Desperate for Help...

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I seen a psychiatrist today and described the symptoms I have: sensitive to sharp pitches, rocking, flapping my arms, not being able to touch certain textures, clumsiness, only being able to focus on one area of interest at a time, etc. He told me I was over analyzing.

When my mother asked if I had asperger's, he replied: "I don't know". The psychiatrist told my mother after we left: "She rocks back and forth, doesn't make eye contact and has limited facial expressions. It's strange." And that was it.

All I want is to be able to read facial expressions, body language and to be able to recognize sarcasm so I can make and keep friends. I feel upset because I need help especially before I go to college, but no one listens. And again, I was told I cannot receive a diagnosis because I'm 18. Is it really this difficult to get doctors to listen?

I've lost friends because I get angry over sarcastic comments. I'm bullied because I'm clumsy and called weird. I have to leave rooms when there is a noise I'm sensitive to, otherwise I feel like screaming. Since there is no way for me to receive a diagnosis, are there any institutions or training courses or something that can help me?

I feel lost...

Last edited by dvorak29 on 15 Apr 2011, 1:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Psychiatrists are often a***holes. Try and find a good one, as difficult as it may sound. There isn't a considerable anti-psychiatry movement for nothing, you know.

Yep! Sometimes psychologists are much easier to deal with than psychiatrists are. In my experience, that certainly is the case. Many psychologists can also diagnose AS, so perhaps ask your mom to set you up with an appointment there. You can even specify that you want an aspergers/autism assessment done.

Psychiatrists may be as*holes, but if you had to deal with other people's crap for a living, you might be angry too. It's sort of how many lawyers go into the profession wanting justice, only to find there isn't any. Then again, one of the main differences between psychiatrists and psychologists is the number of years you need to stay in school. I saw a guy for 6 years who was very helpful, but he said he was in school for 12 years. He got strung up on charges of molestation and sexual abuse. If someone is in school for 8-12 years, they are probably overcompensating for something, and how can you get professional help from an amateur?

It's not the guy's field. He finds it boring.<----perhaps, this is a social read on my part. That's why he told you that you were "over analyzing." (For example, he might be interested in family dynamics and be fairly good at that and find other stuff boring. For example, I remember a psychologist who really emphasized 'transactional analysis,' almost as if it was a religion. And I think the whole field of mental health 'professionals' has a lot of problems, this being a big one, that they believe in certain things so much they almost make it a religion)

Actually, you were giving him a list of symptoms and things that bother you that if he had an interest or knowledge of Asperger's / Autism Spectrum, he could have picked up on.

Offhand, casually (and I certainly am not a doctor), you might be aspie, you might not. And you are welcome here either way. If you have some aspie traits but not others, you might really be able to help the rest of us learn some social skills, and we might be able to help you with a few things.

For depression and anxiety, which are common for people in general and perhaps more common for those of us on the spectrum, a person can also see an internist or a family practitioner. That is another valid option.

That is my own experience, and I began trying at 59.