I have this unique conundrum in that I suspect that I might be high functioning asperger's, but so far I have no way of really verifying this.

After doing a bunch of research over the years it seems like I have some of the symptoms: trouble focusing and communicating in large groups of people, tendency to use large vocabulary, occasionally 'off' social skills. The thing is, though, I seem to have enough intelligence that I can usually compensate for the lack of social skills, at least to the point where they're not overly noticeable.

A few years ago I saw a psychiatrist and asked him about this possibility and he negated it pretty much right away, which threw me right off. My inner experience seems to contradict his viewpoint, but after that I really just didn't know what to think.

In any case, I feel like if I could successfully define my current behavioural pattern I might be able to learn more about myself, and potentially get more support in the future.

Any advice appreciated!