I have always felt that I was different from other people. My mother wondered a little if I was autistic. I was able to make friends and function in the world. However, I have always felt there was something profoundly different about me. I sometimes have difficulty focusing and have difficulty following directions. However, in a one on one interaction I am perfectly appropriate. As a kid, I did sometimes blurt things out that were rather "off the wall". Now, I am having difficulty functioning due to attention problems and I am concerned that I may be autistic. In addition, I also suffer from transient delusional thinking. For a time, I genuinely believed that I was from another planet and not fully human (e.g. I researched my ancestry dating back to ancient Egyptian ancestors and used it as solid evidence that some of my ancestors were not of this world). I also got really paranoid about this guy was part of a worldwide conspiracy to sabotage me. The paranoia/madness has only started in the past 6-7 years or so. However, I have had subtle problems with paying attention all along