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Is "Asperger's Syndrome" the most overdiagnosed condition of all time?

I swear this is just an attention-whoring diagnosis to make people feel special and unique. Also lolling at all these neurotypical females claiming to be on the spectrum.
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Originally Posted By dusky99⏩
I swear this is just an attention-whoring diagnosis to make people feel special and unique. Also lolling at all these neurotypical females claiming to be on the spectrum.
Well it's not really even a thing anymore, so it sounds like you'll be happy to learn that.

Now people are just referred to as being on the spectrum.
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It's a pretty grey area. Also people can have aspie features like me as kids, but get better at dealing with it as adults.
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Originally Posted By dusky99⏩
I swear this is just an attention-whoring diagnosis to make people feel special and unique. Also lolling at all these neurotypical females claiming to be on the spectrum.
I've had clients who really have it and it's an extremely bizarre and rare condition.

Several years ago the autism foundation was low on money. So, they got psychology to broaden the definition dramatically to include many normal behaviors of shy people, poorly socialized people, and so on. That then allowed more people to be diagnosed to raise more money.

Super unethical.

A true person with autism doesn't know they have it, doesn't care, and wouldn't be on the internet talking about it, or anywhere. They're autistic because they're oblivious to such stuff.
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Originally Posted By wincel⏩
It's a pretty grey area. Also people can have aspie features like me as kids, but get better at dealing with it as adults.
You don't have that.

You're just intelligent and don't have much in common with anyone. That will create poor socialization and isolation.

That creates what's called an "idiosyncratic thought process" in what is a normal person.
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higher intelligence and bit of antisocial behavior is most of the time misdiagnosed for asperger's, so yeah
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
I've had clients who really have it and it's an extremely bizarre and rare condition.

Several years ago the autism foundation was low on money. So, they got psychology to broaden the definition dramatically to include many normal behaviors of shy people, poorly socialized people, and so on. That then allowed more people to be diagnosed to raise more money.

Super unethical.

A true person with autism doesn't know they have it, doesn't care, and wouldn't be on the internet talking about it, or anywhere. They're autistic because they're oblivious to such stuff.
True I agree that it exists, but it's an extremely rare condition and doesn't apply to every person who feels "social anxiety". I've only met two people with legit Asperger's in my life. The first was a guy in my college dorm studying medicine and could draw anatomy like a genius, but he had tons of weird quirks about him. He walked constantly on his tippy toes. His room was spotless but he was obsessed with the air-conditioning vents bringing hair and dust into his dorm room so he built a makeshift filter to block it. He freaked out when he realized we were driving to a busy bar and said that he fantasized about killing large crowds of people.


The second was an ex-girlfriend who I realize I still don't even know who she is. All I know is that she had an encyclopedic knowledge of history and could speak six languages. Very robotic personality. All the signs of an aspie.
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I'm in computer science.

Trust me, quite a few of these dudes legitimately have it.

Now, ADHD I think is grossly over-diagnosed. Most likely a result of dudes not having any real outlets for their excited and high-test behavior as kids, with recess being cut at schools and being forced to sit in a seat for hours a day.
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Originally Posted By dusky99⏩
True I agree that it exists, but it's an extremely rare condition and doesn't apply to every person who feels "social anxiety". I've only met two people with legit Asperger's in my life. The first was a guy in my college dorm studying medicine and could draw anatomy like a genius, but he had tons of weird quirks about him. He walked constantly on his tippy toes. His room was spotless but he was obsessed with the air-conditioning vents bringing hair and dust into his dorm room so he built a makeshift filter to block it. He freaked out when he realized we were driving to a busy bar and said that he fantasized about killing large crowds of people.


The second was an ex-girlfriend who I realize I still don't even know who she is. All I know is that she had an encyclopedic knowledge of history and could speak six languages. Very robotic personality. All the signs of an aspie.
Those are correct features that are seen, but that dude must have been very high functioning to be in school.

Most Aspergers patients are typically super unusual and can't function.
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Originally Posted By severagee⏩
I'm in computer science.

Trust me, quite a few of these dudes legitimately have it.

Now, ADHD I think is grossly over-diagnosed. Most likely a result of dudes not having any real outlets for their excited and high-test behavior as kids, with recess being cut at schools and being forced to sit in a seat for hours a day.
Many computer nerds have Schizoid Personality Disorder which looks like autism but isn't.
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
You don't have that.

You're just intelligent and don't have much in common with anyone. That will create poor socialization and isolation.

That creates what's called an "idiosyncratic thought process" in what is a normal person.
I had seen a psychologist when I was younger and then said they thought I had Asperger's. I used to have lots of rituals and be very particular about how I stored my toys and things.
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
Those are correct features that are seen, but that dude must have been very high functioning to be in school.

Most Aspergers patients are typically super unusual and can't function.
He barely functioned. One semester he dropped all his classes and disappeared into his room for a few months.
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
Several years ago the autism foundation was low on money. So, they got psychology to broaden the definition dramatically to include many normal behaviors of shy people, poorly socialized people, and so on. That then allowed more people to be diagnosed to raise more money.
Yeah, autism fundraising and "awareness" has blown up in the past few years. Seems like every third kid is autistic now. Back in the day it was just that some kids were slow.
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Sigh...

No, I don't think so.

Actually it isn't a formal diagnosis at all anymore. As of DSM-5 people are diagnosed as autism level 1, 2, or 3 depending on how impaired they may be.

