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Zephyr66 · 03-09-2006, 09:16 PM

First off, I've taken a leave of absense recently, so a bunch of you probably have no idea who I am. There's been a lot going on in my life recently, so I haven't really been using the net much. But I'm back now.

So anyway, some of you might remember I made a thread in her about how I was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder, but recently I've been going to another psychiatrist (who seems to know more about what she's talking about) and she's diagnosed me with Asperger's syndrome, a High functioning disorder on the Autistic spectrum.

I'm sorta lazy and I don't really want this whole post to just be an explanation of the disorder, so if you're interested in reading about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger's_Syndrome

So now everything makes so much sense, I've always been really shy and introverted, to the point where I'm pretty much afraid of people and the only times I'm ever comfortable in a social setting is when i'm on drugs(nothing really bad though). I have a lot of odd quirks too: I'm afraid to use the phone (cause I'm afraid someone I don't know might pick up), I spend a lot of time staring off into nowhere and people think I'm nuts, decent music(really anything with melody) almost puts me into a trance whether I'm listening to it or playing it, and the one that's always scared me is that since I was about 16 (I'm 20 now) I've developed a couple different tics that have been increasing in freqency. The first is where my fingers spasm like I'm typing in the air or something and sometimes I do the whole Bart Simpson one hand clapping thing where your fingers hit the palm of your hand. These are mostly voluntary, like an itch, I can control myself doing them, but it makes me feel really uncomfortable not to. The other is a shoulder thing that's sort of like a shivver. That one just comes from time to time and is harder to hide. Another thing is that I'm obsessed with music, I spend 4-6 hours every day practicing bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica and just about any other instrument I can get a hold of.

I dunno if this thread has a lot of room for discussion, but I noticed there weren't any other threads on this and I thought there should be. Although I'd like to know if there are any other aspies at the TFP? if so, how do you cope?

03-09-2006, 09:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zephyr66 My custom title's the shit! Location: Canada	Asperger's Syndrome First off, I've taken a leave of absense recently, so a bunch of you probably have no idea who I am. There's been a lot going on in my life recently, so I haven't really been using the net much. But I'm back now. So anyway, some of you might remember I made a thread in her about how I was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder, but recently I've been going to another psychiatrist (who seems to know more about what she's talking about) and she's diagnosed me with Asperger's syndrome, a High functioning disorder on the Autistic spectrum. I'm sorta lazy and I don't really want this whole post to just be an explanation of the disorder, so if you're interested in reading about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger's_Syndrome So now everything makes so much sense, I've always been really shy and introverted, to the point where I'm pretty much afraid of people and the only times I'm ever comfortable in a social setting is when i'm on drugs(nothing really bad though). I have a lot of odd quirks too: I'm afraid to use the phone (cause I'm afraid someone I don't know might pick up), I spend a lot of time staring off into nowhere and people think I'm nuts, decent music(really anything with melody) almost puts me into a trance whether I'm listening to it or playing it, and the one that's always scared me is that since I was about 16 (I'm 20 now) I've developed a couple different tics that have been increasing in freqency. The first is where my fingers spasm like I'm typing in the air or something and sometimes I do the whole Bart Simpson one hand clapping thing where your fingers hit the palm of your hand. These are mostly voluntary, like an itch, I can control myself doing them, but it makes me feel really uncomfortable not to. The other is a shoulder thing that's sort of like a shivver. That one just comes from time to time and is harder to hide. Another thing is that I'm obsessed with music, I spend 4-6 hours every day practicing bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica and just about any other instrument I can get a hold of. I dunno if this thread has a lot of room for discussion, but I noticed there weren't any other threads on this and I thought there should be. Although I'd like to know if there are any other aspies at the TFP? if so, how do you cope?