January 2012 Weddings
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Need some advice
What would you do? I found some scholarly tests for Aspergers online, and had J take them. His numbers are off the charts.
Would you leave it at that and just know, or would you try to get an official diagnosis. We don't want to tell the parents yet. Pros and cons anyone?
Re: Need some advice
If you had an official diagnosis would it help any (ie. would you try to seek treatment, etc)?
It depends on what you think will be done for him if you get an official diagnosis. If it will help him then I would follow through.
I have a brother whom I suspect has Aspergers. He is 40 years old so he was never diagnosed. He is SUPER intelligent. He can remember every detail of articles he reads and details about events that have occured over 20 years before. He is a bit odd though. He goes through obsessions. When he was a kid/teenager he was obsessed with comics. Then when he became an adult he became obsessed with the planet and enviroment. He won't drive a car because he doesn't believe it is good for the enviroment. He is also obsessed with online sweepstakes. He also has a very bad temper that he can't control. He can flip out on the drop of a dime. He doesn't have a job because I think people can tell that he is a little "off" and they won't hire him. It's a shame because he would be a darn good worker at any job.
Married the love of my life on 1-21-12. Our princess arrived on 5-28-13.
J has some of those similiar things, although he doesn't have that bad of a temper, and when he gets upset, it is usually at home. I don't think there would be any benifits to him getting diagnose per se, but it is also hard to tell if it could be helpful in the future. I think right now it would just also help him feel better about himself. He said he always felt strange, and one of the books I got from school really explained him.
I am pretty sure his insurance will pay for it, they paid for psychologist visits before. It is just getting his dr to believe that this could actually be an issue at this age. Since he is so old, and normal diagnosis happens in childhood, We might have a hard time convincing the dr, who is an old fashioned guy.
Thanks for the opinions everyone. I think we are going to pursue it!