Bad Shrink Experience

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How about the one that just DX'd me?

Wouldn't put an AS DX on me because I've learned to mask a few of the symptoms. Even though the report clearly states my father reported the symptoms she said she didn't see were all very pronounced when I was a child.

The report clearly shows every symptom she did not see was there to begin with.

Apparently she hasn't heard that if you had AS as a child, you still have it!

At least she was willing to see it as PDD-NOS, but the DX defies logic IMHO.

A few months ago had one insisting that I needed to go on Abilify as soon as he walked in the door. I told him about the horrrible expirences I've had with medications in the past and he says it works very well for my people with my disease. I got offended and snapped at him which I had every right to do. He then said I was bipolar and that if I did not take Abilify he would have me commited where they would make me take it. He said that I have basicaly outgrown my Asperger's and that my diagnosis can be changed now. He basicaly had me backed into a courner so to speak and I will NOT hesitate to stick up for myself. It wasn't working out and my mom and I walked out on him. We then saw a phycologist because I missed an appointment with my regualr therapist which my parents won't let me see anymore because I am not making any progress. I only saw her twice and it can take years to feel comfortable with someone. My parents are the type who think physical health problems are more important and have always refused to let me see a therapist becuase of stupid ones in the past. My parents refuse to let me talk about being emotionaly abused in school and complain about how I can't get over it. Well if they would let me see someone who didn't constantaly blame me for what happened (my parents say the bullying was mostly my fault) maybe I could. It seems that whenever I find someone or something that might help my parents wouldn't let me do it anymore. Sometimes I think they actualy want me to stay depressed.

But anyway the new phycologist was nice but basicaly an idot and had admitted he had never heard of Temple Grandin and thought ALL autistic people are like Rain man and that HFA is no existiant. He then also said my diagnosis needed to be changed and that HFA people just use the label because they were autistic as kids but that they outgrow it and just label themselves autistic because they think it is their idenity but that they are really no longer autistic.