Should I pay for a diagnosis or goto theropy?

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I talked to a doctor, a diagnosis is 2 grand, therapy is 150 an hour, i have 500, he said he can get me on a payment plan for a diagnosis, which one should i choose, I think im PDD ive seen another doc before he just said i was depressed and anxiety, which one should i choose? i work minimum wage btw. the therapy is like social skills training.

what? you pay him $2000 and you choose the dx? No. Stay far away from this cretin.

Find a different psychologist. The idea is that you are evaluated, and if you meet certain criteria for _____ diagnosis (you don't get to pick) after suitable time has passed, they may or may not give you diagnosis. Easy to see ourselves in all kinds of DX, the trained pros know how to determine which ones you don't have.

Btw, I paid $125/hr for meeting with the psych who diagnosed me. I have a job fortunately, but he did offer a sliding scale for people who can't afford to pay the full amount.

Please find someone else. This guy is a scam artist and should not be allowed to practice.

Both, but not from the same doctor that you mentioned in your post.

I don't get why it's en vogue for people to "get an Asperger diagnosis." I was happy I got mine (for free via mental hospitalization) because it explained what had been going on in my life the 24 years prior and that I wasn't some kind of isolated case. But in no way was it "Oh yeah, Yes! I have Aspergers!"

This is like the average price in CT tho

What in the OP's post makes you think s/he is interested in it for "fashionable" reasons? Or that his/her response to a diagnosis would be "Oh yeah, Yes! I have Aspergers!"

I don't see enough information there to come to any conclusion about his/her motives or potential reaction to being diagnosed, let alone whatever life problems he/she may have.

I just want to know if i have aspergers and i want social skills training thats it

There is nothing wrong with that.

Just find another psychologist. The one you talked to should be stripped of his or her license. Most reputable docs will charge around $100-125/hr or less, if you are working for minimum wage.

I was only recently diagnosed. I'm glad to finally have a label for describing what I've lived through for the last 41 years. It isn't a great honor. My life still sucks but at least I have a better understanding of why.

When I got my diagnosis it wasn't about being fashionable or such, but it was closer to "Yes! I have Aspergers!" It was a description of my problems, a way to get help for my problems because they were officially recognized, and a way that I could possibly not be stuck here forever. I was disabled before my diagnosis and my diagnosis told this to others - the help I get from that is necessary for me to try and support myself, and means that I have a much greater chance of overcoming the depression that I am currently stuck it (reactive depression that both not trying to get help and most counselors were making worse).

My diagnosis was far more than a description - it was an opportunity to be helped in ways that make huge differences to me.


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As for the OP's question - I'll second that you should both pursue a diagnosis - get a complete evaluation that can give you diagnoses including ASDs, and other things, and can decide that they don't feel you have any diagnosable issues. And on top of that pursue therapy.

However do neither of those with the doctor you mentioned.

The most important thing in my mind for you is to have therapy for your depression. Your posts as a whole show a lot of depression, far more than they show an ASD - this doesn't mean you dont' have an ASD, but that those traits are being masked by a more severe depression if they are there.