Originally Posted by MrSparkle

I'm just hoping it helps me think quicker and clearer but recreational properties woulda been a plus. He said it can take up to six weeks to accumulate in your system before you feel the full effects so I'm gonna wait at least a month before I consider getting him to switch my script to ritalin. He only mentioned those 2 ritalin and strattera he never said anything about adderall.

Theres no cure for autism he says and these kinda meds only work on 2 out of 10 people with autism so getting my script switched might not be as simple as telling him the strattera isn't working. He said himself he usually goes with conventional medications but in this case because I had alot of ticks when I was a child he'd put me on strattera because theres no risk of developing ticks on it.

I'll see how this strattera shit goes first though.

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Yeah I have emotions but they're ridiculously stable. I can't relate to people with depression at all. The main symptoms he noticed himself was a slightly monotonous tone of voice for example I don't raise my voice when asking questions and don't lower my voice when answering them.

I also have hardly any facial expressions and the ones I do have are inappropriate in the situation. I make weird eye contact instead of not looking people in the eyes like I stare right into their eyes now with a fixed gaze as if I'm looking right through them.

I had lots of crazy habits and ticks as a child like chewing my sleeves, making circles in the air with my fingers, semetrically balancing everything I saw that was uneven. I used to do all sorts of mad shit like compulsively stacking videos and anything else stackable and I had a habit of licking my tums and rubbing my eyes. I have a tendency to take things at their face value and don't always catch implied meanings of sayings instead I take them literally. I walk like a lunatic with a wooden leg. I can read and use language well but I have trouble with verbal communication. I have my own unique accent but I didn't intentionally create it.

There are shitloads of symptoms I don't feel like listing them all but all I know is its not bad at all I can think properly and I'm as smart as most people even smarter than most when it comes to scientific subjects.

The main downside is I have shit social skills and loads of ADD symptoms. Supposedly most people have some ability to read others facial expressions and body language but autistic people don't have that ability. That would explain why I'm such a crap judge of character.

The psychiatrist asked about 200 questions mostly to my mother and he said "You don't have ADD but your without a doubt autistic". He can't determine whether its aspergers or high functioning autism but he says it makes no difference to my prognosis because theres no cure for these things.

The upside to this is the psychiatrist I went to is well known and respected and he's an authority on the subject of autism and ADD and most of the major universities take his opinion. He's gonna write me a letter for college and I will get special privileges like longer time to write exams and shit like that. This diagnosis turned out to be a blessing to be honest. Lots of scientists have aspergers and HFA so I won't be discriminated against. I hear Bill Gates has high functioning autism.

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Yea but at the same time since I'm labeled I get special treatment in college. Lots of autistic people are real talented so its not necessarily a bad label. I have a scientific mind and I pick up all the science subjects quickly. I love electronics and things like that so I'm gonna enter one of these fields.

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Yeah I have emotions but they're ridiculously stable. I can't relate to people with depression at all. The main symptoms he noticed himself was a slightly monotonous tone of voice for example I don't raise my voice when asking questions and don't lower my voice when answering them.

I also have hardly any facial expressions and the ones I do have are inappropriate in the situation. I make weird eye contact instead of not looking people in the eyes like I stare right into their eyes now with a fixed gaze as if I'm looking right through them.

I had lots of crazy habits and ticks as a child like chewing my sleeves, making circles in the air with my fingers, semetrically balancing everything I saw that was uneven. I used to do all sorts of mad shit like compulsively stacking videos and anything else stackable and I had a habit of licking my tums and rubbing my eyes. I have a tendency to take things at their face value and don't always catch implied meanings of sayings instead I take them literally. I walk like a lunatic with a wooden leg. I can read and use language well but I have trouble with verbal communication. I have my own unique accent but I didn't intentionally create it.

There are shitloads of symptoms I don't feel like listing them all but all I know is its not bad at all I can think properly and I'm as smart as most people even smarter than most when it comes to scientific subjects.

The main downside is I have shit social skills and loads of ADD symptoms. Supposedly most people have some ability to read others facial expressions and body language but autistic people don't have that ability. That would explain why I'm such a crap judge of character.

The psychiatrist asked about 200 questions mostly to my mother and he said "You don't have ADD but your without a doubt autistic". He can't determine whether its aspergers or high functioning autism but he says it makes no difference to my prognosis because theres no cure for these things.

The upside to this is the psychiatrist I went to is well known and respected and he's an authority on the subject of autism and ADD and most of the major universities take his opinion. He's gonna write me a letter for college and I will get special privileges like longer time to write exams and shit like that. This diagnosis turned out to be a blessing to be honest. Lots of scientists have aspergers and HFA so I won't be discriminated against. I hear Bill Gates has high functioning autism.

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

I went to the psychiatrist for an ADD test and he diagnosed me with autism. Its legitimate too my mother came in with me and answered a load of questions about when I was a kid. The good thing is he still prescribed me with ADD meds since I exhibit so many symptoms of it. Unfortunately he started me on Strattera instead of Ritalin though.

Anyone else here on strattera? I suppose any meds are better than no meds.

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

Theres different levels of autism. He says I'm up on the high functioning end like Bill Gates. He said he couldn't determine whether it was high functioning autism or aspergers. Personally I don't really give a shit I'm just happy I'm going to get benefit packages when I go to college. Thats fucked up about your cousin. I'd take autism over schizophrenia any day. Was he badly autistic as in couldn't talk? I've never done acid but I've done enough shrooms to kill a rhino so I doubt theres much of a risk of me going schizo on psychedelics. No more than the next man anyway. Speed now thats a different story. I manage to drive myself schizo on every big speed binge. Temporarily psychotic at least.