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industrialwarrior
over 8 years ago

Hello everyone, I'm Hayley, and having done a lot of research after various people who don't know each other suggested to me that I am Asperger's, I am tackling it head-on.

I have recently started counselling for my anxiety/low self esteem issues. 

I exhibit quite a few Asperger's traits. 

Recently I found my old school reports, a time capsule if you like - and some of the comments are quite telling. 

Once counselling is finished I want to take things further and ask for a proper diagnosis. I am aware that the first step is to ask my GP - but I can't just walk in there and tell him that I think I have a mild form of autism - I need to present my argument constructively so that he understands that this is a big deal for me.

Advise and information will be most welcome, as will be experiences from others who have recently realised, into adult life, that they've lived with something that's made them 'different' their entire lives.

Hope to get more insight into this.

Hayley 

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  • over 8 years ago

    Hi Hayley,

    I had to go through several years of misdiagnosis (by my GP) of depression and anxiety disorder - simply because she had no other frame of reference.  I saw a psychological therapist for a while, who at first thought I had BPD.  It was only as the sessions went on that she began to suspect a deeper root for my problems - stuff to do with my childhood, my reports from school, my lifelong preference for being alone, etc.  She then recommended a referral to my GP, and it went ahead.  Just under 2 years later, I got my final diagnosis of Adult ASD (formerly known as Asperger's, though I and many others I know still prefer to use the term).

    Have you taken the AQ test?  I'm not sure if it will have any weight with your GP, but it's the standard preliminary test (I took it as the first stage following my referral), so if you scored highly enough it may convince him or her to investigate.  It's here.  It doesn't take long to do.  I believe the threshold score for suspected ASD is 32.

    aspergerstest.net/.../

    Good luck with things.

    Tom

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  • over 8 years ago

    Hi Hayley,

    I had to go through several years of misdiagnosis (by my GP) of depression and anxiety disorder - simply because she had no other frame of reference.  I saw a psychological therapist for a while, who at first thought I had BPD.  It was only as the sessions went on that she began to suspect a deeper root for my problems - stuff to do with my childhood, my reports from school, my lifelong preference for being alone, etc.  She then recommended a referral to my GP, and it went ahead.  Just under 2 years later, I got my final diagnosis of Adult ASD (formerly known as Asperger's, though I and many others I know still prefer to use the term).

    Have you taken the AQ test?  I'm not sure if it will have any weight with your GP, but it's the standard preliminary test (I took it as the first stage following my referral), so if you scored highly enough it may convince him or her to investigate.  It's here.  It doesn't take long to do.  I believe the threshold score for suspected ASD is 32.

    aspergerstest.net/.../

    Good luck with things.

    Tom

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