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I just finished reading this amazing aspergers book last night. It's called 'Martian in the playground' by Clare Sainsbury, has anyone else read it?

With the exception of some things discussed in it, it is the story of my childhood at school.
I found that page after page I could relate to virtually everything being discussed.
I got it as a gift from my uncle (he has AS) and I am so grateful to him ...

Just wondering if Aspie traits effect your religious preference. Being that we seem to be able to think more logically I would assume that we would be inclined toward the Atheist side of the scale but I don’t like to assume things so please poll.

A little background first.
D is 9 years old. He was diagnosed with AS around 2 or 3 years old. His mother passed away nearly three years ago, and I have been raising him and his older brother since then. In July my fiancee and her two children moved in with us and "D" has been a huge handful ever since.

I understand his lack of impulse control, but in the past 3 months he ...

My mom has been having psycheatric(sp?) problems since before I was born, I'm 18, and now is becoming worse. In the 80's she was institutionalized and tried to run away. She has epilepsy, and has had multiple seizures years ago. For a while she would do pallates(sp?) and sunbath every day, than all of a sudden she stops and started to gain weight. She does not like to leave her chair in our house, other ...

To start this Off Im going to say Im a very paranoid person ....Ever since I had A viral infection ..did some research and hiv syptoms arise on the screen ..In the past i have shot up ...did the needle sharing ..yah ..sick ..i know .. I got forced to be tested and it was neg ...4 years later ..I am 20 years old...I always think the worst ..cancer , aids , desease!!!! I have ...

Hi .. I introed myself earlier - this is just a brat fit.. sorry

I go to the doc to get med for what I suspect is Bipolar II - I have self diagnosed as it is impossible to get into see a psychiatrist until January. Anyhoo.. My gp has been through the ropes with me for about 2 years now. We have tried various ssri's and buspar. Now we are trying Seroquel.

Last night ...

i was abused verbally and mentally as a child, and also sexually abused. i witnessed my father pull a knife on my sister and him threaten to kill my mother again and again.

when my father found out about the sex abuse, i wasn't believed and was accused of trouble-making and lying.

i know this sounds weird, but the sex abuse didn't affect me as much as the varbal and emotional stuff.

i was sworn ...

No need to reply to (or even read) this thread if you don't want to. I just feel like $#%^ and have nobody to talk to about it at the moment, so I'm just doing some venting.

Anyway, here goes: I have been feeling rather down lately. Feeling very, very depressed, nobody seems to care but there's no reason why they should, it is expected of me anyway. I just can't keep this up for ...

okay so I've been diagnosed with ADHD when I was a young boy...

The symptoms relieved after grade 9 or 10... but prior to that it was seriously BRUTAL, although I've noticed that I seem to still be a lot more "hyperactive" than many of my friends - in fact, out of the people who I hang out with I'm usually the most active one.

I'm first year university now, and finding a hard time ...

I realize I am far from getting professional advice on here, but I'm too nervous about psychiatrists to seek one for help. I was hoping though that someone could help me figure out what it was that happened to me yesterday. I will try to be as objective as possible. All my thoughts causing the actions I describe are what made sense to me at the time, so I'm writing them even if they seem ...