Teen Chat Comment from Stacey

name = Stacey

Aspies_Teen_Chat_comments =  Hey guys I only recently discovered this site, and just from reading it can tell you it would have been a big help sooner! If only I had known it existed! I was unofficially diagnosed with mild high functioning Aspergers when I was 7 (in grade 2) I'm now 19 and have been struggling with this on my own for years. Its hard when your friends don't understand why you do things a certain way, and because you don't have an official diagnosis the school won't provide any help. As I'm getting older I've found ways to cope but I've also found things are getting harder. I recently had Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) added to my diagnosis which makes it hard to hear in noisy situations and is common in Aspergers Kids. After discovering this site its good to know that there are people around the same age going through the same things that I can talk to =)

Teen Chat Comment from Amber

name = Amber
email = amber.nicole7779@gmail.com
Aspies_Teen_Chat_comments = Hey, guys. I'm Amber and I was never officicially diagnosed with Asperger's, but was told that it's pretty obvious. I have a very hard time with anything social. I have a set group of friends who I lvoe and understand me, but somehow, I still feel alone. My family accepts me with all that I have done and will do with my life and I am grateful; but no one REALLY understands what I'm going through. To add on to the confusion, I recently came out to my family and friends. It's difficult having sucessful, homosexual relationships when you can't understand your own feelings. I just need someone to talk to...

Teen Chat Comment from Erin

Hey guys. I actually need your opinion. I'm 18 years old and was recently diagnosed with ADHD. While the medication is helping with my attention span and all that, many of my problems don't seem to fall under ADHD. I hate eye contact, have meltdowns when things deviate from a set plan, really really struggle socially and avoid social situations when I can, and I even have random habits when i'm nervous, bored, or upset like rocking and pacing. My problem comes in that the only reason we found out I was ADHD was because of problems with my grades in school, not because my parents took me to see if I was. My cousin has Asperger's and while he is more severe than I might possibly be, I see a lot of me in him. Every self test I have taken say it is very possible that I am very high function but on the Asperger's spectrum none the less. All my parents see is that I have a few friends, go to youth group often, and have never seemed to have any delays in school other than not turning things in and my recent problems with my harder classes and they keep comparing me to others and I can't get them to stop and look at me only and the symptoms. I don't know how to approach them to make them listen to me to try to talk to my behavioral therapist to see if I might have Asperger's. Any suggestions? I would really appreciate any ideas you guys have.

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