Women tend to be under diagnosed because historically the evaluation was based on the traits of young male autists. Females present differently and are better able to "mask", aka pass for normal.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...rent-in-girls/

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-23613816

However masking comes at a cost.

https://www.spectrumnews.org/feature...laging-autism/

There are actual lab tests now (blood and saliva) that are believed to be 85% effective. Can't say how that may affect diagnosis going forward.

And I have wondered if what is labeled autism is more than one thing (different causes), or alternately if ADD should be included as part of the spectrum.
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Originally Posted By wincel⏩
I had seen a psychologist when I was younger and then said they thought I had Asperger's. I used to have lots of rituals and be very particular about how I stored my toys and things.
The sad news is that's typical of many little kids, they exhibit OCD symptoms and it's fairly normal.

Saying a person is "autistic" is in the same category, literally in the DSM, as saying someone is retarded.

It's a very extreme diagnosis that needs all of the based covered and very detailed observation. You don't just toss that diagnosis out there.
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Originally Posted By dusky99⏩
He barely functioned. One semester he dropped all his classes and disappeared into his room for a few months.
If you're on your toes and all of that, you aren't finishing college most likely.
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Originally Posted By Humungus⏩
Yeah, autism fundraising and "awareness" has blown up in the past few years. Seems like every third kid is autistic now. Back in the day it was just that some kids were slow.
Back in the 90s it was ADHD.

That was driven by pharma to sell drugs and make huge profits from yuppies and poor people who didn't teach their children. That's a fact.

Now the diagnosis has died down due to backlash.
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Originally Posted By katya422⏩
Sigh...

No, I don't think so.

Actually it isn't a formal diagnosis at all anymore. As of DSM-5 people are diagnosed as autism level 1, 2, or 3 depending on how impaired they may be.

Women tend to be under diagnosed because historically the evaluation was based on the traits of young male autists. Females present differently and are better able to "mask", aka pass for normal.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...rent-in-girls/

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-23613816

However masking comes at a cost.

https://www.spectrumnews.org/feature...laging-autism/

There are actual lab tests now (blood and saliva) that are believed to be 85% effective. Can't say how that may affect diagnosis going forward.

And I have wondered if what is labeled autism is more than one thing (different causes), or alternately if ADD should be included as part of the spectrum.
There is no blood test, that's bullsh!t.

If so it wouldn't be in the DSM.

The DSM is considered psychological and not explained by science. If so then autism would be in a medical text as a disease.

Also, you're correct Asperger's no longer exists as a diagnosis.
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
If you're on your toes and all of that, you aren't finishing college most likely.
You're making it sound like being on tippy toes means he was on the retarded side of the spectrum. He wasn't, he was one of the most intelligent people I've met.
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Originally Posted By dusky99⏩
You're making it sound like being on tippy toes means he was on the retarded side of the spectrum. He wasn't, he was one of the most intelligent people I've met.
These people aren't cookie cutter clones of each other so anything is possible.

But, there's intelligent, as used by average people "Wow he can do math!!" and then there's real intelligence which means global understanding of everything. For instance, I've met poor people who never went to school, not even HS due to trauma, etc and I could tell they were extremely smart.

I can't imagine an autistic person could be globally intelligent enough to make it that far in anything. However, I could see a self-taught computer person working from or near home being able to hold some kind of job.
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can't say I've ever met anyone who's claimed to have an aspergers syndrome diagnosis so it mustn't be that common. ADHD on the other hand.. met a few of those.
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
I've had clients who really have it and it's an extremely bizarre and rare condition.

Several years ago the autism foundation was low on money. So, they got psychology to broaden the definition dramatically to include many normal behaviors of shy people, poorly socialized people, and so on. That then allowed more people to be diagnosed to raise more money.

Super unethical.

A true person with autism doesn't know they have it, doesn't care, and wouldn't be on the internet talking about it, or anywhere. They're autistic because they're oblivious to such stuff.
This.

I work with a company that tries to get truly extremely autistic people jobs. They are very very very bad. Really hard to work with a lot of the times.

I have somone else who is “on the spectrum, he’s just like the 40 year old virgin
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They broadened the definition to "autism spectrum" giving the justification that people on the spectrum share some traits with people who are much more severely afflicted, i.e. those traditionally considered "autistic".

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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
There is no blood test, that's bullsh!t.

If so it wouldn't be in the DSM.

The DSM is considered psychological and not explained by science. If so then autism would be in a medical text as a disease.

Also, you're correct Asperger's no longer exists as a diagnosis.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0619122434.htm
One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up study confirms its exceptional success in assessing whether a child is on the autism spectrum. A physiological test that supports a clinician's diagnostic process has the potential to lower the age at which children are diagnosed, leading to earlier treatment. Results of the study, which uses an algorithm to predict if a child has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on metabolites in a blood sample, published online today, appear in the June edition of Bioengineering & Translational Medicine.
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Originally Posted By Duckliver⏩
This.

I work with a company that tries to get truly extremely autistic people jobs. They are very very very bad. Really hard to work with a lot of the times.

I have somone else who is “on the spectrum, he’s just like the 40 year old virgin
Are those people high-functioning? What makes them hard to work with?
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Originally Posted By dusky99⏩
Are those people high-functioning? What makes them hard to work with?
Rude to everyone. Throw tantrums when things are slightly different. Can’t ask them to do anything out of the norm.
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I'm almost certain i have it. I have intense passions for a few hobbies but don't care about anything else. I have a difficult time expressing myself to other people. Little emotions. And avoid eye contact a lot. I don't act like Jason Genova or anything but i do act more like a kid that i should and find it extremely hard to socialize with people.

I just don't know how i can have so much trouble picking up social cues or understanding how to be social if i don't have it.
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