Aspie Tests (RAADS, AQ etc)

[Skylark]

Another test which tells me I am very likely Aspie. This is a relief! At least my 'self-diagnosis' is consistent.

 

[The Phantom]

I was told I was very likely to have Aspergers. My Aspie score was 166 out of 200! This and the diagram came as a very strong surprise to me, since I'm constantly told I do not have Aspergers by my parents and friends. Hopefully this can help pursue a diagnosis.

 

[RidingDutchman]

Tests like this do sometimes fail to capture the amount of issues people have in real life.

Just because a person has fewer but more intense symptoms, (s)he might score lower as a person with more symptoms but lower intensity and issues, so take them with a bit of salt and let them be a guide and nothing more

 

[The Phantom]

Tests like this do sometimes fail to capture the amount of issues people have in real life.

Just because a person has fewer but more intense symptoms, (s)he might score lower as a person with more symptoms but lower intensity and issues, so take them with a bit of salt and let them be a guide and nothing more

Agreed. I wouldn't use this as a complete diagnosis. I would use it as some indication that further investigation is worth trying.

 

[Skylark]

Yes, I agree. I'm using these as reasons to pursue an official diagnosis.
Having said that, on a deeply personal, intuitive level, I feel the truth of it. I resonate so strongly with what I have read that I am already feeling uplifted and relieved!

 

[RidingDutchman]

Yes, I agree. I'm using these as reasons to pursue an official diagnosis.
Having said that, on a deeply personal, intuitive level, I feel the truth of it. I resonate so strongly with what I have read that I am already feeling uplifted and relieved!

Great thing to hear, I'll hope you'll be able to start to get in peace with yourself now

 

[Skylark]

Bedankt - (or Thankyou, if you're not actually Dutch!)

 

[RidingDutchman]

Bedankt - (or Thankyou, if you're not actually Dutch!)

Geen dank hoor

(I am Dutch, what I just said literally translates to "no thanks" but it holds the same meaning as "you're welcome" no idea if you just google translated that or are Dutch as well, but people have given me weird looks over that reply before xD so i though I could better explain it anyway)

 

[ancusmitis]

Has anyone got a link?

 

[clg114]

Yes, I agree. I'm using these as reasons to pursue an official diagnosis.
Having said that, on a deeply personal, intuitive level, I feel the truth of it. I resonate so strongly with what I have read that I am already feeling uplifted and relieved!

Uplifted and relieved was what I felt when I was diagnosed. Hopefully a diagnosis will do the same for you. Go for it!

 

[Skylark]

RidingDutchman, I'm English but have a good friend in The Netherlands who speaks perfect English, so that's the only Dutch I know at the moment!

 

[Skylark]

ancusmitis - here you go: http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

 

[A BROUHAHA]

I was told I was very likely to have Aspergers. My Aspie score was 166 out of 200! This and the diagram came as a very strong surprise to me, since I'm constantly told I do not have Aspergers by my parents and friends. Hopefully this can help pursue a diagnosis.

NT's are funny, I get told by people all the time that my daughter (who is Officially diagnosed) can't possibly be autistic as she can talk. I think there is a major misconception with a lot of people as to what it means to be "autistic". Your friends aand family probably don't see it because 1.) they are used to you being you, and 2.) they have the wrong idea of what autism is.

 

[Skylark]

I got told by a neuropsychiatrist recently that she didn't think I had AS because we were having a 'normal conversation'. Hmm.

 

[A BROUHAHA]

I got told by a neuropsychiatrist recently that she didn't think I had AS because we were having a 'normal conversation'. Hmm.

I was told by several people including our family doctor that I would be wasting my time taking her to see a specialist as to spite her quirks my child was "normal". They sited their reasoning as due to the fact that she liked talking to people and she was what they considered to be well behaved. Even after getting a diagnosis by someone whom specialized in child autism there were people who still doubted the diagnosis (even the aforementioned doctor).

Point is, a lot of people really don't get it (including some psychiatrists), I would not give the conceptions of anyone short as a practitioner whom specializes in adults with autism too much weight. Psychiatrists who specialize in adult autism understand that most autistic adults have figured out how to hold a "normal" conversation by this point, that does not make them any less autistic....

 

[Skylark]

Thankyou. I hope I can find the right person to diagnose me!

 

[thegamerchunk1]

On my end I was diagnosed when I was 10, This is 6-7 years later. Not sure if it's because I outgrew it or because I talk and hang with peeps all the time.

In hindsight I have a crap ton of nervous ticks that are proper to asperger syndrome

 

[ancusmitis]

ancusmitis - here you go: http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

Thank you

Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 131 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 84 of 200
You are very likely neurodiverse (Aspie)

 

[Cosmophylla]

I really must finish filling out that self referral form...

If you go for it, Skylark, so will I!

 

[Destination Unknown]

Stuck in the middle.