Should I check if I was misdiagnosed with Autism/Asperger’s as an adolescent? I just don’t identify with that label?

[RyanEC]

Long story short I was kicked out of my original high school and sent to another high school with special classes at the age of 15.
They used the diagnosis of Autism/Asperger’s to justify this but I have always felt this was wrong and the people who ran the school didn’t care about me and didn’t want to deal with me; I had bad grades at the time but I just felt unmotivated.

This whole situation did damage to my life.
I was in a classroom with people who mostly couldn’t function normally at all.
It made me feel bad because I felt like I was being put in a box with people who were totally mentally disabled; I felt as if I was being treated like I was more like a severely mentally disabled person then I was like any other student in that school.
I felt like no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t prove I wasn’t like that to some people.

I eventually got into regular classes and had good grades and got on the honor roll, since In college I was on the Deans list.
I have never needed any sort of help.

I am 31 now and looking back I feel like this was a mistake.
I don’t identify with Asperger’s and feel like I should see a physiologist and take some sort of test to prove I am totally non autistic.
I would feel so vindictive if I could be told that.

[Andres77]

You might have been diagnosed correctly but they just didn't manage you well, help you overcome the difficulties and maximize the strengths.
And, bud, it doesn't matter if you "identify" with the term.
It's a clinical diagnosis for a specific way your brain is wired. Emotions are irrelevant.
And never go into an exam with a predetermined diagnosis, let the evidence take you where it will.
It's not a bad thing to have if you manage your brain in accordance with the strengths and difficulties.
I've only been diagnosed in the last few years. It explained a lot.
It's not a bad thing.
Own it, focus on the positive.

[RyanEC]

I don’t identify with it because I don’t have any of the typical issues that people with Asperger’s have.

My brain was not X-rayed or studied in any way, all I remember is being sent to talk to therapists and psychologists and answering stupid questions.
They don’t know how my brain works.

I do try to focus on the positive I just hate being labeled or put in a box with people who have profound mental issues.

[Andres77]

Are you a psychologist?
No.
It's just my opinions.
But if they have you do tests that you don't understand... your conclusion is irrelevant.
Not broken, just different.

[Shamalien]

Fuck these medical cocksuckers they just wanna sell u drugs. Find your own way, your mind may be different but that doesn’t mean it’s worse

[RyanEC]

I agree.

[sage2021]

If you has Asperger's and/or autism, you should have been tested before age 15. You said you just weren't motivated and got bad grades and now you are fine. Usually when a child is put in a special needs class all day, it's because they do have a learning disability. But they try to send them to some regular classes during the day to try to mainstream them.
I think you were appearing to be learning disabled because you had bad grades and just weren't motivated. What else did you want them to do with you? Keep you in regular classes and just keep getting bad grades and getting passed to the next year with bad grades?

[RyanEC]

Actually at the end of the last year before I was sent to the other school I started to do better but that didn’t seem to matter.

[TransAm85]

My little bro has ADHD/Autism. He's 35 now, but functions at the mental ability of a 20 yr old. He lives in a group home bc he doesn't know how to manage money/finances and probably nvr will. From ur post, it doesn't seem lk u have Autism.

[RyanEC]

Thanks for your input I appreciate it.

[kespethdude]

One of my friends on a gaming forum was in this exact same situation. He actually seeked his desired diagnosis and is, in fact, neurotypical (even though he probably could blend in to an AANE pizza/game night easily if he wanted to). So yes, if you think you've been misdiagnosed and can afford it, you should definitely seek a second (third, fourth, etc) opinion.

And no, he is not me. I am autistic (formerly Asperger's before psychological politics removed it from the DSM).

[RyanEC]

Thanks for your comment.

[alice55]

It doesn't hurt to try, my teacher also wanted to put me in some special school, my father opposed to it and i high school I became the top grade. I just used to have bad grade cause my father was sick and spend months in the hospital so I didn't have the motivation to learn but some teacher are assholes.

Maybe going to see a psy would be a smart move and try to be re diagnosed.

[alice55]

I've been talking to you for many years and honestly you to me you seem totally normal maybe they just said you had autism to put you in this school.

[RyanEC]

Thank you Alice I really appreciate it?
I think you may be right.

By the way how are you doing lately?
I’m very sorry to see Macron be re-elected I hope you aren’t too upset like I was after Biden; the fact that a large percentage of young people voted for Le Pen gives me hope for the future of France.

[TrueConfection]

I definitely think you should talk to your doctor about getting reevaluated.

[goaded]

It seems like a lot of effort to upset yourself. Why not just try to live your best life, secure in the knowledge that they were assholes?

[RyanEC]

I have been trying to live my best life.
I would just feel so vindicated if I had closure.

[moviedude714]

Yeah some people have told me the same thing, that is possible I might not have this either

[AFretiredTXn]

Agree, always try for a 2nd opinion, especially now.

[IHateBeingaMan]

i see nothing wrong with this

[RyanEC]

With what.
Me checking if I was misdiagnosed.