Posted by thuso on July 5, 2005, at 19:12:42
In reply to Re: What makes a dx official? » thuso, posted by alexandra_k on July 5, 2005, at 18:29:05
> Why do you want / need an official dx?
> What would it mean to you / how would it benefit / harm you and your perception of yourself if you did / did not have what they say you have?Since I'm no longer in a position to get help for my dx's, they aren't a need. My whole question really is focusing on whether or not I should take the AS dx as "official". The rest have numbers to back them up. Right now a large majority of adults who say they have AS are self dxed, not by a professional. I'm not one to call myself something based on how I read symptoms since I have very little or no experience to be able to compare myself with other similar people. Just the fact that I wasn't expecting him to give me an AS dx shows how unqualified I am to make a judgement.
There actually are some benefits to having the AS dx official. I'm an enigma to people (especially friends and family), and being able to explain to them why I am the way I am would be a heck of a lot easier if I had a name for it. And it would be helpful to me because then I could work with someone on my weaknesses and tailor it to the way an AS brain is wired. It would also be helpful if any of my kids exhibit similar symptoms because then I'll have a history of AS dx to back up any of my suspicions.
> My suspicion...
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> Is that in general dx does more harm than good.In this case, I don't believe that to be true. In fact, it's been very liberating having the dx's. After all these years of no one believing me about my struggles, I now have proof that I was never lying. I just happened to be very good at compensating when I was young, so I never caused any red flags. I just never was able to perform to my potential.
I just wasn't expecting the AS dx from him, so I am not sure whether to take it as "official" or not. In the end the consequences would be good and bad.
I guess if I was asked by someone if I was dxed as AS, right now I wouldn't know how to answer them. That's what I'm trying to figure out, so I'm asking what people's opinions are of what makes a dx official.
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