Wondering if you've got Asperger's, well, wonder no more...
I was directed to an online Aspie Quiz which is quite good.
I scored 161
The quiz is at
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
I had a look at the other scores and based on rough estimates, I'm in the top 15% of people with Aspergers. 100 is still aspergers, so 161 is reasonably high.
I was directed to an online Aspie Quiz which is quite good.
I scored 161
The quiz is at
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
I had a look at the other scores and based on rough estimates, I'm in the top 15% of people with Aspergers. 100 is still aspergers, so 161 is reasonably high.
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pretty much what i figured
im undiagnosed, but have all the symptoms.
im not sure i want to be diagnosed.
I realized reading some of the questions that I have taught myself a lot, especially as it comes to physical issues.
I found it difficult to answer some of the questions because I knew what the intention of the question but the question did not exactly fit for me. Oh, well...after studying the subject of Aspergers and autism, a person can tell if the diagnosis fits or not. I think most Aspies have had that eureka moment.
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14 nt
It's also common for some childen to be diagnosed on the basis of a quiz (filled out about the child by several people, parents, teachers, doctor etc).
If you have a good job and are leading a successful life, then stop looking for a diagnosis. I find it fascinating how often people turn to psychology to validate their existence. They want to be different. They want to feel special and they want attention.
This is a disability. It's not something you should wish on yourself.
This is almost as bad as people self-diagnosing bi-polar disorder; which I find to be extremely annoying. Some people wear it like a badge.
Well, if you want to be crazy, then fine. You'll be treated like a crazy.
I personally do not enjoy Asperger's and it has destroyed my life many times over.
By the way, many of the questions on the quiz were bogus. For example, it is normal for people to have songs stuck in their heads. I don't see the relevancy for many of the quiz items.
My score was 185/28. I would suggest to anyone who is leading a normal life and scoring highly on this quiz to reevaluate their intentions for seeking a diagnosis. You cannot possibly score off the charts on this quiz and still claim a normal life.
However, I will say anyone with AS should be able to reduce their quiz score with proper help. That is to say someone with a severe case of AS can actually score quite low on the quiz, if they have been receiving counseling for a great many years.
I don't plan to "wear it like a badge" but it will very much help me explain myself when, for example, my family thinks I'm being lazy or crazy for thinking or doing things the way I do.
When I get a song in my head, it's not so much the whole song as it is one or two parts that repeat themselves over and over. This is often accompanied by head bobbing to match not only rhythm but specific consonant sounds, and sometimes my eyes blink harder than normal on those sounds as the song parts play.
I'm pretty sure not everyone does that.
After I took the quiz, I asked a few other people to take it, not telling them what exactly the quiz was for. (I did, however, ask them to think of these as serious questions, and to be perfectly honest about if anything inhibited them in any way, and they complied by talking through the questions with me.) They scored much, much lower than my 174.
I think the conclusion is that Asperger's (or any other condition, for that matter) is harder for some than for others. For me, I am extremely happy to have a name for what I have been going through my whole life. Yes, perhaps the symptoms and things may be diminished with therapies and such, but when you're on the low financial end and you have to deal with it daily, it is wonderful to have a name and something to reference.
As for the test, I've already knew about it. It's a good and quite complete test. I've done it a fem times already, and is always the same: "You are very likely an Aspie". Last score of mine was 146 for Aspie and 61 for NT.
When I first heard about Aspergers, i felt something different. Then I looked for more information and I realized I had a lot of the symptomps. The problem is that where I live, a remote part of Northeastern Brazil, nobody even knows Aspies exist (in fact, they barely know about Autism). Even my psychologist didn't knew about it. So that, even a decent diagnosis for me is complicated; I just "diagosed myself" based on what I saw in internet, and I get upset thinking I might be wrong but I can't even know the right answer.
Your blog popped as a light here for me, and I the more I know about Aspies, the more I feel I'm one. I'm a girl and I just turned 18 now (what I think just makes things worse), and there's no long time I found out about Aspies. Until now, I just thought of myself (and so did and do a lot of people) as just "weird" or very different from the others. Now I think I've finally found what makes me be the way I am and I'll just figure out how to deal with it. I just wanted to say thank you, because your blog is really interesting, and clear and is helping me very much.
Thank you and keep going with it.
I had been diagnosed as a bipolar before, and of course been called eccentric a million times.
(as a child, I tested as Gifted & Talented)
I have never been diagnosed with Aspergers, but as a teen I was diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Bipolar 2. Oh and Polysubstance Abuse.
Now, I cannot see HOW I can have all of those disorders at once. It just doesn't make any sense.
I had a horrendous time trying to get my family to understand me. My mom was very verbally abusive which caused me to have a severe rage problem. I just started throwing things at her to get my point across. That behavior has continued into adulthood.
