Asperger's - anybody been diagnosed later in life ?

[SimonTheSailor]

Anybody been or know somebody who has been diagnosed with Asperger's later in life ?

If so, what was the he process/test ? Quick/drawn out/upsetting to go through ?

If it was a 'yes' , did it make any difference to your life ?

[SimonTheSailor]

Ok, I notice the other thread regarding Asperger's in children has a lot of recent interest.

So maybe in adults it's a lot rarer ?

[SimonTheSailor]

Thanks for the inputs.

I was worried it might take a while on the NHS but 3 years - f*ckin hell !!

Sounds like it has been more of a positive than negative thing though.

[SimonTheSailor]

Thanks, lots of interesting comments. Maybe a lot more common than we think but I know there are also varying degrees of it.

[SimonTheSailor]

That's one of the tests I did, scored north of 36 easily I think.

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Great info FBC, thanks for added your own personal situations.

I've suspected for some time about it and it's all slowly adding up. I'm not finding excuses, it's actually putting me at ease already. I might not even get ' checked up' as how much difference will it make ? I'm 49 and enjoy my own company (most of the time) and can tolerate others for a while !! (Lots of other traits too !)

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DoubleSix said:

But in the big scheme of things I haven't seen anything that I would consider crippling.

To you or to them?