I'm 44 years old currently looking for a doctor in my area to make a diagnosis because I need an explanation of my anxiety and declining ability to function with executive functioning. My sense of time is also very bad. Very bad. When I found aspergers symptoms and read over them I couldn't believe how much was so familiar. Things I have said about myself that I didn't know it was under this aspergers umbrella. I have always since high school looked at peoples mouth when they talk and always had issues with eye contact. It's crazy because I have found myself so focused on which eye to look at while speaking or listening or am I making enough, too much, eye contact then finding myself not even realizing what they were talking about when it came to the end of them speaking. I somehow play this off by repeating their last few words or something. Anyway, didn't mean to go off on a rant but I have had a very hard time trying to find a doctor to diagnose adults in my area. I need to know what my deal is.
Haha I'm 44 as well and was just diagnosed with Asperger's at the age of 42. The diagnosis has brought so much clarity, compassion, sadness, acceptance, and mad confusion lol . Best of luck to you. I've seen over 10 therapist searching for answers until I found one that knew right away that I had Autism. Have you taken any online test for Autism?
Hi Lisa, I’m in the same boat! Keep up the fight💪✌️ I was diagnosed at 68 years old. I truly don’t understand why (US) doctors are so ignorant about the gargantuan difference between Asperger’s and Gabapentin toxicity which mimics bipolar disorder… Frustration 101 I continue to do my own research… -US doctors only take two semesters in nutrition in their career-something is totally wrong… Big Pharma took over. -Medical gaslighting! -Psychiatrists don’t like my questions, misdiagnose me as bipolar (really!) and refuse to give me low-dosage Adderall 5mg, been on it over 25 years. I stopped taking meds when Celebrex (and ?) gave me polycystic kidney disease (PKD). I’ve always eaten healthy foods but didn’t know much about processed foods…It took me five years to reverse PKD with food and supplements so I decided to go back on Adderall. Seven psychiatrists have refused to prescribe and I feel treated as a second class citizen. Acting taught me to watch facial expressions and mannerisms so my considered naivety is gone. I got my brain back and I’m not going back💪😎🎈
My daughter is 47. She is self diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum....Aspergers. Her challenges seem to be intensifying with age.....interest focus, food intolerance, noise, irritability, isolating, dislike of change, activities of daily living.
I’m 46 and going for diagnosis in a month. I’ve been doing a lot of research online and sometimes when more autistic traits show themselves it is due to unmasking. In the last 4 months leading up to my appointment I have stopped putting so much energy into tolerating things that really irritate me. It actually feels really good not to have to put up a front (masking), but I started wearing earplugs and don’t tolerate as much small talk and I indulge in more self-soothing activities. There are pros and cons to unmasking, but at least in the few months I’ve been slowly moving in that direction I feel I’m being more true to myself.
I am an Aspie and as I’ve grown older I am having lots more sensory issues and food intolerances. Maybe your daughter is in the peri menopausal stage? Hormone fluctuations definitely have an impact upon my autistic traits and it’s very hard to cope.
My son have suffered autism spectrum since childhood and Have battled with it all his life . But recently taking of Dr imenherbal have help his get rid of it completely , his speech is vibal and his social skill is perfect . I'm so glad and happy now
Took me long enough! This information is excellent!!!! I have worked half my lifetime with and for my pride and joy James Gemini ♊️ We are a family ready to share our lifetime!!!!!! Yahoo! When you know better you can and will be better and do better !
Yes sure my father as ADHD my mum Asperger's both hypomobility ime had diagnosed now 43: Asperger's fybromyalgia mum severe ms all looks all linked now my son's been diagnosed
this seems to be an old video in spite of the upload date? 3:4 aspect ratio, they are talking about DSM-IV instead of V and separate Asperger's and Autism.
Thanks much for replying. Would any of the presenters have any sort of file that would list the papers/studies shown in the presentation? If not, thanks anyway! I really appreciated the presentation and learned lots.
This information is dated. The DSM-V has eliminated Asperger’s from the diagnostics. At 31:50 this video reveals this is presented in 2008 yet uploaded to RU-vid in 2018. I estimate that 80% of the information in print in the 1990’s is no longer relevant and some of the data is sourced back to that time. Even if this was as current as 2018 much has changed in the field of Autism spectrum. Please be aware that current (2021) sources may be more accurate.
So what are the critical or appropriate tests for Aspergers? I know someone has taken multitude of tests with no answers but they check all the criteria for an aspie. Thanks.
100% of the research literature on ASD from the 1990s is relevant in the context of research on ASD today. That's how scientific research works. But of course if you're just seeking the most contemporary understanding, the newest review articles and meta analysed would, like you are implying, be the expedient way of getting acquainted with it.
@@kenhaze5230 …as I wrote, much has changed particularly in the area of female autism. In the 1990’s autism researchers were desiring human brains (postmortem) to study and had very little to work with. It was said and believed in the 90’s that females only very rarely are autistic. The experts know now that is untrue.
