piano-frankie
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I'm 34 and suspect I have aspergers. Im currently attending cognitive behaviour therapy which is not working. How do I get a diagnosis? Do I go to my GP? X
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I'm 34 and suspect I have aspergers. Im currently attending cognitive behaviour therapy which is not working. How do I get a diagnosis? Do I go to my GP? X
I would still try approaching your GP. Things have come a long way in 10 years regarding ASD adult diagnoses, and you may find they are more sympathetic that you imagined. My GP was very understanding and helpful. GPs often use a screening test of about 10 questions http://docs.autismresearchcentre.com/tests/AQ10.pdf to decide whether to refer you or not - or they will ask questions such as if you have a history of employment difficulties, learning disabilities, relationship difficulties, etc. They need to know if you have symptoms which affect your daily life to justify making the referral.Thank you all for your responses. I live in the UK. In all honesty, in my experience I don't hold a great deal of faith in seeing my GP. I know what they are going to tell me. I think maybe I need to think of a way to approach my GP in a way that will get them to refer me to a psychiatrist. Telling that I think I have aspergers will not be the way forward. I think I will have to voice my actual experiences and how badly they affect my daily life. I was actually referred to a psychiatrist about 10 years ago, who said there was nothing wrong with me and that I had personality disorder. That really didn't help.
Thank you xxx