Posted by Dinah on October 2, 2004, at 9:13:40
In reply to Asperger's Syndrome, posted by TF on October 2, 2004, at 8:21:43
I can only tell you my experience.
I was convinced for a while that if I didn't have Asperger's I was at least Asperger-ish. Because it is a contimuum, not a yes or no condition. Have you ever read the book "Shadow Syndromes"?
I have some of the neurological signatures of Aspergers in addition the psychological ones. I had been diagnosed as schizotypal, and some researchers consider that schizoid/schizotypal are diagnoses often given on a psychological basis to those a neurologist would diagnose as having Aspergers.
But as I grew more familiar with myself, I discovered that some of my Asperger tendencies resulted from being completely cut off from my emotions for years after trauma. I don't think I would say any longer that I have Aspergers.
However, I am left with a constellation of neurological signs that would point to Asperger's. I can't recall them all now, but one major one is toe walking.
Have you been evaluated by a neurologist? Or a neuropsychologist? I think you'd be most likely to get an accurate evaluation there.
Oddly, I've seen two neurologists since my first suspicions, and I've never mentioned it to either of them. Perhaps they would be able to give me an explanation.
But don't worry, in either case. People with Asperger's and people with Asperger traits are just different, that's all.
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