@@catherinelevison3310 @Catherine Levison "Much has changed" is barely more precise than "current sources may be more accurate." Science does not work this way. Research in the 90s was plenty "accurate," but of course methods have been refined, and more recent research has the advantage of building on more prior research. That's how time, as well as science, works. Of course postmortem brains are desirable. You can't analyze, say, minicolumnar organization in living human subjects. But search "autism eeg" on Google Scholar and restrict the date range to 1980-1989; you will see scientists were measuring the brains of living subjects diagnosed with autism/PDD before the 90s, quite contrary to the idea that scientists didn't have much to work with in, let alone the 90s, the 80s. Finally, females' being "only very rarely autistic" has only ever been the prevailing belief if males were also only relatively rarely autistic; Leo Kanner in 1954(!) found a ratio of 4:1, meaning four autistic boys for every autistic girl. Wing (1981), where the reference to Kanner can be found, likewise cites ratios as low as 1.4:1, meaning 14 autistic boys for every 10 autistic girls, hardly a major discrepancy. So, it is certainly far from a recent trend to investigate the sex ratio in ASD. And remember, diagnosis rates actually ARE higher among males, the question has long been whether this is due to a fundamental difference in the prevalence by sex or gender, or because of biases, gender norms, etc. Of course, it is still true, as I said, that more recent findings, since they incorporate older ones, are indeed the better place to start. But if you don't consider old literature, then you will end up thinking silly things, like believing there was a consensus that autistic women and girls were "extremely rare" at any point, beyond being notably, though not drastically, rarer than males with the disorder (who have also always been rare compared to those without an ASD diagnosis).
@@MrHarrystank I would actually disagree about IQ being a better measure of autistic intelligence than neurotypical intelligence. One of the most common features of autism is a spiky cognitive profile, so skill at taking IQ tests doesn't necessarily translate into skill at anything else. I have an IQ of 136, but flunked out of community college, live with my parents, and make money by pushing carts at Safeway. On the other hand, I've heard of autistics with IQs in the intellectual disability range who managed to get university degrees.
Could never explain my youngest son's temper tantrums with just the ADHD. And he scored 99.8 on the gate program even though they had him as mildly retarded.
Appreciate video content! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you ever tried - Ponubraat Phrenic Prevalence (search on google)? It is an awesome one of a kind guide for parenting children with Asperger's or high-functioning Autism without the hard work. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my best friend Jordan finally got cool results with it.
@@JohnDoe-tm9wz yeah, I found that really odd. Even tried to understand why they are talking to a ghost? I’m autistic but never understood why in recent times, one wouldn’t understand that God cannot be proved, also this god comes across as a narcissist sociopath type and that always a cause of anxiety, especially someone with autism.
interesting.... the video about autism opens up with one of the most cringing autistic triggering audible sounds you can imagine - i thought i was gonna die - hehe
@@carolinabarrientos4442 Doctors will say a 25OHD level at 30 is normal, but it should be twice that. Vitamin D alone will not 'cure' alexithymia. Gut bacteria make a lot of neurotransmitters, and types and amounts of bacteria in the guy play a role, and dopamine pathways can be off, for just 2 examples.
I didn't mean to be offensive...I was annoyed and frustrated. It seems an odd choice, considering many autists have sound sensitivities. I don't think your intention is to drive potential viewers away, but I turned it off immediately and moved on. I imagine others would do the same.
Ooooh I love it when they are stumped 🤔. No_ answers. A folding of the arms. Also I don't like the word _ "dis order". I wonder how Benjamin Franklin would address this ✅List ! What about the super human mind?
It is all so impressive but while waiting for the break through try ta accomodate us comfortably What we have is a far cry from what the japenese had half century ago. and that s verry disturbing!
Asperger's is not a Disorder, it is a different way of being. A person with Asperger's could say being a Neurotypical is a Disorder, but we actually say it is a way of being that God has created us to be. Think about this, it's not a disease, I see it as a higer plain of existence, and neurotypical's are on a normal plain of existence.
It is classified as a disorder because in comparison to the average brain it is out of the typical order. These lectures are designed for neurotypicals. Don't forget that this the world we live in is not designed for us, it is designed for the majority. It is getting better, atypical or not, we are all human, change takes time.
@Simon what’s normal? Is it normal that most technology and advancements have been developed by Aspies? Or that NTs just ride on Aspie coattails? Maybe NTs are the evolutionary dead ends and the abnormal in the human genome. It’s only defined by those that got to do it first.
@@UCDavisMINDInstitute I noticed some recent videos you posted with the date or recording on them, can you edit the title of old videos with the date it was recorded so people know its not up to date information?
Not sure why, but the auditory of this video, sets of anxiety. Why would someone make am informative video the repels the very people that need the information?
More professionals who make over 80k plus a year think they can figure out how a dumb person lives & how to control them to being a useful productive member of the lowest paid working class!!!! Which most obtain free education at the end applying grants etc.