During my teen years I had a horrible time trying to fit in socially. I found my niche in the avante guarde gay art and club kid scene. I used to frequent gay bars and raves. My parents threw me out of the house when I was 18 and I spent some time living on the streets. I was addicted to crystal meth. I was raped and experienced numerous rejections and betrayals by my peers (including being set up to be raped by a male "friend")
I went to live with my grandparents at 21 where I began my (long) recovery. Working a Starbucks job seemed to help ward away depression. When I did return to school I did very well. Straight A's, but I had to focus on that exclusively and had no social life.
I am 31 and when I met my husband I got completely obsessed with him to the point where I couldn't function in my daily life. Luckily he loves me and wanted to be with me despite my craziness, but he also had tremendous difficulty understanding me and my mood swings. I have had problems dealing with my anger and emotions and have become violent before. He has helped me tremendously through being very firm with me and the violence and rage attacks (towards him) have stopped.
Right now, I am a stay at home mom and I do a great job with my son. He is almost 3 years old, potty trained but still breastfeeding. I am socially phobic. Tried joining mommy groups but was backstabbed too many times. Eye contact makes me terribly nervous. People always misunderstand what I am saying and assume bad things about me. I am a health fanatic... we are vegetarian and I am health obsessed. I talk about health topics constantly. When I decide on something we need I will obsess about it until the obsession dies. Drives my husband crazy. I went on a raw food kick and was completely obsessed to where I stopped cooking for the family. Not good. I have numerous food sensitivites and am desparately trying to cure myself with diet.
I hate looking people in the eye it drives me crazy I don't/can't do it. I think people are suspicious of me because of this. I stutter like crazy if I am nervous, I talk too loudly (my husband always tells me to lower my voice), or I just talk and talk and talk to where others can't get a word in edgewise.
Whether or not I have Aspergers, who knows? I absolutely refuse to take psychiatric drugs (other than clonazepam) as they are poison and always make me feel worse not better.
I would love to hear your thoughts!
PS. My father recently died from his drug addiction. 2006. After reading up on Aspergers, I am almost sure he had some form of Autism. He was diagnosed with Major Anxiety Disorder.
2 years ago I scored 166 AS and 37 NT, and recently 164 and 28. I really wanted to see if my growing understanding of my own issues would change the results or not.
Ok. First off, I apologize for the long novel, but as someone with Asperger's, verbal communication is not my gig. Instead, I find it much easier to write it all down. So, I'm really glad I took this test. Now what? I really need some help trying to cope with this condition as I am a single mother with 2 teenagers, trying my hardest to provide a normal life for them as well as for myself, but it hasn't been easy. Seriously. Thank God my kids love me, but I'm totally miserable and stressed out to no end trying to figure out how to live in a world that just doesn't understand me--and vice versa. I have been struggling DAILY trying to "fit in" the social norm. It's really difficult in my work environment as well in that it is a very conservative atmosphere where everybody is supposed to act "perfect" but I'm the square peg amongst a bunch of round holes. Nobody gets me and I can't seem to understand anyone or anything for that matter. I feel totally inadequate--like an alien trying to figure out how to coexist in a world saturated with an entirely different species. To make matters worse, I am an IT Training Consultant which means that I have to train others in front of a class as well as attend regular meetings with subject matter experts to discuss training needs. Since communication is critical in my line of work, I need all the advice I can get--or find another career opportunity!For years, I have had people tell me that I needed to "get out more" and "try to make friends". I have even heard people say that they "feel sorry for me" because I can't make friends. This has made me feel even more inadequate and "strange". People also tell me that I am: immature, hyper, sensitive, naive, serious, withdrawn, cold-hearted, moody, and argumentative. They also say that I talk too fast, fiddle too much, say things that are inappropriate, say things that don't make sense, digress and ramble too much, giggle too much, twirl my hair all the time, have weird habits (OCD and rocking), repeat things, bla, bla, bla...As a result, my self confidence has deteriorated and I have become even more withdrawn and "paranoid" because I am abnormal. Does any of this make sense? Sometimes, my mind literally goes blank and I can't find the right words to say in social situations. When this happens, I feel so stupid and humiliated! I hate living like this!!! Every single day is a constant struggle for me to find ways to convince others that I am able to "fit in" and adapt to their ways. But it is rather exhausting and frustrating because I can't be my REAL self and I have to put in a concerted effort to "fake it" and painstakenly try to figure people out. After a while, I just have to take a break from it all and isolate myself because I become overwhelmed trying to understand others and trying to "fit in" this confusing world. It really is tiring. Sometimes, I sleep for days at a time and still feel like I have never fully recovered. Because of this, keeping a steady job that I enjoy has been very difficult. This constant inablitiy to comprehend and decifer the actions and intentions of others as well as figuring out how to relate with society as a normal human being has completely drained me. I really need advice on how to live a normal life with Asperger's because I can't continue living like this. I am so tired and worn out. Any suggestions?
