Asperger's Syndrome

[vif859]

Just a brief survey for anyone who has it

Age:
What are your main symptoms
What age were you diagnosed:
What do you think of your diagnosis:
What treatments have you been on:
What are you looking to do as a career:

[Lost in the Echo]

Age: 14
What are your main symptoms social anxiety and shit
What age were you diagnosed: 11
What do you think of your diagnosis: idk
What treatments have you been on: Zoloft ( medication )
What are you looking to do as a career: not sure yet

[WickedWeekend]

Age: 13
What are your main symptoms: Moving clumsily, with poor coordination, Speaking in a voice that is monotonous, rigid or unusually fast, and Engaging in one-sided, long-winded conversations, without noticing if the listener is listening or trying to change the subject. (according to mayoclinic)
What age were you diagnosed: 11
What do you think of your diagnosis: At first, I rejected he idea I had Asperger's, but then I realized that I was diagnosed to have mild Asperger's.
What treatments have you been on: For Asperger's? Nothing. But since age seven i have been taking Focalin, Risperidone, and Citalopram.
What are you looking to do as a career: Pastor or something similar

[vif859]

What are your main symptoms: Obsessing about certain topics, introverted personality, like having set routines, some self-stimulating activity in private(pacing back and forth, rocking etc)
What age were you diagnosed: 10 to 12, don't remember when
What do you think of your diagnosis: Ehh. I was concerned it would affect my future opportunities, but I really didn't care about it - was just a part of who I was/am
What treatments have you been on: At different times, Zoloft, Seroquil, Luvox, 504 plan for 2 years in middle school, and I'm sure I am missing some
What are you looking to do as a career: Government based

[Polski101]

Age: 14
What are your main symptoms: Bad Social skills, set routines, timetables.
What age were you diagnosed: 11
What do you think of your diagnosis: I'm a way, I'm glad that they told me but it does mean that I struggle a lot with school. However, since my diagnosis, some very kind friends (only 4 of them) have helped me get back on track and have raised me up socially.
What treatments have you been on: Nothing medication but had supportive help
What are you looking to do as a career: Tourism

[Lexitje]

What are your main symptoms: Always an outcast, I had no friends, couldn't keep contacts up, couldn't make eye contact, I was a slow learner, I'm very stuck in my (wrong) way of thinking, Can't take a change in my routine(even holidays annoyed me because there was no school), during conversations I could never tell when people expected me to talk
What age were you diagnosed: 16 (4 months ago or even less)
What do you think of your diagnosis: Still shocks me in a way but it explains a hell of a lot
What treatments have you been on: I have school guidance, during and after. I have a therapist and I take medication to be calmer during conversation (because I basically sucked at them I stopped talking for 2 years I was to afraid to mess up again)
What are you looking to do as a career: I'm now studying to became a care taker for people with physical disorders

[vif859]

Anyone else ever been diagnosed with this?

[survivor]

Age: 15
What are your main symptoms: I have high anxiety and am prone to depression. I have a very high pitched voice and am very clumsy. I often cannot sit still and must hve a set routine, yet I tend to understand things quicker and easier than others my age
What age were you diagnosed: 5
What do you think of your diagnosis: I think that I do have autism, but I don't think it is severe as my family thinks
What treatments have you been on: Aderrall and Zoloft in the past. I am now on Topamax, Lexapro, and Klonapin
What are you looking to do as a career: I want to work in biochemistry

[Joejoe44]

Hi my name is joe I have Aspergers Syndrome I found out a year ago and also im new here

[natedash1]

14
....Shorter fuse, social awkwardness, most likely others.
Around preschool age
Some doctors are quacks, but it's likely IMHO.
Dangerous pharmaceuticals up until 5 or 7 years of age
Perhaps something comedic


And hates hearing it called autism, seriously, major difference.

[TheShyGatman]

Age: 19
What are your main symptoms: Lack of socials skill, early development, clumsy as hell, I rarely have eye contact, panic attacks when meeting new people such as chicks xD
What age were you diagnosed: 13
What do you think of your diagnosis: I could be a better person without it
What treatments have you been on: None :D
What are you looking to do as a career: Computing

[Gwen]

Age: 16
What are your main symptoms: Sociopath, Fast Talker, Focused on mundane or set things
What age were you diagnosed: 9
What do you think of your diagnosis: Nothing out of the ordinary :(
What treatments have you been on: None,
What are you looking to do as a career: Nothing

[rocketsheep]

yeah anyone ever been really diagnosed>?

[baseballfan]

yeah anyone ever been really diagnosed>?

I was diagnosed a few years back but it turned out to be a false diagnosis. Getting 2 or 3 opinions can't hurt!

[NTTHRASH]

Age: 15.
What are your main symptoms: Social deficits, loss of understanding on certain topics, disinterest, obsessively focusing on specific patterns and wall structures, excessively eidetic memory that only works when it wants to, critical breakdowns in reasoning, complete mental breakdowns, full-body paralysis due to thought, and mental blocks in creative representation.
What age were you diagnosed: 12.
What do you think of your diagnosis: Accurate, but not my only problem.
What treatments have you been on: None, but I have tried to receive advice for staying calm.
What are you looking to do as a career: Computer Software Engineering

[Jonathan1998]

Age: 14
What are your main symptoms: Social anxiety, Social Impulse, Really Strong memory, Focus on many different things, Fast talking, nervous and mood changes (that one's probably bipolar)
What age were you diagnosed: I was never told, but found out at 14 when Math Teacher read out Medical Conditions.
What do you think of your diagnosis: N/A
Not been on any meds at all except taking advice on being calm.
What are you looking to do as a career: Performing and Fashion Design

[kittyvlekkie]

Age:15
What are your main symptoms:visual and auditory hypersensitivity, bad social skills(healed except with some teen boys and almost all girls), very introvert, indirectly clumsy(all ball sports and things which I controll through something else), 'my own world', very intelligent, maturity at 8+dyslexia and paranoia as side effects and photographic memory.
What age were you diagnosed:13
What do you think of your diagnosis:totally correct, very common in my father's family.
What treatments have you been on:none
What are you looking to do as a career:biochemistry

[kittyvlekkie]

yeah anyone ever been really diagnosed>?
I have been

[chargersfan]

Age:15
What are your main symptoms:Talk to fast, Narrow range of interests, couldn't pick up social cues, and couldn't read body language. I've gotten a lot better at all of those except maybe talking fast. I still have a narrow range of interests, (have expanded a little bit more) but I can hold conversations about other peoples interests and subjects outside my range of interests.
What age were you diagnosed:7
What do you think of your diagnosis:At the time not much, looking back at it now, I think is was accurate.
What treatments have you been on:I'm very high functioning, to the point of you have to know me really well to notice my Aspergers traits. I have a shrink that I talk to for 30 minutes a month and take meds. I didn't really require much treatment after the first year of diagnosis as I made a lot of progress early after diagnosis and can function and interact with others fairly normally.
What are you looking to do as a career: I've considered being a Lawyer. But not really sure.

[Surreal]

Age: 19
What are your main symptoms: Extremely literal, very narrow but intense interests, hypersensitivity to light, sounds, textures, and some tastes. I have a tendency to walk off mid-conversation when in a group of people. If the person I am talking to turns to talk to someone else, I walk away because I think they're done talking to me. So, yea, bad social cues. I also have dystonia said to be brought on my Aspergers. I have had quite a few catatonic episodes as well, but they stopped recently.
What age were you diagnosed: 11
What do you think of your diagnosis: I have no doubt that it is correct, having done quite a bit of research on it myself.
What treatments have you been on: I've been to social skills classes. I used to take 'Zoloft' but no longer take it. My social skills have gotten a lot better! :D
What are you looking to do as a career: Ironically, Psychology. I want to work with children with Autism, PTSD, and terminal illnesses like cancer.

