What happens next if I get the actual dx of aspergers?

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I'm headed to my doctor today for a few of reason but the AS diagnosis referral is #2. I have printed out all of my tests and made a 2 page list of why I know I have this. She has all ready told me that I shouldn't pursue this diagnosis because there is not treatment for it, is this true? There is absolutely nothing that can help? I'd love to go back to work and maybe if I could have some help with a doctor of sorts and maybe some communication training, I could actually do it. Any feedback is appreciated.

There is no treatment for aspergers. However, there are various therapies that could help you cope better. If you'd have to pay for diagnosis as well as for whatever therapeutical help you feel you would benefit from, perhaps a formal diagnosis can wait till after other help, if you're still wanting diagnosis at that time?
Before I first went to my doctor re AS I was advised only to talk about AS at that meeting, and not to present any other health issues. If AS is raised with anything else it may just be dismissed or missed while they deal with the other.
I hope your meeting with the doctor goes well

after my dx, they suggested i try strattera. i did, and it worked for me, it made me notably more level-headed and clear-thinking. the only problem were the side-fx [mainly GERD]. what is even better, is being able to meet with other like-minded aspies at my aspie meetups twice a month, this makes me feel like a real human being at least, at last, after decades in the wilderness.

No help for the most part, other than trying meds for specific associated effects of an ASD. CBT is for erroneous thinking; ASDs aren't erroneous thoughts. Knowing your weaknesses is treatment enough, really.

(You do get a key to that door though....)

In Connecticut there is an organization called Roses for Autism that teaches folks on the spectrum a wide range of job skills--it has only been around 2 years, so they are still experimenting with what works. Seems to me like an excellent program--they try to get people to work together and multitask, as well as identify skills that are useful in the workplace. Hopefully they will be successful enough that similar organizations will start in other places.

There is a big incentive for states to help out organizations like Roses for Autism--it costs a lot of money to support someone on disability.