If, by 18, you have not been suggested for diagnosis by a teacher then you probably don't have it.
Your Mom sounds like she herself needs therapy. The downside of the DSIM and resources we have available to us regarding mental health is that, to someone that doesn't have real knowledge (not just wikipedia articles and the DSIM) regarding the field, ANYONE could qualify for just about ANY mental illness.
A lot of parents do this, though. Mental illness is the Polio of our generation and where some parents take it too literally, others don't take it literally enough.
Just remember, though, the diagnosis of mental illness often hinges on how much you suffer and how much it impedes your being a functioning human being. ADHD might just be a bored, advanced level student with a very energetic disposition, depression might be stress regarding entering a new grade level... Obviously, your Mom doesn't have enough knowledge of the field to know this, but remember this when you have kids. Mental illness and being a unique person sometimes seem one in the same.
When I was in kindergarden, my teacher wanted to have me tested for ADHD, so I can MAYBE see her believing that I have that, but you're right. A teacher would have suggested aspergers by now in all likelihood. I never thought of that, maybe if I tell her that she'll back of a little? Thanks :)
there is a chance they didnt notice. It wasnt till tenth grade that one of the teachers said to my parents that I may have aspergers, and she was one of the special education teachers. apparently, her brother also had it.
also, I was tested for ADHD in kindergarten but I tested negative for it.
it usually takes someone who is specially trained to spot learning disabilities to find it, and a mild case would be harder to spot
Is it normal that my mom things I have aspergers?
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If, by 18, you have not been suggested for diagnosis by a teacher then you probably don't have it.
Your Mom sounds like she herself needs therapy. The downside of the DSIM and resources we have available to us regarding mental health is that, to someone that doesn't have real knowledge (not just wikipedia articles and the DSIM) regarding the field, ANYONE could qualify for just about ANY mental illness.
A lot of parents do this, though. Mental illness is the Polio of our generation and where some parents take it too literally, others don't take it literally enough.
Just remember, though, the diagnosis of mental illness often hinges on how much you suffer and how much it impedes your being a functioning human being. ADHD might just be a bored, advanced level student with a very energetic disposition, depression might be stress regarding entering a new grade level... Obviously, your Mom doesn't have enough knowledge of the field to know this, but remember this when you have kids. Mental illness and being a unique person sometimes seem one in the same.
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When I was in kindergarden, my teacher wanted to have me tested for ADHD, so I can MAYBE see her believing that I have that, but you're right. A teacher would have suggested aspergers by now in all likelihood. I never thought of that, maybe if I tell her that she'll back of a little? Thanks :)
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there is a chance they didnt notice. It wasnt till tenth grade that one of the teachers said to my parents that I may have aspergers, and she was one of the special education teachers. apparently, her brother also had it.
also, I was tested for ADHD in kindergarten but I tested negative for it.
it usually takes someone who is specially trained to spot learning disabilities to find it, and a mild case would be harder to spot