Help me, I don't know if I have AS

Ooops I posted this in another section of the forum before realizing there was an AS forum
Hi, I'm new around here, I don't know it these type of topics are allowed in this forum but I just don't have anywhere else to go...
I have never been diagnosed with AS, I am from Mexico and AS is not very known over here.
I've always been anti-social, when I was younger, I had friends, but I was always quiet and introverted. The teachers would constantly tell my mother that I was very quiet, they all said I was shy and we left it there.
I got obsessed over things but not very unusual things, I am very good at drawing, so I would lock myself in my room all day and draw. I would get seriously obsessed with tv shows or bands, but this obsession thing increased as the years went by. When I was about 10, I had a favorite band, I made a picture album of this band and I would carry it everywhere, even when I was in my house, I wouldn't leave the room without it. I get obsessed with diseases, people, books, movies, stuff like Peter Pan or a song, things like that...
I have a lot of troubles meeting new people, most of the times I don't know what to say, or say stuff that they don't get, or I get nervous and say something really silly. I do have friends but sometimes I get uncomfortable even with them, sometimes I find it hard to find something to say so I start to talk about music or some other thing and I get nervous...
I have an active imagination.
I find it easier to talk to children and feel much more comforable around adults or children than around people my own age, and I also find it easier to be in the company of animals.
I also always think I'm gonna die, I always think I have terminal diseases, or that people close to me are gonna die.
When I was younger, I would follow my little brother everywhere, even in my own house, cause I got scared I thought maybe someone would kidnapp him...
I have very few people with whom I feel like I can be myself...
I am in College now, and I can't make friends, the teachers think I'm snobby cause of this, and everyone thinks I hate them, but I don't, I just don't know how to talk to them or what to say.
I also have trouble looking people in the eye, and I tend to make a lot of faces...
I think because of this lack of social skills, I tend to drink a lot during parties and stuff like that, because I can talk to people like that, though not serious conversation.
I also sometimes think I have attention deficit, I sometimes get depressed cause of nothing, have a lot of mood swings.
But on the other side, I don't have a lot of "symptoms" and I would like to know if maybe I could have it or something similar. I don't feel uncomfortable in crowds, I don't mind loud noises that much, I am not very clumsy though I sometimes drop stuff.
I never liked sports or team work, I feel stupid when I run. I like to sleep a lot and I eat a lot too, though I am not overweight.
I don't know if AS can increase as you grow up, because for me, seems like it did, or maybe I just think more about it now and never realised something was wrong then...
I really don't know if I could have AS, I recently found out about this and thought maybe this would be the answer...
Please help me, I have nowhere else to go..

You sound a lot like me when I was your age. There are some self tests you can take that can give you an idea if you may be Aspergers. Or you can read a lot of websites written by Aspergers to see if it sounds like you. Finally, you can seek a diagnosis. Keep searching, whether or not you are Aspergers, you'll find out. Don't feel desperate.

The teachers would constantly tell my mother that I was very quiet, they all said I was shy and we left it there.

I have very few people with whom I feel like I can be myself...
I am in College now, and I can't make friends, the teachers think I'm snobby cause of this, and everyone thinks I hate them, but I don't, I just don't know how to talk to them or what to say.
I also have trouble looking people in the eye, and I tend to make a lot of faces...

I think because of this lack of social skills, I tend to drink a lot during parties and stuff like that, because I can talk to people like that, though not serious conversation.

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I can relate entirely with how you feel. I am 21 now and trying to work out what is wrong with me, and also the best way to cope with it. I have been using sedatives for anxiety and insomnia, but they just make me appear drunk and stipid in uni lectures and tutorials. Hope these kind experts can help .

By the way, in my own opinion, stress, lack of exercise and the resulting anxiety are the biggest factors.

I was recently diagnose with aspergers and you seem quite like me. Obviously, without a diagnosis, you can't say you have AS, but its probably something to get checked out. Lots of Psychologists shoudl be able to do tests. I had an intellectual test done for me. But there are other ways too.

Good Luck

Please dont be offended by what im about to say (thats everyone on PF)

Dont rely on the advice from people who are unqualified to tell you if you have Aspergers or not. Its very, very, very hard to diagnose correctly from what ive been told so you will have to take a test.

Its easier to get diagnosed wrongly by the public than from a test performed by a qualified doctor

yeah, you can't say anything until theres an official diagnosis. It sounds like aspergers to me, but I suppose its just a thing to look closely at, don't rely on us though...rely on professionals!

Thanks for not gettin offended!

well, its just the sensible thing! You gotta get things like disorders and syndromes checked by a professional

Dear Starborn. I would re-iterate everyone else's advice and say get a professional diagnosis. I would just add one thing - if you do have AS then you could have a lot to offer other people with AS. You will have coped with it on your own for so long and yet you still have managed to turn in to a very articulate and sensitive individual by the sounds of it. That deserves serious congratulations! Good luck.

Im from Finland ( Its in Europe in case you dont know ). English is not my native language but I hope you understand.

I have noticed recently that i have many asperger symptoms. Your experienses sound like very familar to me. I have also a lot of obsessions. Right now im reading obsessively natural science and mathematics. Before that i was obsessed with online computer games. I was one of the 10 best players in that game. About 100 000- 200 000 people world wide plays that game. I quited playing and just jumped into another obsession. Although i didnt understand that then because i was a bit younger.

I have big problems meeting new people. I have some friends but but i almost always feel like outsider in bigger group.
I have pretty good motorical skills and i used to play ice hockey but i quited ice hockey because my "friends" there stated to bullying me.

My biggest proplem in sosicial contacts is that i dont always understand what people expect me to say and when. I dont like to look people into eyes. I have noticed that i also use sometimes odd words but peoples find that verry funny.

While i was writing this text i really became more sure about that i might have asperg syndrom....I havent never actually written this much about my life maybe partly because im intested in subjects not people.

Could someone who knows more about aspergs syndrome tell me do i sound like i have asperg syndome. I dont have all the symptoms ( like poor motor skills) but i clearly have many of them.