Hey folks,
I've looked over the forums a bit and they seem friendlier and easier to understand that others I've seen over the past couple of days.
I'm not sure exactly what I'm out to achieve, maybe just a better understanding of myself. Little back story is in order, I suppose.
I'm 28 years old and have had mild to severe problems all of my life. I've been in therapy since I was 13, I've been on disability since I was 17 and we still are trying to this day to determine a course of action that address all of my issues.
We've gotten a mild grip on my anxiety and we've been able to stunt the mood disorder a bit, but there are many things there are still problematic in my life.
My 'therapy', if you will, is through University of Michigan's psych unit, being a teaching college I get a new psychiatrist every so often, while this hasn't been a major issue, I think it does make for some troubles here and there. One of my previous doctors had brought up the idea of autism but we never got a chance to look further into it and it slipped my mind as time went on.
Now that I'm further along in my life and have a mild grasp on some things, my mind has gone back to "How do I fix everything else?" Well, I need to know what everything else is before I can move forward. I took some online tests and done some reading, they only give me a starting point to really understanding that some form of autism might play a part in my life.
I'm here to learn and understand myself better and hopefully I can help along the way too.
So, thank you for this community
I've looked over the forums a bit and they seem friendlier and easier to understand that others I've seen over the past couple of days.
I'm not sure exactly what I'm out to achieve, maybe just a better understanding of myself. Little back story is in order, I suppose.
I'm 28 years old and have had mild to severe problems all of my life. I've been in therapy since I was 13, I've been on disability since I was 17 and we still are trying to this day to determine a course of action that address all of my issues.
We've gotten a mild grip on my anxiety and we've been able to stunt the mood disorder a bit, but there are many things there are still problematic in my life.
My 'therapy', if you will, is through University of Michigan's psych unit, being a teaching college I get a new psychiatrist every so often, while this hasn't been a major issue, I think it does make for some troubles here and there. One of my previous doctors had brought up the idea of autism but we never got a chance to look further into it and it slipped my mind as time went on.
Now that I'm further along in my life and have a mild grasp on some things, my mind has gone back to "How do I fix everything else?" Well, I need to know what everything else is before I can move forward. I took some online tests and done some reading, they only give me a starting point to really understanding that some form of autism might play a part in my life.
I'm here to learn and understand myself better and hopefully I can help along the way too.
So, thank you for this community
