General Discussion

I've been unofficially diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Glad to know I'm not alone. I have what they call high functioning. While I can take care of myself, it's hard for me to get along with my peers or coworkers. I find it hard to read social cues, my humor is strange (or childish), I focus on certain subjects though sometimes they change but one or two, I don't understand feelings or empathize with others, mostly I'm monotone, and I don't have the greatest coordination. :X

On top of it, I have mild depression and mild anxiety... I think mild anxiety, but it could be moderate.

Anyways it's better than when I was in high school, but still... I don't think I'd ever get to the point where I want to be. My logic is not the logic of normal people. Or at least the ones I perceive to be normal. My thinking and my coworkers thinking usually are off. I say one thing and they interpret it as another. :X

@Doiecism @Erratic

*hugs to you both :)

@Doiecism

/extremely gentle and non-straining fistbump

I have recently been diagnosed with Asperger. I Also suffer from anxity mostly when in social circumstansec with People i dont know. Everything planned out and written in schedules a week ahead for me to be able to stuff

I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS a little over a year ago. I also have OCD, ADHD, general and social anxiety, and seasonal affective disorder. Wonderful!

I get partial simple seizures, chronic migraines, anxiety attacks, short term memory loss, behavioral issues and speech problems stemming from a birth defect no one caught for twenty years that had to be cut out of my brain before it killed me. It was a high flow Ateriovenous fistula in the right peritial if anyone knows what that is. Apparently it's something .001% of the population is unlucky enough to get and of those it's only usually discovered when it ruptures and killed or caused severe brain damage. Mine was on the verge of a rupture but luckily someone finally took me to get a c.a.t. scan and they found it.

I commend you guys for carrying on and not letting your disabilities get you down, it's hard. Hope everyone's doing all right.

Not really a disability, but I have pretty severe atopic dermatitis - an autoimmune skin disorder that causes extremely itchy eczema in response to food/aerobic allergens, humid/cold weather and emotional upheavals. The only thing that currently helps are potent corticosteroids that I may only use for up to 5 days at a time, during which my skin almost completely heals. Then I must skip a while, and the damage starts to return within a few days. It also gets better during prolonged sunny/warm/dry periods, but summers are short here... I used to have this non-stop from when I was 15 up until 21. Then I had an almost complete remission for almost 3 years, but now since last year it's back with a vengeance. Good thing is that I've majorly fixed my self-esteem during the remission, so it's not that hard on the mental level anymore to have a disorder that affects my appearance so that people who have no experience with autoimmune disorders feel entitled to stare, comment or make "helpful" suggestions about how I should live. It's the physical side of it (itchiness, dryness, crusted/puffy eyelids) that annoys me more now.

But hey, it could have been worse, I could have had lupus or something else instead. I probably won't die from direct consequences of having dermatitis. With this, I can hope to find some leverage in time and stabilize this for, hopefully, another couple years again.

I have mental issues, too, and was at one time medicated for my anxiety, but I'd rather not delve there.