Autism

[Lucar]

I was diagnosed with syndrome of Aspergers (wich is close to autism) when i was 19 , i can tell my dad and my oldest brother all have the same syndrome... my other 2 brothers and my sis don't and my mom doesn't have it.
i also have reading blindness, i don't know the nglish term for it, but for some reason it's not that much of a problem when the text is in english.

AUTSIM AND ASPERGERS IS THE SAME, THEY HAVE BEEN MERGED IN THE DSM-5.

 

[Deleted member 301661]

AUTSIM AND ASPERGERS IS THE SAME, THEY HAVE BEEN MERGED IN THE DSM-5.

not really autism is a a group of syndomes (hope i spelled that right), asperger syndrome is the very weakest of them.

 

[jDSX]

I have issues talking to people too. I can't really explain it, but I feel really awkward and uncomfortable when talking to people, and I just can't seem to choose the right words when I wanna talk. That last part also seems to affect me online, it sometimes takes me a while to write posts and stuff because while I know what I want to say, I don't know how to say it.

I have this and was diagnosed with ptsd along with social anxiety it makes for a very hard time in public unless I am with someone I know well I cannot go to malls or places with a lot of people without getting a panic attack. I am in a group for treatment been there since '12 and made a lot of friends, shame it going to end next week though

I know of two people here and one outside that have autism (the two haven't posted in this thread) and the other was a close friend of mine, known each other for 8 years then stopped talking to me, I thought the whole time I said something wrong but I guess I will never know. He has aspergers too which makes it difficult for anyone to talk to him directly.

 

[mgrev]

I have issues talking to people too. I can't really explain it, but I feel really awkward and uncomfortable when talking to people, and I just can't seem to choose the right words when I wanna talk. That last part also seems to affect me online, it sometimes takes me a while to write posts and stuff because while I know what I want to say, I don't know how to say it.

This....
This is the story of my life

 

[TeamScriptKiddies]

While I don't suffer from it myself, my bf has Asperger's so I can semi-relate. We have been together for over 5 years now. Sure its challenging at times but he's a great guy .

I have other disabilities myself so we kind of have a mutual understanding of eachother. Things are just as challenging for him as it is for me. Its a two way street.

What's important to remember is that ironically the word "disabled" does not actually mean you are "disabled" in the literal sense. It just means you do/see things differently than others. It is not a reflection of your intelligence in any way shape or form. Many of the worlds brightest minds suffered from various types of learning disabilities, mental illness etc etc.
Don't let others put you down, instead prove them wrong, that's my philosophy

 

[Deleted member 301661]

there's no way vaccines help or do the opposite when it's about a mental disorder or syndrome... when you get borne you either have it or you don't it's not something that comes over time.
you might not really see it. syndrome asperger is official caused by psyobses in the brain that won't alter when growing like with someone who hasn't got asperger. this goes for all autism.
please read a book before you say something like such stupid rasputin.
the claim was just stupid to begin with just like the lady here in holland tries to tell people that it's a fase of life you can get over... no the brain works the way it works, and there's no medicine to work with.
i really wish people who have a brain that function use it before they seay anything about someone else they don't understand.
for rasputin your theory would mean that my sister my brothers would all have gotten it since we all have vaccin, vaccin just strengthens your immune system, nothing more nothing less except for when your ill to begin with, sometimes it'll harm someone who's already weakened by another sickness.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

I believe I was diagnosed with autism when I was 8 or 9 but I wasn't aware or told about it by my parents until last year. I've always had issues communicating and socialising with people and I've always liked to be in my own bubble.

 

[spotanjo3]

We went to Azores, Portugal four weeks ago for two weeks. I am deaf in 40's and we helped deaf children and deaf teenagers. Anyway, I never met a deaf with autism before but I knew that it does exist out there until now. One of them is deaf with autism. He is amazing and sweet guy.

 

[FAST6191]

there's no way vaccines help or do the opposite when it's about a mental disorder or syndrome... when you get borne you either have it or you don't it's not something that comes over time.

To be fair there are various bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases, infections and such like that can cause mental status change. Treatments of said conditions or vaccinations will reverse, lessen or halt decline in function. I would agree though that unless you have a good medical reason not to get your child/yourself vaccinated then not doing so makes you a fool, and the good medical reason not to get yourself/said child vaccinated means you really should also be hoping that others are not in the same position and do vaccinate themselves and theirs, and any among you and yours too that can.

On the DSM5 I do have to mention that not all the world uses it and though it is not quite dismissed as a silly American thing it could be said that using it as your basis for things is not going to endear you in a lot of places. The main alternative (the World Health Organisation's ICD, specifically chapter 5/chapter V) is rather old and does make the distinction. I have not read any drafts of the newer stuff at this point but I believe the opinion of those worth hearing the opinion of is not unanimous on the matter of them being the same or in the same spectrum. Treatments are much the same, at least for comparatively troubling issues -- non verbal stuff being rather different to not being so brilliant at intuitively recognising emotions/expressions, and I would expect all but the very most specialised to pull double duty, but it is not completely clear cut as some here would have people believe.

