Recently, I was researching a condition, solely out of curiosity since it was mentioned on a tv show. As I read the description of this condition, I felt like I was reading my son's life history. Tomorrow, my son meets his new family GP and I intend to ask him about this condition.

Throughout his life, teachers and doctors assessed him and various conditions have come into his medical vocabulary...Tourette's, ADD, Impulsive behaviour, Learning DIsorder, etc. Upon reading this description of Asperger, it seems like it is everything roled into one.

Doctors had him on Clonidine for tics, Risperidone for impulsive behaviour (and he is still on it), Ritalin for ADD which was a nightmarish treatment for him.

I want to hear a diagnosis just to get all of his separate problems answered.....and yet I don't want to hear it because I fear he might develop labels of himself as "disabled" or "different." It would certainly appease me to ge an answer to eveything, but will it just give him a personal identity of "different" and cause lower self-esteem?

I am so torn. Can anybody shed light on this condition and somebody's experience with this condition? I don't care if your knowledge of it is from personal experience, a parent's experience or a medical professional's perspective. Anybody, please help if you can. Thank you.