I want to talk to my therapist about the possibility of me having high-functioning autism (Asperger's), but I don't know how to go about doing it.

I actually had a therapy appointment earlier today (at 7:45am). We spent a good chunk of the time talking about my job situation (me applying for new jobs and going through interview processes) even though I wanted to talk about Asperger's instead.

When I asked her about my bipolar Dx's, she insisted that I have bipolar 1 with psychotic features. She said she's "seen" me manic and depressed, as well as "psychotic." However, she is only one person. She does not think there is a coincidence that 3 professional, full psychological evaluations agree on some form of bipolar 1. I'm not sure on that, though, as I believe I may have misreported symptoms by mistake. (But I talked about that topic in my other thread anyways, so Im not going to elaborate.)

So rather than argue with her about the bipolar Dx, I just want to talk about the possibility of Asperger's. I'll let her think what she wants. However, I'm so anxious about asking about Asperger's. She already knows that I have social problems, flat affect, monotone voice (?*), etc.. I'm just afraid of judgment even though I know she won't judge me. I just feel embarrassed and I don't want to come across as someone who self diagnoses, if that makes sense.

Btw, I've never been evaluated for Asperger's. I've had 4 psychological evaluations, but I was only tested for ADHD, depression, Bipolar, GAD, OCD, Sz, and SzA.

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?* -- I talked to someone on this forum over the phone and they think that I don't have a monotonous voice, so who knows. Maybe my therapist and the neuropsychologist are being weird, or maybe I was just zoning out when I was talking to them.