How do I get diagnosed for AS?

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I really need to know if I just lived a life that left me with AS symptoms and I just need to have more experiences, or if my AS is what has encouraged me to live my life as I have up until now.

This is very IMPORTANT. My psychologist dismisses the idea that I'm AS, and tells me I'm grasping for a neurosis to explain everything.

Depending on which it is, I have quite a bit of work ahead of me. I don't want to excuse my behavior, but I *desperately* need to understand what the F**K is going on!

Ok a good idea is to know why your psychologist dismisses it, it might be a fairly logical reason that you can understand.

On the other hand maybe the psych is wrong, you could write a report on your childhood, ask your parents (is possible) for any memories of your childhood?

Personally, I've written a 12 page report for the psych, though she already knows its some sort of "developmental disorder". I just refer to it as asynchronous development, my baby-like emotions though painful in close relationships, are beautiful for tackling the world as a whole instead.

Anyway, when I asked my mum, she said I was always a loner as a kid, and I did some very weird things involving scissors to my hair and other students clothes.. Meaning I had extreme difficulty know what was wrong at that stage, in terms of others possessions and things. I didn't actually understand until later why they mattered.

This and many other things points to AS for me, you have to ask yourself, "am I always anxious?"

(which could point to social and general anxiety)

or...

"even when I'm not anxious, do I find others intentions confusing?"

"am I always 'left out' in social situations? Not because I want to but because I can't keep up with rapid topic changes and the way they seem to know subconciously where each other is going?"

In my experience, AS is a fundamentally different way of thinking, if you are you shouldn't find a problem finding something that defines it for sure. You can definately become very skilled at hiding it, but most of the time those that hide it well, explode spectacularly.

Anyway, get away from telling the psych you think you have AS, and instead focus on all the various problems and issues you have, share these with him/her and you'll be able to determine for yourself.

However, if your psych still isn't responsive, find another!

Thank you. I actually repeated the post here on my reply to you for my other post.

I just wish there was some "official" questionnaire that my psychologist scores or something. Hell, I'd gladly take a dozen ones that compete for interpretation. I just want something quantifiable, that can reasonably assure me I'm not just reaching for some answer, any answer.

I have a psychiatrist, too (for depression). Would he be any help?


Oh, and I answered "yes" to pretty much every symptom I've found, with only a few exceptions (the rest of this post repeats SOME what I put in the "getting to know you" forum - I've elaborated on it quite a bit).

I've read up on it at various sites, and looking at the Wikipedia entry today, found this place. The listed symptoms I've found fits me like a "T" in most ways ...but not all.

I was never the "problem child" in the classical sense. I never expressed anger in the classroom, or misbehaved in any way. I was in fact the model student, the overachiever and teacher's pet... except that in grade school, I'd often wander off the playground at recess to be alone in a tire swing in the middle of some adjacent woods, and they'd have to send a search party out for me almost every day... that stopped after 4th grade.

Yes, I got bullied, but not bad. It was a small private Christian school. I do freeze up during any conflict. I never know what to do.

I don't have a history of violence OR confrontation. I've had five explosions of rage in my life, but never hit anybody... ever. I hate raising my voice, and it's INCREDIBLY hard for me to disagree with another person, except in the most academic, non-personal of subjects. Even then, if it starts to get personal, I break off immediately. I usually get my way through diplomacy or good-ol'-fashioned butt-kissing - or not at all. A "catch more flies with honey than vinegar" type.

I am not a math, science, or music guy. I am intensely verbal and systematic (I have to break everything down into component parts, see how they connect, then restate it all in words before I understand), and a good writer and scholar (just finished my M.A.). I'll be publishing in the scholarly journals soon (I majored in Biblical Studies). But not a techie, and don't enjoy their company except in bursts; I feel like I'm going to become MORE socially dysfunctional if I'm around that too much.

While I find social situations stressful, I do crave them. While I find ideas more interesting than people, I like company sometimes, too. I like lots of time alone and keeping my schedule and systems in place - but I'll break it for a person I care about, not regretting it (unless it becomes a regular thing). There's a serious emotional investment for me when I do so.

Other than that, each symptom listed described me perfectly. In fact, most of what Wikipedia described matched precisely with the complaints my girlfriend makes for how I act. I could list it, but that would probably be very OCD of me, since if you're reading this, you already know all that.

I NEED SOME KIND OF VERIFIABLE DIAGNOSIS!! !

HELP!! !! !! !!

Have you shared ALL of these thoughts with your psych?