I think I have some very mild form of asthma, but I haven't had problems with it for years, luckily.

I'm also extremely allergic to eggs and all dairy products. This can be very difficult, especially as I'm vegetarian, have braces, and now have to avoid soy products as well. (I have a strange illness. It's been there for months, and a doctor said it might have to do with a soy overdose. I did have a lot... So I'm quitting for now.)

I have what they call "Exercise induced asthma." But, more interestingly, I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus when I was 9 years old. Mikaela, your school sounds really cool to get to meet other kids with chronic problems. It can be really hard to be diagnosed with a lifelong illness at a young age, especially when you don't know anyone else who is in the same boat! -Admin 

My siblings and I are greatly blessed by the Lord to have our  daddy's health!!

My mom has very savire asthma!! She is also allergic to most of the things you can think of!!

My dad is not allergic to anything (I think) and my sister and I are mildly allergic to bees and my brother is mildy allergic to wasps and yellow jackets!!!

I think I might have the smallest bit of asthma, but I'm not sure. I'm also allergic to MSG (MonoSodium Glutamate) which is an artificial flavoring that is sometimes put in potato chips and things like that. It gives me a headache and my mom a migraine...guess that's coming for me if I eat MSG when I'm older. 

And now I have a sensitivity to soy, so I can't eat any. :(
Also? I just learned that my former physical therapist (I used to have physical therapy because I've horrible motor skills, but stopped because I moved) had told my mom that she'd thought I might have SPD. Interested, I did some research, and my reaction was actually something along the lines of, "Wow, I never realized that these things were important enough to be listed here. Many of these are really just what I'm experiencing, and have always been. But... If these things are actually symptoms of a disorder, then... what about other things? I always thought I was just strange, but... Who knows? Besides, some of things just don't quite fit. I don't think I have this, but I think it's quite plausible that I have something similar..."

And do you know what? I think I do... In fact, I think I may have possibly found what it is. It's...... Asperger's syndrome. (NOTE: I am not saying that SPD is at all similar to AS. I know it isn't, and hope you aren't offended, Mikaela--though if you are, I might be slightly offended, so you probably shouldn't mention it. But people with AS often have many symptoms of SPD, so AS is similar to SPD in that particular way.)

This is... like autism, basically... Some people think it is a type of autism... ...Yeah... You wouldn't notice anything online, probably (aside from a tendency to ramble about things, and general obsessiveness, and that the way I type isn't exactly the way most 12-year-olds talk--but then, you wouldn't know how similar my way of typing is to my way of speaking, would you? But it's very similar. Just without all the 'however's and similar transition words. I don't actually use those very often while speaking... I could also never go on for this long without being interrupted, either, so I never do, though I'm sure I would if I had the chance.), because communication is much simpler here. But the description really fits me, and I've done a lot of research. I'm going to a psychologist on September 2nd, so I'll be able to be tested for it, to see. But... Aargh! I just have no idea how to feel about this! I'm... overwhelmed.

I wasn't going to say anything until I was diagnosed, if I'm diagnosed--I may not have it. However, I just can't go this long without telling anyone outside my family. It's taking up too many of my thoughts. This may just turn out to all be nothing, but... I don't really think so. I found the criteria listed in the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is what all psychologists use, and I fit enough of it to qualify, apparently. I really can't stand waiting until September, because I just want to know if I'm right about this or if I'm just imagining it...

If I do have it, I'll make a thread which will say more about what this thing actually is. I just don't want to talk much about it before even being diagnosed. And maybe I really don't need to make one when this is perfectly good, but this is kind of a big thing for me... So I'm going to do so anyway. To compensate, I won't try to bring this to the top if I haven't already... But maybe I have. Who knows? I'll see...