It's official! I'm an Aspie! yea!!

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Really, I am very excited! I went to see a child psychologist who specializes in Asperger's (so she is one of the few in the state). We talked for an hour and a half. At the end she said, "I have to tell you something." I said, "what?!?"
She said, "you do have asperger's" and smiled, and then a HUGE weight lifted from me. Finally, someone who understands my brain and can actually tailor my therapy to help me! I didn't know how I would feel if I got a diagnoses. . .I feel sooooooo much better.

It is indeed a great feeling. Congrats.

Congrats!

...but what's really important is that therapy thing he can offer to you.

Thanks you guys!

Oh so true, so true.

Yayyy!

Congratulations! I wish you the best of luck in your therapy sessions and in your life as someone who is informed about their condition.

I do not mean this in a condemning way, for I felt much of the same way when my therapist told me that he thinks I have Asperger's, but just as an observational note: we seem to be the only community that celebrates when being diagnosed with a chronic condition . Actually, I think that it is wonderful that we can be optimistic about who we are.

Congratulations on finally finding out what you have!

Would you please drop back into this thread from time to time to tell us of your therapy and progress?

Today is my one month anniversary of official diagnosis. Feels great to celebrate with somebody else!

Congrats!

One of us! One of us!

Heh, just kidding around. I'm happy you're happy about the diagnosis! I hope it will help you on your way.

Nice step one of understanding yourself, done!
Next up, actually useful therapy sessions.

We accept you! We accept you! One of us! One of us!

[Can you lend me $10 now? I promise to pay it back. Honest!]

I'm curious, i got told that diagnosing something like Aspergers or Autism takes a long time to do properly... how did you get the diagnosis in a hour and a half? Was it so clear that you had it? Do you have other things in your life like depression that can mimick symptoms? I'm just curious

Congratulations!

It depends, the good doctors are usually very adept at watching your mannerisms and behavior while you talk. I've learned after seeing so many psychologists that most of the time they pay more attention to how you talk and express yourself versus the things that you tell them. To the trained eye A LOT can be inferred and even discovered about a person just from how they move their hands, eye contact, speech pattern etc. I'm sure the op probably shared a ton of information too in this time that helped the doctor reach her conclusion. No diagnosis is ever perfect or 100%, aspergers and autism isn't like aids or pregnancy where you do some blood work and stuff is figured out, obviously. At the same time, the doctor or psychologist has been trained to watch a person and to quickly be able to spot evidence of a mental condition. A doctor wants to figure out a problem, diagnosis it, in a hasty manner to (hopefully) help their patient. Of course this is how wrong diagnosis come about but I was just trying to offer some insight..I guess.

I'm sorry for sounding like a know-it-all, I'm not. Just using some of the logic and lessons I was giving when I was taking medical courses about patient assessment.