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Referral help

StMartin72

I have a GP appointment on Jan 8th. I'm trying to get a referral to a psychiatrist to get a diagnosis for Asperger's Syndrome. What are the key points I should bring up with the GP to get a referral. I really need some advice, thanks.

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    Asparagus makes some good points - CBT can be useful and you may be lucky, like Asparagus, and they may recognise the root cause of your problems.

    It can be a good idea to write down a list of things you want to tell the doctor. People with ASD are not good at communicating and it can help to write it out on one sheet of paper and hand this to the GP as you start explaining what your problems are.

    It is useful to separate out two separate lists of points

    a) what makes you think you have ASD. Why did you think that this might be the problem?

    b) what the consequences of having ASD have been - have you had failed relationships, work conflict, anxiety, depression?

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    Asparagus makes some good points - CBT can be useful and you may be lucky, like Asparagus, and they may recognise the root cause of your problems.

    It can be a good idea to write down a list of things you want to tell the doctor. People with ASD are not good at communicating and it can help to write it out on one sheet of paper and hand this to the GP as you start explaining what your problems are.

    It is useful to separate out two separate lists of points

    a) what makes you think you have ASD. Why did you think that this might be the problem?

    b) what the consequences of having ASD have been - have you had failed relationships, work conflict, anxiety, depression?

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