New and need advice

[Jerry Easlick]

Hello all,

I am here to say that I am new and I would like some advice from some people. I am 23 years old and I have a 6 year old nephew who my mom says is a "spitting image" of me as a child. A lot of people actually think I am his father because of how similar we are. Well my nephew just got diagnosed with High Functioning Autism and that has got me thinking and doing research.

Now I have known for a long time that I have something wrong with me. I dont feel like I have control of my mind all the time. I can get mad for no reason, I always feel I say the wrong things to people, I like trivia and I share random trivia with people and they call me a nerd when I go on trivia rants, I am not good with sharing my emotions (my boyfriend says I only have one emotion and thats when I get mad), etc etc. With all the research I have done I feel like I have High Functioning Autism but I am not sure. I dont have health insurance so I temporarily cant see a professional about this. Can anyone give me any advice about this? Any advice would help at this point.

 

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Jerry Easlick
Have you completed many/any 'tests' (evaluation instruments)
like this?
http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/autism.htm
An aspergers screener is a good place to start.
That's what this link is. Short. 50 questions.
Simple format. All on one page.

 

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