The person who is in charge of your personal happiness (or otherwise) is you.
You're the one forcing yourself (the square peg) into the round hole. Nobody else is "making you" do this.
It's obvious that you will never fit in regardless of how hard you try. You ARE different. Like all people with aspergers, you have peculiarities and like ALL people everywhere, you are also an individual.
Stop trying to be someone or something that you're not and learn to love yourself for who you are.
You'll need to do things to boost your self esteem but hopefully one day you'll no longer be concerned about what others think of you.
You're better than this.
Let go of who you think people want you to be and just be yourself. Others can either accept or reject it - and at least then you'll know who cares about you and who doesn't.
Pretending is very hard work and it's depressing too.
I guess knowing why social situations of any kind completely freak me out is welcome. I fail miserably at sticking with normal and gave up a long time ago. It's much better not to get involved with normal people- for me anyway.
i've seen people way below average intelligence level who didn't have problems with the things i struggled with.
one should be told he has asperger as soon as possible, age four or three, i think. it helps a lot with self esteem, makes sense of the problems and is very reassuring.
I just took this quiz and scored 165 on the Aspie and 55 on the NT.
This explains alot. TY!
with quizzes, because, whether or not you do have AS, you'll know which questions to answer to improve the likelihood of your answer. Unless you have high AS and are unable to understand the ideas brought up in these questions.
Coming from a large number of siblings, and having extreme difficulties in social environment,gives me both ranges of correct answers, to each group; NT and AS
But my results ended in 139/37, as I created social rules from watching my family members communicate with others i knew the NT answers, as well as AS ones.
So, as a result, this quiz is mainly for people with high AS, as people with mild AS could answer the wrong, or right, questions, and receive a low result, if they're able to cope with their AS.
Fnctioning as a NT is a possibility for mild cases of AS, i've seen 2 of my friends do it, not very convincingly, and another case.
I read a blog that said the author was ok one on one with people but more than one she got drained and lost. I am the same way.
I can understand motivations of people and facial expressions but not when I am part of the conversation. I have to be separate and isolated for some strange reason.
My question is this. Now that I am diagnosed, even though it is a self-diagnoses and my wife completely agrees with me, what do I do?
I have little interest in getting officially diagnosed due to my dislike and distrust of the mental health field. I have had numerous dealings with psychiatrists, psychologists and psychopaths. I tend to prefer the psychopaths. They tend to be easier to deal with.
So, where do I go from here.
Thanks,
Poe
Where do you go from here?
Use the diagnosis to help you to better understand yourself and your motivations. Understand the weaknesses that Aspergers presents you with and find ways to overcome or go around them. In particular, make allowances for potential relationship hazards by compensating. For example, I know that sometimes(?) I get obsessed with my special interests and just want to talk about them. Knowing that it's a particular problem of mine makes me more aware of it and helps me to avoid starting a "boring" conversation with my wife and friends.
Since I've had a lot of misunderstandings in the past, I have a lot of memories which are sad to me. I guess that over the years I've hated myself for those memories and this hurts my self-esteem. Now however, I can see the role that Aspergers played in my reactions and by understanding myself, I feel less hatred.
Of course, if you have none of these issues, then there's no need for you to take the label anywhere.
Thank you for your answer. I am working on using my strengths. I now need to find a job that will work with me and my uniqueness. I think if they can see the benefit to my attention to detail, love of repetition and hard work I will be fine. A lot of places want all that and a social butterfly.
My wife is the one who first made the connection and has been nothing but wonderful in finding information to aid in this transition.
Thanks again.
Poe
For some reason I can't seem to access the Asperger quiz "problem loading page". Can anyone help?
i am a female asperger, have had heavy(significant?) aspergers all my life. just want to know - am i the highest sccorer?
Capstone Simulation
Ill go now before I keep rambling on haha....
My wife and I both took another Asperger's Quiz yesterday and I scored in the "Aspie" range and my wife scored in the Neurotypical range -- I believe these tests are reliable.
I am glad I am able to confirm unofficially my condition. I found out about 6 yrs ago. I am nearly 66. I spend most of my life beating myself up over not being like my siblings, a black sheep if you will. I am now happily in self acceptance after a life time of trying to act "normal", like an alien trying to pass as an earthling, haha
Richard
I'm doing okay, though, after fourteen months of really bad depression I finally found a natural supplement called Amoryn for increasing serotonin levels, and I've felt significantly better after taking it for about a month. My fiancee and her family understand the condition and they're very supportive. I'm working on learning to enjoy the positive aspects of it and trying to find ways to compensate for the weaknesses. It's challenging and painful at times but it's possible. Thanks for the great resources...we're looking at some books for couples who have one NT and one AS, since my fiancee is definitely on the normal side of things.
