Liam_
New Member
Hi.
My name is Liam, I am currently 18 and I just joined this forum. I hope you all are having a good day and I hope I can use this forum to find out more about my mental health.
3 years ago, my nephew was born and ever since my sister and my brother in law had procedures in place to find out he was autistic, which we discovered he is in fact on the spectrum around a year and a half ago.
Our family never really studied autism as a possibility for any of us, but ever since my nephew was born there were different things to consider, which were, in fact, good or bad. My sister studies biology (or something similar, I don't know much about Science to be fair), and she has said I have quite a few traits and believe I have at least a mild "version" of autism. Not only has my sister said it, but my friend who has AS suggests that I also have AS, as well as other people that have mentioned something very similar. My teacher when I was in pre-school or sometime before primary school also commented on my work in my booklet mentioning that they suspect I have ASD, although it was a teacher's note and was not taken further since it was around 12-14 years ago.
I plan to get tested - although I'd really appreciate anyone who could give their opinion to my characteristics and see if they can notice anything that could lead me to belong somewhere on the spectrum, or not at all. Whilst I do also know the spectrum is really big and subjective, I would still like to know so I can bring up some possibilities for when I do get the appointments for... Well, just checking up whether I belong on the spectrum or so I can get diagnosed.
I've used different articles online to find symptoms of autism and different types of autism to see if I can develop characteristics that can further develop into symptoms. Here are links to those articles/pages.
Symptoms
Does My Child Have Autism? Recognizing the Early Signs and Symptoms of Autism
What Are the Symptoms of Autism? | Autism Speaks
https://www.medicinenet.com/asperger_syndrome/article.htm
I've also used open source autism tests on the internet and here are my results:
Quick Autism Test - 2 Minutes, Instant Results. - score: 35 - Autism likely
https://www.additudemag.com/screener-autism-spectrum-disorder-symptoms-test-adults/?tos=accepted score: 76%
Autism Spectrum Quotient - Your score was 37 out of a possible 50. Scores in the 33-50 range indicate significant Austistic traits (Autism)
Because none of you personally know me, I have identified some of these symptoms myself as well as my mother which has helped identify some I may have missed.
From the NHS problems, I have discovered that my mother believes I have pretty much everything with dyspraxia and that I had depression at a very young age. I personally also believe I have sensory problems with light, but nothing too problematic, as well as sensory to sounds with certain sounds. Such as bus and truck noises when they drive on the road, as well as the sound of polystyrene (as an example.) In addition, I somewhat have communication issues where I cannot really verbally speak decently. I have random slurs and random moments where I have to pause because I cannot directly think of how to express anything on the topic, and therefore cannot really socialise.
I also cannot do the following:
From the friend who has AS, he has mentioned and giving me a list of some stuff he has thought I have in terms of having a form of autism. This includes:
The whole point of this thread was just to ask if anyone here believes I have some form of autism on the spectrum with some of my symptoms above. In no way am I using this to self-diagnose myself, but getting feedback from you all that I presume have experience with this problem can help identify if I do in fact have it.
Thank you if anyone could assist me with this problem. Love you guys and have a good day
My name is Liam, I am currently 18 and I just joined this forum. I hope you all are having a good day and I hope I can use this forum to find out more about my mental health.
3 years ago, my nephew was born and ever since my sister and my brother in law had procedures in place to find out he was autistic, which we discovered he is in fact on the spectrum around a year and a half ago.
Our family never really studied autism as a possibility for any of us, but ever since my nephew was born there were different things to consider, which were, in fact, good or bad. My sister studies biology (or something similar, I don't know much about Science to be fair), and she has said I have quite a few traits and believe I have at least a mild "version" of autism. Not only has my sister said it, but my friend who has AS suggests that I also have AS, as well as other people that have mentioned something very similar. My teacher when I was in pre-school or sometime before primary school also commented on my work in my booklet mentioning that they suspect I have ASD, although it was a teacher's note and was not taken further since it was around 12-14 years ago.
I plan to get tested - although I'd really appreciate anyone who could give their opinion to my characteristics and see if they can notice anything that could lead me to belong somewhere on the spectrum, or not at all. Whilst I do also know the spectrum is really big and subjective, I would still like to know so I can bring up some possibilities for when I do get the appointments for... Well, just checking up whether I belong on the spectrum or so I can get diagnosed.
I've used different articles online to find symptoms of autism and different types of autism to see if I can develop characteristics that can further develop into symptoms. Here are links to those articles/pages.
Symptoms
Does My Child Have Autism? Recognizing the Early Signs and Symptoms of Autism
What Are the Symptoms of Autism? | Autism Speaks
https://www.medicinenet.com/asperger_syndrome/article.htm
I've also used open source autism tests on the internet and here are my results:
Quick Autism Test - 2 Minutes, Instant Results. - score: 35 - Autism likely
https://www.additudemag.com/screener-autism-spectrum-disorder-symptoms-test-adults/?tos=accepted score: 76%
Autism Spectrum Quotient - Your score was 37 out of a possible 50. Scores in the 33-50 range indicate significant Austistic traits (Autism)
Because none of you personally know me, I have identified some of these symptoms myself as well as my mother which has helped identify some I may have missed.
From the NHS problems, I have discovered that my mother believes I have pretty much everything with dyspraxia and that I had depression at a very young age. I personally also believe I have sensory problems with light, but nothing too problematic, as well as sensory to sounds with certain sounds. Such as bus and truck noises when they drive on the road, as well as the sound of polystyrene (as an example.) In addition, I somewhat have communication issues where I cannot really verbally speak decently. I have random slurs and random moments where I have to pause because I cannot directly think of how to express anything on the topic, and therefore cannot really socialise.
I also cannot do the following:
- Maintaining a conversation
- Cannot (ever) maintain eye contact with someone - always turn head to the side when talking to someone or listening to someone.
- Cannot understand jokes, sarcasm, facial expressions or body language. - Furthermore, I take things literally.
From the friend who has AS, he has mentioned and giving me a list of some stuff he has thought I have in terms of having a form of autism. This includes:
- Lack of understanding people's emotions.
- Not interested in relationships.
- Obsessive interests.
- Being very systematic.
The whole point of this thread was just to ask if anyone here believes I have some form of autism on the spectrum with some of my symptoms above. In no way am I using this to self-diagnose myself, but getting feedback from you all that I presume have experience with this problem can help identify if I do in fact have it.
Thank you if anyone could assist me with this problem. Love you guys and have a good day