognitive impairments, i stay busy most of the time. I saw someone post a 6 and having a job. Im not confident to work full time for a few months. I guess i should reconsider… Iam somewhat better in general compared to last year?

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I don’t believe at all in high functioning vs low functioning. It gives the false illusion that people in the high functioning category don’t struggle as much, when in reality they are frequently facing symptoms just as severe as their peers, but they have less noticeable coping skills to manage. It also gives people in the low functioning category the false illusion that they just lost the functioning lottery, and can never get better.

Functioning levels don’t describe the degree to which someone has a disability. They describe the degree to which outsiders notice their disability.

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I don’t think I would out right die, but I think I would probably be a month in before the zombies get me. Not a lot of stamina or will power.

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For me the problem is white (good functioning) vs black(bad functioning) whereas functioning ,depending on the task , can go from black to shades of grey to white . Most of us,functioning wise, will be a mix of black ,grey and white in terms of how well we function . We all have our relative strengths and weaknesses .

The same issue occurs with ASD.

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How long have you had autism @firemonkey ?

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I’m around a 5…1515

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As it’s a lifelong developmental disorder all my life. It just wasn’t picked up on as a possibility till Oct 2018 and my 1st appointment in a different area. It’s not like a I’m OK-psychotic break-schizophrenia situation. I’ve always been as I am re the Asperger’s .

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Have you used drugs as a kid @firemonkey ?

If so, what did you use ?

How old are you now ?

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I chose 5. I’ve gotten much better, but I still have a long way to go. I can’t work, I still hallucinate, I have cognitive symptoms and, according to my mom and brothers, am still “noticably schizophrenic.” Sometimes my mom says I’m having symptoms that I didn’t know I was having, so I don’t think I have full insight yet. I don’t really know how to gain it, how to know when I’m having symptoms while they’re happening.

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No drugs as a kid . A very short lived dabble with cough medicine , because another patient had mentioned it when I was nearly 19. It did nothing , apart from seeing a witch’s face on the glass panel of a door, so I didn’t carry on with it .

I’m 63 .

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Okay.

Drugs and cigarettes helped me socialize as a kid, but once i started dropping the drugs I began to self isolate.

Do meds help with your autism/aspergers situation ? What kinda meds are they ?

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I’m on 3 monthly Trevicta . Before that I was on the monthly dose, and before that fortnightly Consta. It helps with the meltdowns .