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I was talking to my therapist, and she suggested that I might have Asperger's. After reading up on the subject, I realized that the diagnosis fit perfectly and explained a lot of things about myself that I hadn't understood before. We decided to go to a specialist for an official diagnosis. He tested me for a number of different disorders and determined that I didn't have Asperger's. I haven't met with him yet to discuss the results, but something seems strange to me. The questions he asked me were almost entirely factual reasoning/logic questions, not emotional or social ones. Perhaps he was observing me as I answered them, but I have observed normal social interaction enough to have a good understanding of it and to be able to copy it myself so that my symptoms aren't noticeable. Does anyone know anything about how Asperger's is diagnosed that could help me understand? If it isn't Asperger's, what could it be? (Because it's clearly something.)

Can you give some specific examples of your evaluation, e.g. questions you had to answer and how you answered them, tests you took, what the psych said? Did he say how he ruled out ASD?

Try this quiz- http://rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

Creating a username is really quick, don't even have to go to your email.

After you complete it if you click on (don't remember the exact wording) examine data then it will tell you about each subgroup. It will say how if you score high or low there is a correlation for having/being schophrinic (spelled so bad spellcheck did not guess it), ADD/ADHD, gifted, Aspergers (obviously), and some other common mental disorders

Hi Ainsel,

I can't help in the way you asked as I do not know due to not being diagnosed as yet/if at all. I just can relate to what you're saying and thought I would tell you about my experience with my GP. I noticed my son, age 6 was different and decided to research, I now believe he has AS or maybe PDDNOS which is a less obvious sort of Aspergers he has many of the issues and signs that I have learned about but my doctor has just brushed me off and refused to help get him seen by a specialist. I started to realize that many of the so called symptoms describe me perfectly and it would explain so much of my life..depression, social anxiety, inability to hold a job, study, organize my life in general. What you said about learned behavior disguising the signs struck me..I too have learned how to behave in a NT way although it all comes apart if I feel under pressure and my true self comes through, causing lots of anxiety. So, tomorrow i am off to change doctors and try to move things forward for both our sakes as I have had to take my son out of school for lots of reasons, and I really want to know the truth about us so I can get any help that is available. I did the test linked above from Alexander and scored 144 so I know there is something in my suspicions, hope you manage to find your own peace of mind in all this, best wishes