Hi there,
I'm not really sure how to explain this so sorry if this is a bit long.
Last year I had to take time away from university because my life had basically become unmanageable. For as long as I can remember I have felt nervous and confused when talking to people, especially in large groups. I often feel like I don't belong anywhere or fit in. A few other things happened to make this worse which I don't really want to discuss on here and I ended up going to my GP (who was really helpful and took me seriously) and was referred to the CMHT. After a few visits with a mental health nurse she told me she was referring me to a psychologist to be tested for aspbergers syndrome. Months later I actually do a test (this questionaire I had to fill out) and am told I "almost certainly" have aspbergers but this only counts as a "provisional" diagnosis. I was then told that as I am an adult (currently 22) there isn't anything they can do and they probably won't even do anything to upgrade my diagnosis from provisional to anything more definite. I was also told I would probably be discharged from the service and now had a psychiatric record I "probably didn't need".
I'm confused. They still haven't dealt with some of the other issues I came to them with and have just given me more questions I would like answers to. If they can't do anything why even bother testing me? Is a provisional diagnosis enough for me to try and find treatment elsewhere? They haven't really explained anything I only found out most of what I know about aspbergers by looking on this site. I feel like I've been left hanging without any sort of satisfactory solution and I'm not really sure what to do.
Does anyone have any advice for me? I would be really grateful for some advice on what I should do now as I'm really not sure.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
