I’ve read recently that some of the forum members (or their family members) have recently-ish been diagnosed with autism/Aspergers. I was wondering how that went about – since usually it’s a condition that is diagnosed at a young age. I feel I fit most of the criteria and symptoms of Aspergers, just never got tested for it. My parents think I could have it, so I was going to ask my pdoc about it. Maybe I’m just being a hypochondriac, idk.
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How do you do on this https://www.aspietests.org/raads/ ? It will give you an idea whether it’s worth pursuing a diagnosis .
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I’ve taken that quiz, and it said I need to be tested. Which is why I’m really leaning towards getting tested (as I’ve taken several credible online Aspergers tests).
I feel like this has really flown under the radar for me. I was really shy growing up, I did have some friends but that was only through sports, and then when I went to college, everything blew up in my face. I didn’t know how to socialize, nor did I want to socialize. I really struggled.
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My psychologist is getting me tested. I filled out all the paperwork this morning and we go through it on the 13th February before she makes the referral to the service that does the test.
It doesn’t bother me much as if I have it, it’s pretty mild except for some sensory issues and social problems.
The reason she wants me to do it is because the therapy is very different if you have any form of autism. So if it’s yes it will help, and if it’s no it will help.
Worth going for it
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I say definitely get tested, sometimes I wonder if my sister might have a little Asperger’s going on, really minor.
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I feel like it is worth getting tested for…it would explain a lot of my social inadequacies growing up, and that I struggle with to this day.
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I think it is worth doing definitely. I was sceptical but apparently it informs treatment for the future which is important too
I don’t know now if I will still be Schizophrenic in 6 months as I have read autistic people can get psychosis as well
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my test results
http://www.aspietests.org/raads/questions.php?show=93ba3ffc449440&locale=en_GB
my link to it.
what does it mean ?
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I’ve read autism and schizophrenia can be comorbid. I talked to my case manager about it, and he said there are a lot of overlapping symptoms, so it can be tough.
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Have you joined the Wrong planet forum? You’ll get lots of good advice there. The mild end of the spectrum, is often diagnosed later than the more severe end of the spectrum . This can be because people mask their symptoms .
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I’ll check out Wrong Planet. Thanks, @firemonkey.
It means it would be worth asking for an assessment .
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See page 9 table 4 re masking . http://docs.autismresearchcentre.com/papers/2018_Hull_Development_and_validation_of_camouflaging_autistic_traits_questionnaire.pdf
Girls/women are known to be generally more adept at masking than boys/men .
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I feel I mask pretty well – in certain situations. Sometimes, it’s tough
The only possible masking I currently try to do, not always that successfully , is making eye contact .
That’s a tough one for me, too. I had to really focus on that during my job interview the other day.
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@anon49063606, do you feel like it would explain everything, or it would explain some things?
When my mother was alive and I was going home by taxi I learnt to talk about the football news that was often on the taxi driver’s radio . I guess you could call that masking .
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Yeah @anon98459728 I feel like it would help explain some things. I’m not sure if schizophrenia has exasperated my social inadequacies, or if it’s from something like Aspergers. But I’ve had social difficulties my whole life – but I (nor my parents) have ever put two and two together to see if it was autism.
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Yeah it is normal to have social problems in childhood before you get sz. Just saying I think a lot of people with sz end up getting misdiagnosed.
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