Baring in mind that I am 37 and if anything comes of this it's going to be a very late diagnosis I am writing this for a bit of feedback and to just offload somewhat.

Come what may, my T is convinced I have Asperger traits (high functioning) that she wants to address but she believes it is in my best interests (since completing a test where I scored well above the threshold) to be screened properly and will be making a referral via my GP (with my permission) once I've been discharged from hospital where I am being treated for Depression, anxiety and have also been referred by (the ward psychiatrist) them for personality disorder assessment.

My T and the ward Psychiatrist have been in communication regarding this and the Psychiatrist agrees it is something that requires investigation and complimented my T to me on appearing very experienced.

Anyway, probably preaching to the converted but this is all new to me... the aspergers test was broken down into 3 subsections: Social communication, social interaction and social imagination.

I scored very low on communication and this was why my T believes it has been missed for so long, I am very good at one to one communication and through life experience have adapted simply to get by and fit in.

However I scored really high on social interaction and social imagination... in addition to this what triggered the link for her was my sensory acuity, in my case it's noise... I am very easily distracted and distressed by noise (something that would be easily missed in a calm one to one session in a quiet t session) that has overwhelmed me while in hospital.

Not entirely sure what this all means for the future, nervous with being screened - be it a confirmation or unconfirmed. If the former, totally clueless what this will mean for the future... if anything major will change in regards to employment, general functioning or how others view me (socially, medically, community). If the latter and it's just traits that will be left for my T to unravel then I could find that scary in itself while I manage the other diagnosis's I'm having to deal with.

So yeah... will leave it at that and got it off my chest for now.