While I do not have any form of autism myself, my only advice to people(as someone who's been incorrectly labeled by incompetent shrinks before) is to not let the labels get into your head and drag you down. I know I will never truly understand the spectrum because to really understand something you must experience it, but I can try to empathize and I'm a pretty weird guy otherwise but like others have said, nothing's really been pinned down. I've got some serious anger and anxiety issues at times and I'm just a general eccentric, or at least that's the closest term I can think of that accurately describes me without putting myself into a silly little box.
Basically, don't let diagnoses/labels fuck with you although I'm sure that's easier said than done. I genuinely believed that dumbass shrink for a while before I really research Autism myself and realized I was misdiagnosed, and it did fuck with me and get into my head for a number of years. People are individuals, not dumbass fucking labels for shrinks to use as guinea pigs, and the social sciences are hardly exact anyway; much of it is guess work and very bad guess work at that. Having confidence in yourself is infinitely more important than what some quack diagnoses you with, and if you don't absolutely NEED medication, avoid it because it's often dangerous and addictive. Drugs should be a last resort, and I speak from experience.
Basically, don't let diagnoses/labels fuck with you although I'm sure that's easier said than done. I genuinely believed that dumbass shrink for a while before I really research Autism myself and realized I was misdiagnosed, and it did fuck with me and get into my head for a number of years. People are individuals, not dumbass fucking labels for shrinks to use as guinea pigs, and the social sciences are hardly exact anyway; much of it is guess work and very bad guess work at that. Having confidence in yourself is infinitely more important than what some quack diagnoses you with, and if you don't absolutely NEED medication, avoid it because it's often dangerous and addictive. Drugs should be a last resort, and I speak from experience.