Newly Diagnosed Asperger, i think

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Hey all, have stumbled across your lovely informative forum whilst doing what my local mental health unit have advised me to do, Google Asperger's to find out more about the condition.

Today I have been advised that I have Asperger's. I have had 3 lots of assessment with personality test and an autism test on paper and today was the final meeting to get my result. Well I say I have been diagnosed with Asperger's but i'm actually left so confused as at the end of the meeting the person said they couldn't be sure as they were not specialists in the field and there was no-one in the area of the UK where I live that would be able to give me a confirmed diagnosis. Does that mean I have Asperger's or not

I was told that they couldn't help me further, medication wouldn't help and I need to research and learn to live with it as I obviously been coping well for the past 40 odd years.

While I was sat there I was thinking, oh I need to go away and find out more but as I now cant think of anything else and im turning this over and over and over in my head, I feel quiet devastated. I have no-where left to go. This is it. I might have Aspergers, I might not and there is nothing I can do about it.

Was that a weird way to introduce myself? Well im here and will now be trawling your posts trying to make some sense of the NHS system that has bought me here and of what direction I am now going to go in. Please forgive me if im ranting and as one of the issues I have is starting and ending a conversation I will just finish there.

Wow how refreshing it feels for being able to do that lol and not feel like an idiot

Welcome.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Hello Anon,
Where abouts are you in the UK? I am in London, home of NAS and I am still confused as to what resources there are for adults with autistic spectrum disorders (My diagnosis was a couple of years ago, but I 'knew' well before that).
I guess as you look around the board, you will see that not only can autism present quite differently between individuals, some of us can have 'co-morbid' conditions or have had differential diagnoses along the way.
I hope you enjoy your time here on wrong planet

Welcome to WP. