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    What made you go out and get a diagnosis

    Hey Christopher if that last post was directed at me, I suggest you read my original post again. Also I think the broken arm analogy is rather nieve of you. you will find that even though you may see you have several autistic traits, every aspie is unique.
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    What made you go out and get a diagnosis

    A psychiatric nurse suggested I should be tested for aspergers, and at 51 and after a lifetime of struggling to cope with myself and all my peculiarities, I was diagnosed by a psychologist last year. I had always been classed as mentally ill and been treated as such, but now I have aspergers I'm...
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    Sensitive Topic A* grade pupil hanged herself after being diagnosed with mild autism

    The thing that troubles me the most is that here in the UK our medical professionals are happy to make diagnosis, but fail miserably at giving the post diagnosis support that is vital. Certainly, here in the south west of the UK there is nothing. For me having been diagnosed last year at 51 yrs...
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    In A Knot

    Wow Spiller, profound, poetic, and very personal.
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    Do you enjoy being an aspie/autist?

    To all those that say they like having autism/aspergers, I say spare a thought for those amongst us that even a simple task like going to the shop takes a collosal amount of courage. and if you do manage to go out on your own all you see are happy families and groups of laughing friends and it...
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    The benefits of finding out later in life that you are an aspie

    I received my diagnosis at 51 yrs old and although I'd spent a lifetime of knowing I was very different to other people, to finally be able to say I have aspergers and this is why I'm different felt very liberating. At last you know who you are, and I believe very strongly that once you have a...
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    Hating Sunday evenings

    Hi Red Dog first off I've just adjusted my clock to move it forward an hour for British summertime, but you seem to have overdone it haven't you. my wife says I'm an idiot and that you are most likely from somewhere like Australia or new Zealand. Or are you from Pandora or some someplace else...
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    working or not working that is the question

    unfortunately I'm not religious Larisa, I wish I was because I'm sure having God in my life would be very comforting, particularly when everything gets too much.
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    working or not working that is the question

    Larisa you've had a struggle with life haven't you, and it hurts me to read of your relationship with your father. My father also had Asperger's I suspect, and he basically shut himself away from the world, so I never knew him. I only learnt about him after he and my mother had died in a house...
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    working or not working that is the question

    Larisa thanks for your post, I'm glad you have people that are close to you and your health service is good. Is it a free service like our NHS or do you have to pay? I'm a bit concerned that you have self diagnosed, would you not feel happier if you had a definitive diagnosis ? For me, my Son...
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    working or not working that is the question

    Larisa, thank you for your reply, I'm sorry you are struggling as well. Do you have good friends and family to help you?, and I hope you don't mind me asking, have you had a diagnosis that you are on the spectrum? Another question, is your health service good and are they supporting you?
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    working or not working that is the question

    I am struggling to function in the working environment, I can't concentrate or focus on given tasks and I find it impossible to be around work colleagues.
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    working or not working that is the question

    As time goes on I'm finding it harder to hold down my job, and when I talked to my psychiatrist, he suggested I cut down to part time. The trouble with this is that not enough money is coming in which then is creating more problems. My GP has suggested I could be signed off of work, but I don't...
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    Disabling anxiety

    Hi Red Dog I too suffer from extreme anxiety at times and it can be very debilitating, and your situation with moving and starting a new job is of course very stressful regardless of whether you have aspergers or not. I would strongly advise you to be true to yourself and your emotions, I know...
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    Anxiety

    Wow Aspergirl4hire, thank you so very much. It does me a lot of good on here, you are all such amazing people. I do find it surprising that you show such empathy for me when aspies are supposed to be low on the empathy scale. When I was being tested my scores for empathy were very low, and my...
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