Aspies For Freedom

Try a different therapist perhaps...

I think if someone with AS has been able to adapt well to their AS--developed good coping strateries etc; then its not always easy for someone (even a professional) to tell.

How you react in a one to one session with a therapist is going to be different from how you'll react in a real life social situation.

Or you might not have AS...of course.

Oh, by the way...

I notice you're new to AFF Emmy...so welcome!

It's good to have you here!

Opps bad quoting!!

Many people on AFF are here not because we belong--but because they don’t belong anywhere else.

I think you’ll enjoying it here…

And you may find you’ve got more in common with us than you think.

Welcome to AFF, Emmy.

Hello Emmy, and welcome, I am diagnosed with "very high functioning Asperger's," which to me means I am a kind of cousin *points to name*...  Maybe your therapist has little experience with AS and is comparing you to textbook cases or stereotypes.  The psychologist who diagnosed me is an Aspie himself, and when we first met, neither of us guessed at the other's having AS, because our social skills have improved a lot over the years.  Anyway, cousins are welcome here, and I also am fascinated by diseases!  

*my whale avatar leaps out of the water waving her fins in salute*

Hi Emily.  Your description certainly sounds like AS.  A lot of us tend to fly under the radar for years before a diagnosis is made.  I was only DXed about four years ago, and the doctor doing the test told me that a lot of the so-called HFA (don't like the term myself but can't find anything more descriptive) can be very deceptive as we've managed to make a life for ourselves within an alien (to us, at least) culture, and adapted.  
Alison

Hey, just relax--hang out.

When I’m speechless I always find wow a good word

I’d say having ADD makes you a cousin:-
Others might disagree but personally I place ADD on the spectrum (sort of like a minor form of AS)--attentional and executive skills dysfunction without so many of the social problems).

Emmy - Aspergers is a relatively new disorder to be included in the DSM IV - not many professional people are able to recognise or diagnose aspergers appropriately. If it feels right - believe in it - find out as much as you can about this diagnosis - and adjust and adapt your life to cater for the differences aspergers presents.

Imho, your description sounds pretty aspie to me. And all your co-occuring conditions are right in line. Approximately 1/3 of auties will have at least two seizures (and hence could qualify for dx of epilepsy) within their lifetime. At what age did your seizures begin?

IMHO--"in my humble opinion" or "in my honest opinion"
Internet speak--gotta love it

It's never too late to say hello. So welcome aboard Emmy!  

At first I thought you were anbuend because of your AV, but I can't remember anbuend being fond of "hihihi!", I think it can be confusing with two members with the same AV.

User CP -> Profile -> Change Avatar -> Gallery

Does that work?

You can only change your AV to something beside the Gallery by making an admin like Gareth do it, the image size will however stay the same, so if you get an image that doesn't fit the image size it will be stretched. I guess it could be possible to find an AV in the gallery that is large enough for the picture you want. You would probably have to modify it with paint and then upload it to something like http://photobucket.com - the URL of the uploaded picture would be what Gareth would have to know.