As for the topic at hand I am likely all kinds of fucked in the head, however nobody has took me aside to do anything about it and I have grown up among many that would know better than to ignore troubling things so I just roll along.

 

[Deleted member 301661]

To be fair there are various bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases, infections and such like that can cause mental status change. Treatments of said conditions or vaccinations will reverse, lessen or halt decline in function. I would agree though that unless you have a good medical reason not to get your child/yourself vaccinated then not doing so makes you a fool, and the good medical reason not to get yourself/said child vaccinated means you really should also be hoping that others are not in the same position and do vaccinate themselves and theirs, and any among you and yours too that can.

On the DSM5 I do have to mention that not all the world uses it and though it is not quite dismissed as a silly American thing it could be said that using it as your basis for things is not going to endear you in a lot of places. The main alternative (the World Health Organisation's ICD, specifically chapter 5/chapter V) is rather old and does make the distinction. I have not read any drafts of the newer stuff at this point but I believe the opinion of those worth hearing the opinion of is not unanimous on the matter of them being the same or in the same spectrum. Treatments are much the same, at least for comparatively troubling issues -- non verbal stuff being rather different to not being so brilliant at intuitively recognising emotions/expressions, and I would expect all but the very most specialised to pull double duty, but it is not completely clear cut as some here would have people believe.

As for the topic at hand I am likely all kinds of fucked in the head, however nobody has took me aside to do anything about it and I have grown up among many that would know better than to ignore troubling things so I just roll along.

it's not appyable to autism and alike, since you get borne with it, and it irritates me that some wanna be doctors say they can cure or can tell how to avoid it.
this because they make it like it's a disease. it's not a disease, it's however a differend mindset you either have at birth or you don't have it. people who tell you to cure it see you as a lesser person.

for autism and alikes, there's reason to beleve it's genetic (see i, my father, my eldest brother...)

for those who feel differend: don't be ashamed, look at the history and see Albert Einstein. he never quit because he was different, look further and you'll see a lot of people who changed the world of thier time were different.

 

[FAST6191]

Disease has a very specific meaning in medicine, or indeed something of a non term depending upon the person you are speaking to, as does cure and prevention. Also yes one can not catch Autism and if it is caught or induced in some way then that way is presently unknown to science which is looking very hard for such a thing. I can not bring myself to agree with the sentiments I might be reading into your post though
"it's not a disease, it's however a differend mindset you either have at birth or you don't have it. people who tell you to cure it see you as a lesser person."
Anybody that would see you as a lesser person for such things is no clinician and at best is terribly ill informed, however treatment, medications and diagnosis do help people function better in society. Maybe at some level it is "just" a different mindset, however we all have to live in society so being able to play to it does help. I would completely agree that some aspects of society and medicine have a rather alarming habit of over diagnosing or diagnosing something which does not need it but you seem to be heading towards some "let them be" approach and that does not work for me.

 

[spoonm]

I don't know how to contribute to the ongoing discussion, but to answer the OP: I've been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome last year. I had become very depressed in my last two years of highschool due to mental isolation* and a negative point of view on others around me**, so eventually I asked my family to take me to a psychologist. Initially, they didn't like the idea and assumed I was being a spoiled brat, which I think sounds fair. I talked to the school psychologist and she talked to my grandfather about me. After seeing another psychologist for a while, I was told my train of thought was peculiar and since I didn't get much feedback from them on what they meant by that, I asked to see a psychiatrist.

Then after some appointments, I was diagnosed with AS.

*: I wasn't completely isolated from my classmates. There were three people who talked to me, dismissing the moments I appeared "weird". We only interacted in school, and I wasn't into most of the things they enjoyed, nor were they into most of what I enjoyed. I feared, however, I'd be left all alone if I stopped hanging around them. Today, in college, it still feels like I'm socially isolated, but it is compensated by how much some people value my opinion in class.

**: When you're feeling down, I guess you only see negativity wherever you look. It was that way for me and now and then thoughts like "why aren't these people interested in X?", "stop lying to yourself, grow up and study", and "it's the second time you ask this, it's not gonna help if I explain it again" pop up. When that happens, I resort to escapism and go watch anime or play games.

 

[Bimmel]

Sorry for all your troubles. I think I can comprehend many of the problems here.

Don't let this shit drag you down. Have fun in life and live it the way you feel good!

