TS and autistic behavior?

[Vancha]

44 seems about right for me, my father is aspergers as well, so is my uncle, who I apparently take after.  Because of my shyness, I retreat enough to not be seen as "unstable".  I have learned to be a tad manipulative so I wonder whether the worst of this has been dismissed through therapy.

[metal angel]

the worst of it dismissed through therapy? not sure exactly what  you mean? your therapist dismisses the worst of the asperger's syndrome?

If you also have GID and probably some general anxiety/depression around that you are probably a rather complex case, so maybe your therapist just attributes all your problems to the primary diagnosis which is GID. Could be worthwhile asking about asperger's syndrome, i know all the shrinks who tried to treat me for OCD failed until i found the one who approached it from an Asperger's angle.

Might be worthwhile mentioning your uncle and dad's asperger's (and the bits you have in common with your uncle) to your therapist if you're still going. It's useful to have all the information. Like they alwayse tell bipolar people to tell their shrink ALL their symptoms not just show up for treatment for the depressive phases and not mention their manic phases. Anxiety etc. work a bit different in aspies to the rest of the population, so yeah, almost certainly worth bringing up.

[cindybc]

Hi, I must admit I don't know anything about aspergers or autism except to be sure I thank all the Gods and Goddesses in the heavens that I was only afflicted with bipolar which was covered up pretty good for several years of alcoholic drinking.

I am also aware that at one time some years ago being transsexual was looked upon and diagnosed to a greater degree as a mental illness.

Would not being diagnosed as having aspergers disqualify you for transitioning? Even if you were full blown transsexual and possibly misdiagnosing GID as aspergers syndrome?

"Eeeeek!!!!" wheres a rock to hide under?
Just kidin but also curious.

Cindy

[Jamie-o]

Would not being diagnosed as having aspergers disqualify you for transitioning? Even if you were full blown transsexual and possibly misdiagnosing GID as aspergers syndrome?

I believe Asperger's is considered more of a neurological condition than a mental illness.  In any case, I'm sure it would depend on how severely one was afflicted, and in what ways it presented itself, as it can affect a number of different realms of cognitive ability to different degrees.

[Vancha]

the worst of it dismissed through therapy? not sure exactly what  you mean? your therapist dismisses the worst of the asperger's syndrome?

If you also have GID and probably some general anxiety/depression around that you are probably a rather complex case, so maybe your therapist just attributes all your problems to the primary diagnosis which is GID. Could be worthwhile asking about asperger's syndrome, i know all the shrinks who tried to treat me for OCD failed until i found the one who approached it from an Asperger's angle.

Might be worthwhile mentioning your uncle and dad's asperger's (and the bits you have in common with your uncle) to your therapist if you're still going. It's useful to have all the information. Like they alwayse tell bipolar people to tell their shrink ALL their symptoms not just show up for treatment for the depressive phases and not mention their manic phases. Anxiety etc. work a bit different in aspies to the rest of the population, so yeah, almost certainly worth bringing up.

Hahah, sorry, I was half asleep when I wrote that.
I meant that it has been handled through therapy.
I should definitely mention these things to my therapist, though.  I feel like a lot of the problems in my life stem from family treating me in a way that makes me feel exceptionally violated and hurt when in reality what they're doing shouldn't.  I think that might be due to something akin to aspergers.  I've just always been this way, and now that I'm not that precious little kid who throws tantrums, it's okay to treat me differently.

This is an edit:

I just wanted to sort of clarify, if anyone had ever felt the same.
Since I was little, I could not deal with punishment or anyone raising their voices with me.  I am not unable to understand that they are doing what they are doing for my own good.  I am not able to understand anything.  I just can't wrap my head around what emotions are or mean.  I can intellectualize them, and I intellectualize everything, but I am at such a distance from them - and at complete mercy of them - that I feel vulnerable.  If my parents were ever to raise their voices with me, I feel extremely hurt.  Apparently, I have sensitive ears or something, but it always sounds they like hate me, when they certainly, and clearly don't.

And I can't recall emotion.  It is so foreign a thing to me.  Everything is a bloody insult to me and I feel so ridiculous for it.