I got 106/95. I have lots of trouble socializing, so I expected a higher Aspie score. Maybe it's because I find it difficult to engage in conversation, but when it works out, I actually like socializing. Maybe.
I've had three actual friends, approximately (there's some "partial friend" too. One of my actual friendships and all of my partial friendships were barely made during my final year[out of 9] at that school before I moved) and I concentrate more on te people I like/know and avoid people I don't like/know.
I thought I would be a clear Aspie. If I could only fix what problems I TRUELY have, that would be awesome. If someone has advice, I'd like to here it.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 32 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
My husband has Asperger's. When I learned that I started studying it so that I could better understand him. As I studied the symptoms and characteristics of Aspies though I kept having "I do that!" moments.
Taking this quiz and learning my results (posted at the top of this comment) has helped me so much. I already have a therapy appointment for next week (I also have adult ADD, professionally diagnosed) and now I can't wait to ask for more testing to see if I really do have Asperger's (I refuse to say I've been diagnosed because of online quiz results.)
As for the one Anonymous person who was unhappy that people are proud of having Asperger's I say get over it. Fuck yes I will wear it as a badge. I happen to like who I am, quirks and all. I don't care if other people don't understand me, or can't follow along with my line of thinking as easily, I prefer to hang out with books and computers over people anyway.
YOU might not like your diagnosis, but don't bother telling anyone else that they shouldn't like theirs as well. After all, Aspies prefer to do and learn things for themselves and do not enjoy being told how things should be done :P
To find an explanation for many personal traits was, although concerning, a relief. Having been cursed since childhood with mentally seizing up in stressful learning situations, getting confused and angry at social gatherings, finding it extremely difficult to make and keep friends, preferring repetitive work and jumping out of my skin at the slightest noise I believe I can finally give a name to the beast.
If I have any problem with the results it's where do I take it from here? Working for a government department and being put in situations that cause conflict with what I consider to be my Asperger's on an almost daily basis I now find myself worrying about what to do next. Without a formal diagnosis my employer cannot make the necessary adjustments but I also fear going to a professional and being labelled as a problem or a hypochondriac.
Where I go from here is something I find myself currently at a loss to determine.
By the way - i think it is funny that after filling out this form we have to put the two words in... according to the instructions to "Prove you're not a robot". (Sometimes I feel like the aspie traits I have ARE very robotic! ... in a good way of course!)
I'm horrible with everything social, and being introvert surely doesn't help. I have major issues verbalizing my thoughts and feelings. There's many fabrics and textures that i don't feel comfortable touching, i love reading, stress is a big issue since my childhood, i was taking meditation with my psycho-educator to reduce my shaking and small tocs. i feel better alone at my house, i need to do things on my own to learn. i can get easily upset, very sensible, empathic (even tho latest studies say aspies are empathic while old studies say they are not empathic), i'm shy and dont talk often but when i do about something i like, i could talk for hours.
I did other tests online and when 32 is the minimum for aspie diagnostic, i get 33.. so if i'm not aspie, i am borderline aspie.
Helps explains my love of graphing linear equations and my Venn diagrams- and my daughter saying, "Mom! You shouldn't say that."
My Aspie score is just high enough to make life difficult, but low enough that life shouldn't be as difficult as it is...
(non-autistic) score: 58 of 200
My Aspie talent is through the roof. I don't know what that means, but there it is. I have one focus that one day might play into my career assuming I choose that path along with my wife.
The one thing about being married and finding out you are an Aspie after your eldest getting diagnosed is that it is quite humbling and jarring all at the same time. I have had very little self awareness up until last November when we got diagnoses (my son and me), and the past ten months has been very challenging.
The one good thing about having a diagnosis is knowing my own strengths and weaknesses, which I never really acknowledged before because I could care less about what others thought about me, so I never cared what I thought about me. The latter was an error, which has forced me to try and learn things that I should have learned as a child.
We'll keep trying to communicate better to my wife, as she suffers the most for it. I'll at least love her to the end and die trying to please her, which is what all marriages are about in the end.
Thanks for your blog, Gavin. I e-mailed you a while back, but have just now returned to give it a proper go. As a father and husband and an Aspie, I thank you deeply for your service here. Blessings.
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 72 of 200
You are very likely neurodiverse (Aspie)"
It also said I may have OCD. If you got around my score you are probably an Aspie. Sadly I haven't been diagnosed. I am a girl so I think sometimes this affects the score.
That always bothered me, they make such a big deal about it.
The only time it's not a problem is when I'm angry. After that no one minds the lack of eye contact.
LMAO
Oh boy. I'm learning more about myself than I might want to know.
However, on EQ tests I have scored well below the threshold for aspergers (i know from my personal life this is certainly true)