I have very poor eye contact, neutral facial expressions, trouble 'hearing' (some say selective, not like I select anyway), the way I write reams and reams and reams, detail and literal, lack of paragraphs). Its like I walk into doctors office with tons of evidence asking to be referred and the answer is staring them in the face, on my medical records, in my pychlogist reports. So why treat me for bi-polar, why delay me being assessed? Why won't my work colleagues except that I am different without it on paper? It frustrates me so much. Now I have the doctors listening. I am happy and stable, my thoughts are good, they want to give me mood stabilisers, there nothing wrong with me apart from anxiety and over sensitive hearing, so why treat that with mood stabilisers? I like to work on my diet and get help with hearing I believe re-exposure to noise and relaxation, good because the noise stopping me relax and is causing my anxiety, I need to be rehoused for one, visious circle what do I do? To relief my anxiety I need to relax.
You say "I am" but are you really? It is not so easy to analyse oneself. Try to quietly ask the doctors to explain
what they think about you, and remember that you admit to be anxious and this may make it difficult for you to
understand exactly what they say (and they are... ehm... doctors, they are biased and it may be difficult for them
to explain clearly). Are mood stabilisers for anxiety?
Not just me that analysed my self, my family and close friends have also. The point is I am me and in finding this I have found who I am I do not have any label. I would not even care about being diagnosed had it not been for the bad reactions to meds and all the labels they have been trying to give me. Over analysing people is what I do, that is how I understand people not lots just the ones I work with and especially the ones I am close to. Whilst I was doing that I forgot to figure myself out. This is something I have been doing all year, found my identity in what I like. Its more a case of very likely and proving it. Not just me, it was suggested by pychologist too, the pychiatrist has a very biased misconception of what it is to be aspie. I have evidence on my medical records from a child. What matters is I get help for the issues that are affecting me now and I have a good lady doctor who is helping me. I am not having any drugs it is not for anxiety it is for mood disorder. My doctor is monitoring me and will only give me newer drugs. My anxiety is stress related, I had major stress at the weeked that I am not going into online that triggered a bowt of anxiety.
I have very poor eye contact, neutral facial expressions, trouble 'hearing' (some say selective, not like I select anyway), the way I write reams and reams and reams, detail and literal, lack of paragraphs)
Okay That Is Bit Like Me Exept I Have Always had A Little Emotion In Me
I Get Ignored Alot Mostly Because I Look/Act Funny And I'm Hyper Sensiive All The Way Expessially With Light (Baaad Migraines) You Get Some Reall Wierd Looks when Wearing sun Glasses On A Cloudy day (and in the house)
my hearing takes in eveything around me (from about a 200ft radious) so in large crouds i cant hear a thing beuase i am taking in every single sound and i dont punuate exept for "!" and "(" ")" So yeah Oh And I Cant Write On Paper That Well My Handwriting Is Differant Everytime
I went to a Tony Attwood talk once and he said we have hypersensitive hearing and sense of smell like dogs do but we aren't supposed to howl if the noise and smell gets too much for us.
I went to a Tony Attwood talk once and he said we have hypersensitive hearing and sense of smell like dogs do but we aren't supposed to howl if the noise and smell gets too much for us.
i dont howl whe the noise and smell gets to me i get over stimulated start shaking and usally almost faint (i dont know why i faint but it has happened 3 times when i was in the noise and light for tooooooo long) and then they cant get me up till i am out of the noise and light
One of the really obvious signs with me apart from low eye contact is that I write much better than I speak. I don't have speech impediments as such but just don't come across as confident when speaking and people often have to ask me to repeat myself.
Same here, Pakrat. I have found that I am skilled writer in my native language, yet always fail to convey my thoughts precisely when I have to use my voice.
Big exception: Acting.
@Focus: People telling you to be "more polite" and "less selfish" and even "not so rude" without you ever realizing you're doing something wrong. [Hint: Most people won't tell you this, for reasons unknown. They will chat about you behind your back because they believe it is impolite to tell you the truth. Why do people do this? If I annoy people, I want to know! Their reluctance to tell me what I am doing wrong only furthers the cleft between me and them.]
I don't mind being told as long as they are polite about it. If they speak rudely, I think they are just being bullies.