Hello.
Perhaps you would like to tell us more about yourself or your interests perhaps?
I can't speak for others, but my experiences with people who want to be friends right away hasn't been very good, and I've found that some of my better friends and acquaintances are those whom I've simply gotten to know over time.
Quite often, it's only with the passage of time that one can build connections, and sometimes these connections are with people are quite different from ourselves, and whom I wouldn't have expected to find a connection with, but yet we have.
I like video games and Anime and Manga. I was disgnosed with Autism at 19. I'm learning Japanese. I need to interact with people who only have diagnosed Autism and aren't suspecting any comorbid other things that they may have.
I'm interested in MBTI, Harry Potter, woodworking, swimming, books/reading, programming, psychology, music, drawing, biological engineering, learning languages, philosophy, autism, japanese culture, and a lot of other things.
I’d be interested to know figures on how many of us are self-diagnosed. That percentage would be disqualified for not having a diagnosis, I’m guessing. Looks like we’re after a pretty thin slice.
Yes sorry. I understand you likely do have it despite the self diagnoses, but I have to be %100 sure right now.
As Autism is a neurological disorder, it's a guaranteed that there will be comorbids. Anything from Ehlers Danlos to Clinical Depression, and beyond.
The Autism Spectrum runs from ADHD to Schizophrenia.
Although we can relate with each other quite well, nearly everyone here is in a different spot on that line.
I personally have at least a half dozen comorbids.
That being said, I'd totally like to be your friend, as would most people here.
No, there can be symptoms that look the same or things that are similar or seemingly overlapping, but when you really get to know them and the reasons why they are different. Some ADHD symptoms and Autism symptoms can overlap or look the same, but you can have one with out the other, or it can look like you have something but you don't. ADHD and Schizophrenia are two seperate diagnosis and are also seperate from Autism.
I can't be your freind right now but it could change in a year or two so if your still around and I am too then we can be freinds that would be cool