![]() ![]() One of the symptoms is that women mask their symptoms far more, and mimic neurotypical behaviour in an effort to "fit in". Most of the specialists measure against the Male Asperger Standard, bur females show many different signs than males. ![]() I soaked up everything I could lay my hands on about female Asperger's, and to be honest, there isn't a lot. ![]() Sometimes my eyes nearly boggled out of my head as I read about some of the signs. I started ticking most of the same boxes that she did. At this time I still haven't found another job, but I have 3 months stress leave to recuperate and try to regain some level of peace and calm in my frantic world.Īs my daughter went through the diagnosis process for her Asperger's Diagnosis, a remarkable thing happened. I lost my job! My patient boss, finally had to let me go, because, basically, I was a mess. At Easter,my beloved step-father died, and it was the straw that broke this camel's back. I've been like a duck! Calm above the water. On the outside I've been calm, while on the inside, I've been screaming. My personal life is completely shattered as I try to deal with everything on my own, and my stress levels have been through the roof. She still battles with self-harm and Dermatillomania, but hasn't made another attempt. My beautiful girl is now 14 and no closer to recovery. So an official diagnosis has eluded us thus far. During all this, more tests were done except one last, very expensive one, the Pragmatic Language Test. She has been self-harming continuously, as well as Dermatillomania, a suicide attempt in November, then a stint in the Adolescent Mental Health Facility in Melbourne, for 2 weeks. Since that time, we've been through test after test, because her case worker and Psychiatrist suspected that my daughter may have Asperger's Syndrome. My last post was about my daughter, and the struggles she was facing. Its been a very difficult year (or two), but I've learned so much. Ok, so yes, it's been a year since my last confession! No I'm not Catholic. ![]()
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