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had assesment - still not right

Jon

Hello.

I had an assement for Aspergers in Sheffiedl last year. The doctor concluded that I did not have 'features suggestive of Aspergers Syndrome'. The doctor must be right and I am having CBT to try and sort myself out. I get depressed, frustrated, anxious and struggle with social interaction. I have low confidence. I thought that a diagnosis Aspergers made alot of sense regarding how I am. Reading about Aspergers did help me understand myself. I am really trying with the CBT but it is hard and I still have the same problems.

I just wondered if there were anybody else who have had assesments and got the same result as me? and how are they?

JonUndecided

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  • Hi Scorpion0x17,

    It was at the Sheffield Asperger Syndrome Service. The assesment was done by a locum Consultant Phsychiatrist. I feel that I have to accept her proffessional view.However I am finding it really hard to move on even though I tell myself it is not healthy to keep thinking I may be on the spectrum. It is the thing that makes the most sense and I can't yet find any other way to explain how I am.

    As I have always tried to put up a front that everything is OK. But I am now 39 and it is becoming more clear that I have few connections with the world and I am genuinely finding many aspects of adult life very difficult. I can and do function and outwardly may seem OK to many people. However if anything alters the structures that I have set up then I find that really hard to cope with.

    The 40 minute assesment identified anakastic and anxious-avoidant personality. However from reading the assesment report I am not in total agreement at how these have been arrived at. It is as though I have somehow been put in a box that is not right.

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  • Hi Scorpion0x17,

    It was at the Sheffield Asperger Syndrome Service. The assesment was done by a locum Consultant Phsychiatrist. I feel that I have to accept her proffessional view.However I am finding it really hard to move on even though I tell myself it is not healthy to keep thinking I may be on the spectrum. It is the thing that makes the most sense and I can't yet find any other way to explain how I am.

    As I have always tried to put up a front that everything is OK. But I am now 39 and it is becoming more clear that I have few connections with the world and I am genuinely finding many aspects of adult life very difficult. I can and do function and outwardly may seem OK to many people. However if anything alters the structures that I have set up then I find that really hard to cope with.

    The 40 minute assesment identified anakastic and anxious-avoidant personality. However from reading the assesment report I am not in total agreement at how these have been arrived at. It is as though I have somehow been put in a box that is not right.

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