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Okay, yesterday I went got some neuropsychological testing done by a psychologist. He stopped me like maybe an hour in and said he didn't think there was much of a reason to continue because I was performing great on all the tests. The only thing he could find was that I had some mild memory loss, which he associated with depression and social anxiety.
I asked him if he thought I had Aspergers, and he said there could be a possibility, but he really doesn't think so and that most of my problems come from depression and social anxiety. Then he like told me a few stereotypical things people with Aspergers do, and how I don't do that, so thus I probably don't have it. In my head I was thinking he is very ignorant in the area of Aspergers, but didn't say anything because I know that he is a well trained psychologist and probably knows what he is doing, and maybe he just told me a few things of what he knows about Aspergers.



So basically he just wants to work with me on my depression and social anxiety and I decided in my mind, even if I do have Aspergers and if he just missed it, it would be good to still see him, because if he helps with my depression and social anxiety I could become the best possible me, regardless of Aspergers or not.

Well now, I'm wonder if I should see this other psychologist who "specializes" in diagnosing in Aspergers? I emailed her a couple of months ago with a question and she replied and also gave me some info about Aspergers. One was a Asperger Fact Sheet, and I went through it again today and while a few things held true to me, a lot of it did not.

Anyway, now I'm thinking maybe the psychologist who gave me the neuro test was right, and I'm just being silly trying to diagnose myself with aspergers... I do tend to like to diagnose myself with stuff....

So should I go to the psychologist who specializes in diagnosing with Aspergers, or should I just leave it alone?

Why not look to a specialist ? Look down every avenue possible if it might help figure out what you need.

If when looking through the fact sheet it doesn't seem to describe you, then why do you want to spend more money on another attempt at diagnosis?

Also, when you say "Then he like told me a few stereotypical things people with Aspergers do, and how I don't do that, so thus I probably don't have it." What do you mean by stereotypical things? There's a big difference between "you don't hand flap" and "you don't seem to have any sort of stimming."