Asperger's Syndrome

I'm the same way. I still rock though and I flap my hands and squeal sometimes, but most of the time I can sit still. XD My stimulant medication is supposed to keep my attention longer, but I think it targets the sensory issues. Most autistic people get overloaded by their environment. I have meltdowns when there's negative things.

Like one time, there was this guy at Wal-mart getting arrested for shoplifting. He was thrashing around and yelling. It frightened me and I stood their frozen in screams. Since I wouldn't move or enter the wal-mart, we had to go to a different one. I'm not sure why I even acted that way. I do have an odd fear of cops though so maybe seeing what they were doing just kind of well... frightened me.

Yes, I know they were doing their job, yes I know they don't mean harm. I just... don't like them. There was one time we had one come to our house because of a little dispute with the guy who cleaned our house and did a poor job. I had a meltdown when he called the cops.

It's not that I've had bad history or anything. I'm just... I don't like them. I don't know why. I know it's common for autistic people to have odd fears, so maybe it's just some odd phobia I have. O_o

I also do have several anxiety issues. Before I started taking abilify, it would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to do anything because my anxiety would sky-rocket. My emotions were just... horrible. Things have gotten a lot better but I don't handle stress very well. =.=

(steps in to revive the thread)

I was just diagnosed a few months ago (over the summer). Beforehand, I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression and social phobia, and (possibly) an extremely mild form of bipolar disorder.

I don't do well socially, it takes me a very long time to make friends and the ones I do have are pretty limited (i can count on two hands the number of people that I consider "true friends"). 99% of the time I either don't care or don't know how to show I care about people's interests, and I come off as standoffish and rude and blunt to my peers/people of comparable ages to mine. Like, if you ask me what I think of something, I will try not to be offensive but I don't always succeed.

I actually get on really well with adults (like teachers) and this has always been a very obvious disconnect - my classmates don't like me, but my teachers love me.

Also, on a topic unrelated to personal stories, AS was removed as its own diagnosis when the DSM-V was published; all forms of autism (from Aspergers and high-functioning autism to moderate and severe autism) are now considered "autism spectrum disorder" or ASD. Anyone have thoughts?