[Barneytinsen]

Age: 15
What are your main symptoms social anxiety,anger issues (is that a symptoms? when someone is making me do many shit at once),i dont know how to act in social occasions i often act autistic (thats what my friends tell me),i cant think straight,im always fovused on computers
What age were you diagnosed: NOT YET
What do you think of your diagnosis: IDK
What treatments have you been on: NO MEDICINE
What are you looking to do as a career: game dev baby

[Levityler101]

13
Social problems
About 4 years old

[CrazierCaptDice]

Age:15
What are your main symptoms:Social anxiety, slightly slower then normal physical dev., obsessiveness.
What age were you diagnosed: Age 5, wasn't told that I was diagnosed with this until I was freakin' 13.
What do you think of your diagnosis: Spot on actually.
What treatments have you been on: Zoloft (medication, also for Depression)
What are you looking to do as a career: Undecided, possibly US Marine Reserve, Zoo Keeper, Homicide Detective, Private Detective, Politician, Theoretical Physisist.

[RebelHeart]

Not been diagnosed officially yet, still has to do some tests...


Age: 18
What are your main symptoms:
Lack of social skills. I never seem to understand the unwritten social rules. Whenever I want to say something I say it, I don't think about how you'd feel about that. If something you do makes me want to say that I want to hit you so hard that you're nose ends up at the back of your head, you might deserve to hear that too since you made me want to say it, right?

I seem to think way more than others. If you tell me something, I ask myself why? how? when? etc. Being interested in everything makes that quite annoying, my days need to last five times longer if I want to answer all of my questions in life, which of course will bring more questions into my life too. So my days need to last forever.

Emotional things. It seems to be a bad thing if you don't hold back your emotions in moders society. If I'm angry, I act angry. If I'm happy, I act happy. Simple as that, no complicated crap with me.

What age were you diagnosed:
not yet, waiting for the tests

What do you think of your diagnosis:
Hate it.
They might be right though, but I don't lie if someone asks me about it. as long as I don't get the diagnosis I don't have to deal with the stereotype images people have.

What treatments have you been on:
None yet, don't want any

[Skycaptain124]

Age: 13
What are your main symptoms: Speech, Social, mental, and movement
What age were you diagnosed: 13
What do you think of your diagnosis: honestly i think its the truth
What treatments have you been on: medication
What are you looking to do as a career: multiple things like im gonna be designing a suit for the military to help in combat and the other is a small car company to help from getting back and forth to work (it will save gas materials money and so on)

[Jonathan1998]

I was being observed by special needs people and people like that, without me knowing, my parents didn't tell me, and now that I've been told I was being observed and stuff, they say now that I know they been observing me, they can't get doctors to diagnose me as they say I'll act differently than what I usually do and all that crap

[kyleA]

Age: 14
What are your main symptoms: anxiety, not good talking to most people in person, obsessive sometimes, some other things
What age were you diagnosed: 7
What do you think of your diagnosis: I agree with it sometimes I wish I wasnt different but I dont mind to much
What treatments have you been on: two medications but im not saying what they are
What are you looking to do as a career: hopefully a video game developer or engineeer

[vitmark]

Just a brief survey for anyone who has it

Age: 17
What are your main symptoms: difficult to keep friends, often do or say inappropriate things, obsessive behaviour
What age were you diagnosed: 12
What do you think of your diagnosis: pretty accurate, i fit almost all of the criteria for asperger's
What treatments have you been on: none
What are you looking to do as a career: computer software engineer

[nikkissippi121]

Age: 19
What are your main symptoms: all of them - difficulty socializing and reading facial expressions, obsessive bursts of interest in certain topics, high IQ (167), black/white thinking, rigidity in behavior, etc.
What age were you diagnosed: 15, but self-diagnosed myself around 11
What do you think of your diagnosis: It's definitely true!
What treatments have you been on: None just for this; I also have Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and OCD, and I'm on Zoloft for my anxiety.
What are you looking to do as a career: I'm going into Early Childhood Education, and I hope to be a preschool teacher.

[Living For Love]

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