yeah, i dont think i have the full on disorder or anything, just self-centered tendencies.

is there any way i could have asperger's syndrome and not know it by now? or could my ADD be responsible for my poor social skills? if you look at this link http://www.adders.org/info75.htm
it pretty much describes me :

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Difficulty with social relationships

Many people with ADD/ADHD have difficulty in understanding how others think and feel. This may lead to naive, or socially inappropriate behaviour. They often try hard to be sociable and do not dislike human contact. However, they still find it hard to understand non-verbal signals, including facial expressions.

Difficulty with communication

People with ADD/ADHD may speak very fluently but they may not take any notice of the reaction of people listening to them, continuing to talk about one topic regardless of the listeners interest or lack of it. Their voice and facial expression may be flat or unusual and they may have odd gestures or eye contact. In many cases they may take jokes or expressions literally and have difficulty in understanding sarcasm.

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i sometimes think i might lack facial expression. to what extent im not sure. the symptoms are kind of similar to asperger's syndrome though:
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Severe impairment in reciprocal social interaction (at least two of the following)
1. inability to interact with peers...no
2. lack of desire to interact with peers...no
3. lack of appreciation of social cues...probably, i cant think of an example of a "social cue", so probably
4. socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior...i dont think so

All-absorbing narrow interest (at least one of the following)
1. exclusion of other activities...no
2. repetitive adherence...i dont understand what this is
3. more rote than meaning...no

Imposition of routines and interests (at least one of the following)
1. on self, in aspects of life...maybe? im not sure i understand what this means...will someone enlighten me?
2. on others...same as above

Speech and language problems (at least three of the following)
1. delayed development...uhh not sure
2. superficially perfect expressive language...no
3. formal, pedantic language...no
4. odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics...possibly?
5. impairment of comprehension including misinterpretations of literal/implied meanings...its happened before, yeah

Non-verbal communication problems (at least one of the following)
1. limited use of gestures..i dont think i use ANY gestures
2. clumsy/gauche body language..maybe
3. limited facial expression...probably, yeah. im not very "emotional"
4. inappropriate expression...not that im aware of
5. peculiar, stiff gaze...possibly
Motor clumsiness: poor performance on neurodevelopmental examination...im not that clumbsy no

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maybe i should mention that i tend to use gestures and am more expressive when im drunk?