mysterybowler

Hi Lee, I am 35 and recently diagnosed with AS. Living in the Highlands. Where in Scotland are you? How has the diagnosis affected you? I am new to this board myself.

Thank you everyone for your kind words of support. The Guide is proving to be helpful mainly in confirming what I already knew about myself. It makes sense in many ways, such as the coping strategies I have developed match those mentioned in the book (I have a really high IQ which has helped me develop such mechanisms) and things like sensory problems. I seem to require lots of visual and auditory stimulation most of the time and find taste, smell and textures difficult to the point of wanting to vomit. I am discovering new aspects every day that match up with who I am. My Partner and I are slowly getting used to this as things settle down. Jannih - I feel a mixture of anger, anxiety, confusion and being really upset, but at the same time I have a feeling of relief that there is something I can attribute why I feel so different to other 'normal' people. That there is a reason why people think I'm weird. For most of my life I thought there was something I was just unable to get. Tally - I feel that the diagnosis has changed my perception of who I am. I have been looking back through my past and things are beginning to make sense that were incredibly confusing and upseting at the time. I feel that I am changing the past from what I now know. I understand that the AS can be a label but it determines to a large degree how I interact and experience the world and from my experience, most people depend on labels. Ma§h - Living in the Highlands, things seem to move quickly in the system and there is more of a communtiy feel (which can be good and bad). The only real problem is that there are no support networks for AS. At the moment I am doing what I can to learn about AS and this forum seems to be a good place to talk to other 'Aspies' (sorry I do not like this term. Am I the only one?). I have spent most of my life trying to better interact with people and I am better than I used to be. My problem is that I cannot maintain interactions and friendships very well and find that I get tired quickly with other people. Blaise - I am confused. Have you posted in the wrong thread? Hello anyway Anyway, thanks again for the welcome and I hope to get to know some people here and hopefully be able to offer some support to others.

Hello. I am a 35 year old male who has just been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. My partner and I are having a difficult time adjusting to this. We have ordered a book called The complete guide to Aspergers Syndrome by Tony Attwood. This was recommended by the Psychiatrist who made the diagnosis. Has anyone else here read this book? Has anyone else here had a diagnosis later in their lives?