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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