Thread: What can I do?
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Old Sep 22, 2010, 09:43 AM
AniveCsebure AniveCsebure is offline
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I don't know how many people I've asked this to, but what can I do?

I went to a psychologist here on campus, since they were in walking distance and they were cheaper, and had this really long session (about and hour, give or take a few minutes) and near the end he pulls in this other guy. Together they conclude that I am NORMAL and that all the information I gave them, the Aspergers test with a high score of 39 indicating Autism likely, the lists upon lists of signs and symptoms I marked and said why they applied, and the score history from my tests here, indicate I am normal, that it's not likely I have Aspergers (confusing).

The psychologist said that me actually deciding to go to a psychologist said I didn't have Aspergers, that people with Aspergers think they're normal (basically that they don't realize something is different), and that loads of people have to tell them to go see a psychologist (but I couldn't seem to tell him that loads of people did tell me to see a psychologist, plus my bf, who has Aspergers, went to a psychologist on his own), and he said that the fact that I don't get overly anxious means I don't have Aspergers (but for anxiety, over the years I've learned to breathe and calm down, so I rarely get anxious feelings, mostly just upset).

I didn't have a chance to fully explain, I was stunned and speechless. How could I plead my thoughts to him when he comes in saying I'm normal?

So instead I show him a single printout about the signs and symptoms of ADHD, which does fit me to a point, but I still fit Aspergers very very well.

So now I've retaken the test more accurately, and put why I answered the way I did, and I still came out with a high score, but I'm afraid to show it to him because I'm afraid he'll think I did it just to get whatever it was that I wanted.

And before people ask, I want to know if I have Aspergers, I want a diagnosis, so I can understand my self better, get help with my many hypersensitivities, help with my depressive moods, and how to handle things when I feel upset (where you get that tight throat feeling)

So, after all this rambling, I ask, what can I do???

And before anyone says it, I can't go to another psychologist because 1. I have no car to get there and 2. I don't have the money and not many places take my insurance.

So what can I do?