Friendships

Hi - I posted a week or so (well i cant remember) wondering if i had AS and how do i find out (eg, HOW to go see a doctor and what to ask for and so on) and no one replied - however that’s understandable seeing it has a spelling error in the title and i know how off putting that can be.

So I don't know if I have AS - but that might now be entirely relevant and I am interested about your experiences.

I Have this problem with friends
to be honest - I don't get out much so most of my 'talking' is really typing on the computer.

When I do meet someone - I tend to get on really really well for like a week or maybe - if we are lucky, 2. I say get on - I mean going for coffee and doing stuff with the other person -

but after that time - it just vanishes to a short instant messenger conversation weekly along the lines of 'hi - how are you, that good' and that’s it.

and that’s the normal sort of way things go.

I feel that I am very insecure and ask - is that rubbing off on other people?

??? any kind of response welcome - I’m not sure what - if anything I am asking.

lbp wrote:Hi - I posted a week or so (well i cant remember) wondering if i had AS and how do i find out (eg, HOW to go see a doctor and what to ask for and so on) and no one replied - however that’s understandable seeing it has a spelling error in the title and i know how off putting that can be.

So I don't know if I have AS- but that might now be entirely relevant and I am interested about your experiences.

Call all of the Psychiatrists in your area covered by your insurance plan and find out if they are familiar with diagnosing AS in your age range. This might be the tricky part because most will not prepared to hold a intake session for an adult for AS because most diagnosis are done on children. If you can't find a Psychiatrist that is prepared to attempt to diagnose an adult with AS I don't see why you couldn't call your local Neurologists and see if any are familiar with adult AS.

The question you need to ask yourself before spending the time and money on such a venture is what do you expect from the diagnosis? Medication wise, you might be put on a mix of antidepressants, stabilizers, and an antipsychotic. This is because many people with AS have issues with depression and the antipsychotic is used to lessen aggression, agitation, and explosive behaviors.

What type of therapy you would recieve for AS from a psychologist would totally be up to that therapist.

lbp wrote:Hi - I posted a week or so (well i cant remember)

Yea, sorry...didn't mean to leave you hangin'

I have similar troubles with friends. I can often meet new people, but sometimes I run run run away which leaves an iron of a first impression. I have found that humans and NTs alike are of high maintenance. I hate calling people on the phone because I never know what to say. Sometimes I'll call with nothing to say. If I am trying to plan a brunch, a walk, or an evening under the stars with my Orion refractor, I may come off as a bit forceful. If the actual activity does not go how I pictured or intened it, I become dissapointed.

I shine and attract people, so it isn't too difficult to get people to talk to me. But after a little while, they think I am crazy, wEiRd, eccentric, ego maniac, and downright DORKY. YA!

The phone is very complicated.

hate calling people on the phone because I never know what to say.

- i feel for you -

i ahve a broken down computer monitor - three weeks now - would have been replaced if i could just email the tech support - but now - just telephoen services!

what do you expect from the diagnosis?

not sure - an answer to why i feel 'not normal' I sort of have a policy of needing to know fack rather than believing and so on

Next point, I'm 16(just) so does that change much?

second - i used to (well....) cut myself......