Paying Privately for Adult Aspergers Assessment?

I might probably be classed as a 'borderline' case as well, similar to what Longman describes. I am a lot younger than Longman - 24 years - so I don't know how I will be when I am Longman's age, but I have been to my local University, where I achieved a 2.1 Honours Degree in History. I had no support at Uni, but coped with the academic side, although my socialising was minimal and I always went straight back home after lectures, or after a brief look in the Uni Library - the Uni is a 10 minute walk away from where I live with my parents - I would not have been able to cope with halls for I am far too controlling.

However, my OCD and anxiety meant I did not go into the town-centre for two whole years, neither did I leave my home-town in all this time. The CMHT put it all down to OCD, but I knew there was more to it than this, which eventually led to me being diagnosed with aspergers.

I have most of the symptoms of AS, but I am not a 'typical' case, whatever that is. A lot of my problems stem from my OCD and anxiety - a 'comorbid' condition, to use psychiatric speak. But it is the classic chicken and egg scenario - what came first, Aspergers or OCD?!.

I don't have any real sensory issues to speak of, which does sometimes make me question my diagnosis. Of course I don't like noise when I am trying to concentrate or trying to get to sleep - this irritates me a lot - but then this is the same for many people without AS. I was scared of fireworks as a child, but have no other 'sensory issues' as far as I am aware, other than not liking crowds or busy environments.

I find it very hard to make friends, but on the face of it I come across as 'normal'. I know the social rules because I have learnt them, but struggle with the more informal rules and spontaneous social scenarios. I need routine, but am not so rigid that I can't tolerate any change - but it has to be on my own terms.

Interests: I have had extremely narrow and obsessive interests in the past, which gave me a lot of enjoyment but also led to tantrums when I could not pursue them.

I do have a very uneven skills profile, but this was more a problem at school than it is now. I do struggle with organization.

The only thing which makes me question my diagnosis, when I am in a bad mood, is my relative lack of sensory disturbances. I would say that my OCD is more disabling than the Aspergers. If I only had AS traits, I probably would not have needed a diagnosis. But the diagnosis has helped me deal with my OCD because my support is Autism specific, and this has helped me. I am quite a literal and rule bound thinker, and cope best with a lot of detail and concrete information

I might probably be classed as a 'borderline' case as well, similar to what Longman describes. I am a lot younger than Longman - 24 years - so I don't know how I will be when I am Longman's age, but I have been to my local University, where I achieved a 2.1 Honours Degree in History. I had no support at Uni, but coped with the academic side, although my socialising was minimal and I always went straight back home after lectures, or after a brief look in the Uni Library - the Uni is a 10 minute walk away from where I live with my parents - I would not have been able to cope with halls for I am far too controlling.

However, my OCD and anxiety meant I did not go into the town-centre for two whole years, neither did I leave my home-town in all this time. The CMHT put it all down to OCD, but I knew there was more to it than this, which eventually led to me being diagnosed with aspergers.

I have most of the symptoms of AS, but I am not a 'typical' case, whatever that is. A lot of my problems stem from my OCD and anxiety - a 'comorbid' condition, to use psychiatric speak. But it is the classic chicken and egg scenario - what came first, Aspergers or OCD?!.

I don't have any real sensory issues to speak of, which does sometimes make me question my diagnosis. Of course I don't like noise when I am trying to concentrate or trying to get to sleep - this irritates me a lot - but then this is the same for many people without AS. I was scared of fireworks as a child, but have no other 'sensory issues' as far as I am aware, other than not liking crowds or busy environments.

I find it very hard to make friends, but on the face of it I come across as 'normal'. I know the social rules because I have learnt them, but struggle with the more informal rules and spontaneous social scenarios. I need routine, but am not so rigid that I can't tolerate any change - but it has to be on my own terms.

Interests: I have had extremely narrow and obsessive interests in the past, which gave me a lot of enjoyment but also led to tantrums when I could not pursue them.

I do have a very uneven skills profile, but this was more a problem at school than it is now. I do struggle with organization.

The only thing which makes me question my diagnosis, when I am in a bad mood, is my relative lack of sensory disturbances. I would say that my OCD is more disabling than the Aspergers. If I only had AS traits, I probably would not have needed a diagnosis. But the diagnosis has helped me deal with my OCD because my support is Autism specific, and this has helped me. I am quite a literal and rule bound thinker, and cope best with a lot of detail and concrete information