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    Aspergers and ADHD

    I have been diagnosed with both and I find they have both interfered with work/relationships but differently. The Aspergers manifests primarily in understanding the meta-language of social interaction. The ADHD manifests primarily in my ability to focus and degree of distractability. They...
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    Adults diagnosed w/ autism over 50 believed they were bad people

    This is me. I grew up internalizing my communication and relationship difficulties believing I'm broken. It's still a difficult belief to overcome. I still mourn my lack of deep friendships and blame myself for it. I have always felt like "the other" and never part of any group. It's...
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    Explosive Anger Meltdowns

    Wow, what a great question. There's events leading up to them , usually job or relationship related where I was (a) lost because I didn't understand ASD at the time (just thought I was broken) (b) frustrated over miscommunication, lack of support from colleagues, friend or sig other that led...
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    Explosive Anger Meltdowns

    The aftermath is the worst. The impact on my relationships, my colleagues. My last meltdown was it for me. It was either get help or end it. I am so grateful I found a psychiatrist who specialized in ASD.
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    Explosive Anger Meltdowns

    I had horrible meltdowns until put on medication. It has been amazing. I still have all my communication deficits (working on them!) but it is such a relief not to have one of those events triggered. They were devastating and was one of the reasons I sought help.
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    Do you actively try to prevent yourself from getting angry at the slightest thing?

    I used to have meltdowns in my private and professional life. They weren't pretty and I were devastating to my job. I was put on Abilify shortly after my diagnosis. I had brief and bad experiences with other medications so was very wary of this one. It was like a lock and key for me...
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    2019, still sucks to be me but (semi) retiring!

    Thank you for the response. I rarely let it out and I appreciate the feedback. @Bolletje: Internal medicine is my specialty. Primarily complex geriatric cases. While I'll still be working some of the year, I won't have a consistent patient panel anymore. I will miss them. Dr. Eh, yep...
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    2019, still sucks to be me but (semi) retiring!

    Late diagnosis ASD person here. 28 years as a doctor, no malpractice, never a board complaint but lost job after job before my diagnosis due to meltdowns and inability to decode most types of social interaction. I've paid off all my debts and now going to work 6 months out of the year in 2020...
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    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    Rose, Crossbreed. I must have left an incomplete impression based on lack of data. My mental state is actually the best it's been in years (hard to go any lower when you're considering suicide). I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist that specializes in Asperger's, so I got on a single medication...
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    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    Hi, thank you for the welcome and sharing your perspectives. I thought about this a lot on the drive home. Maybe it's because I had a diagnosis so late in life is why I feel the way I do. I'm fairly fresh to the diagnosis (3 years) and maybe I'll feel differently in time. Having Asperger's...
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    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    Anyway, I am interested to find out why you joined, with your current emotion on it? I'm really not active in the Asperger's community although I attend a monthly support group and continue individual counseling. I hope all perspectives are valued here. I look at my syndrome as a permanent...
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    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    Thank you! I was indifferent to how others viewed their diagnosis until this evening. I was highly skeptical i was the only one who viewed it as a negative. I'm ok with that and whatever way others view their diagnosis.
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    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    Hello all. I am new to your forum. I was diagnosed with Asperger's about 3 years ago. I had about a 17 year job history where I was technically proficient but lost job after job due to either meltdowns or poor social interactions. After my diagnosis, through research and practice I was able...
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