 

[Deleted member 301661]

Disease has a very specific meaning in medicine, or indeed something of a non term depending upon the person you are speaking to, as does cure and prevention. Also yes one can not catch Autism and if it is caught or induced in some way then that way is presently unknown to science which is looking very hard for such a thing. I can not bring myself to agree with the sentiments I might be reading into your post though
"it's not a disease, it's however a differend mindset you either have at birth or you don't have it. people who tell you to cure it see you as a lesser person."
Anybody that would see you as a lesser person for such things is no clinician and at best is terribly ill informed, however treatment, medications and diagnosis do help people function better in society. Maybe at some level it is "just" a different mindset, however we all have to live in society so being able to play to it does help. I would completely agree that some aspects of society and medicine have a rather alarming habit of over diagnosing or diagnosing something which does not need it but you seem to be heading towards some "let them be" approach and that does not work for me.

first of all sorry for my slow and long response...
i do like the system that worked for me: coaching.
a member who had low level psychology degree, teached me to write down the stuff in my head that blocked me from functioning as other people around me, she then rewrote it in what she beleved to be my meaning. then we discussed it.
so now i can understand better what is the basic failure of my brain (in my case i don't understand emotions of others, or see non verbal communications). now by asking a little more questions i can function in most situations quite normal.
it will never really change some problems though, for sports like basketball i still have problems i can't overcome., but it is enough to function in society.
one other thing that's different is i need really detailed schedules for the next todo or i get into panicmode, so i use a week and day aganda to write evereything down.
no drug or medicine will ever work better than this, and they found out about a year ago a possible cause, where normal people make now connections and old connections fade a way by autistic people they don't fade away, there's just more and more.
this is why i couldn't stand teachers who used to use sub structures for equations i mean they tell me different ways to solve the same equation wich made it more problematic to oversee the basis of the question.
if a teacher thinks in solutions i can learn about anything, but if a teacher is trying to get me to his or her point of view we get nowhere.
for extreme situations this will not help much, but for most people there's nothing better than this, they can fit in society just fine.
for really autistic people not being able to have normal emotions or conversations... there's still the hope we find a medicine to stabile at least the fear response...

 

[Ruby Gloom]

We went to Azores, Portugal four weeks ago for two weeks. I am deaf in 40's and we helped deaf children and deaf teenagers. Anyway, I never met a deaf with autism before but I knew that it does exist out there until now. One of them is deaf with autism. He is amazing and sweet guy.

People like you are the reason I'm still with my family today. I must thank you regardless if you helped me in life or not.
If I didn't have a ( interpreter...? ) I'd never be able to communicate with my family. I was in an accident at the age of 10. I am now deaf. I do not know any sign language. I also have a memory disorder. I don't recall the name of it... ( <- the irony... :/ ) But there are days where I tend to forget who I am. Days I forget how to read, days I forget my family. Times like that prevent me from being able to learn sign language. I'm working with someone like you to help me communicate with my family with basic signs and trying to cope with the terrible memory I have. I'd thought I just share my issues/illnesses since that's kinda what people are doing here in this thread. I do not have Autism or Asperger. But I know a few people with these problems. It's pretty rough...

 

[mgrev]

People like you are the reason I'm still with my family today. I must thank you regardless if you helped me in life or not.
If I didn't have a ( interpreter...? ) I'd never be able to communicate with my family. I was in an accident at the age of 10. I am now deaf. I do not know any sign language. I also have a memory disorder. I don't recall the name of it... ( <- the irony... :/ ) But there are days where I tend to forget who I am. Days I forget how to read, days I forget my family. Times like that prevent me from being able to learn sign language. I'm working with someone like you to help me communicate with my family with basic signs and trying to cope with the terrible memory I have. I'd thought I just share my issues/illnesses since that's kinda what people are doing here in this thread. I do not have Autism or Asperger. But I know a few people with these problems. It's pretty rough...

Out of curiosity, what happened when you were 10? i completely understand you if you do not want to tell.

 

[Ruby Gloom]

Out of curiosity, what happened when you were 10? i completely understand you if you do not want to tell.

It's a stupid mistake. It's kinda so stupid I just don't like talking about it. It isn't personal. Family took me to a concert and I wanted to stand up front. I was only able to manage a seat near the front-left. ( Near the dang amplifier... ) They had some sorta technical error and the speaker blew out. It was like right next to me... I was already hard of hearing. I was able to hear it just right. Until it blew out.

 

[mgrev]

It's a stupid mistake. It's kinda so stupid I just don't like talking about it. It isn't personal. Family took me to a concert and I wanted to stand up front. I was only able to manage a seat near the front-left. ( Near the dang amplifier... ) They had some sorta technical error and the speaker blew out. It was like right next to me... I was already hard of hearing. I was able to hear it just right. Until it blew out.

all right, i understand now. i'm sorry for what happened. myself i actually get ill very fast if things are too loud, and i completely hate sitting close up to speakers. also i have never been to a concert.

 

[Ruby Gloom]

all right, i understand now. i'm sorry for what happened. myself i actually get ill very fast if things are too loud, and i completely hate sitting close up to speakers. also i have never been to a concert.

That's alright. I have always knew I was to become deaf before I was 18. Doctor said my hearing is slowly deteriorating and I'm expected to be deaf be 20. Still, I have an implant to allow me to hear anything electronic. Music, games, basically anything that has a head phone jack. I have these neat little earbuds for me. That's the only reason I can hear such things. Still a nice thing. I'm addicted to music. ( It's pretty much the only thing for me to hear. ) Enough about me, what do you mean ill around loud noises?

 

[Deleted User]

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Enough about me, what do you mean ill around loud noises?

Sounds kinda like the issue I have, but I don't just feel sick around loud noises.