The big diagnosis

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This is my first time posting on this site, and I am a fairly new member as well, so first off I would like to say "Hi".

This is my situation...As of right now, I am an undiagnosed aspie, however, there is no doubt in my mind (or in the minds of a few people close to me) that I have AS. Currently, I am being treated by my university's mental health department for ADHD. I see my therapist about every two months for about 20 minutes where we talk about how well my attention is doing. I have only been seeing this therapist for a year, and I have never mentioned anything about the fact that I have AS. In fact, the realization of this fact became clear to me only a couple months ago (but I have researched and researched AS thoroughly in these last couple of months). After finding out about AS I made an appointment with my therapist to talk to her about getting tested or diagnosed. My appointment is this coming Friday (April 6th) and I find myself worried that I am under-prepared for the visit. I know a lot about AS and I know a lot about me and my struggles with AS over the course of my life. However, I don't know how to bring everything up with my therapist. Do I just sit down and tell her immediately that I have AS and I would like to be tested for it? My face-to-face social interaction is sub-par I guess you could say. I stumble over words and sentences, I don't look at people in the eye during conversations, I fidget constantly, my voice falters, and I have an increased tendency to get emotionally upset quite easily when speaking about personal matters. So to make a long story short, I was just wondering what everyone's experience has been when going to get tested or diagnosed because I'm a little scared about this whole ordeal!

Thanks for listening, and thank you in advance to anyone who responds.

-Tina

Write down what you want to say and give it to her on paper. I mentioned AS to a clueless psychiatrist once, but I was underprepared and I ended up stuttering and I didn't say the things I wanted to say. It ended up coming out as a brief mention, and he dismissed it.

Yeah, I was thinking maybe writing out a script for myself about what I need to say to my doctor. I usually have to do that in most social situations (if I'm not writing something out, then I have to go over what I am going to say again and again and again beforehand) so it won't be anything new for me.