When seeing a neurologist should I mention AS?

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I went to the emergency room because I got a really bad migraine last night and it just felt..off. The ER referred me to a neurologist, for some reason. I'm calling to make my appointment tomorrow and I was wondering if, when I see the neurologist, if I should mention that I think I have AS. Sometimes, my headaches (or migraines, whatever you want to call them), come whenever I'm overstimulated. Honestly, they either come whenever I'm overstimulated or whenever I'm running on too little sleep and too much stress or interaction with people. It's going to be weird because the neurologist is going to ask me what goes on and I'm not really going to be able to tell him. I don't know how I feel when I have a headache. I just know that there's a general pain in my head and that I can't pinpoint where the pain is (most of the time). I also know that I space out pretty badly whenever I get a headache. I've spaced out for hours at a time. I don't know if I should mention the whole AS thing because I haven't been diagnosed. I really don't know what I should even say when I go? Any thoughts or advice would be fantastic.

I'd say you should mention that you're more sensitive to certain senses and that social interaction tires you out and both of those can trigger migraines. Not sure if you should mention that you think you have AS, though.

This seems the right approach. Tell him your symptoms. If he has any false notions about autism and Asperger's he may just shut you down. But if you stick the the symptoms, it will keep it to his area of expertise. Remember that a neurologist is not the same as a neuro-psychologist. A neuro-psych can specialize in autism and be very helpful. A neurologist is a different specialty entirely.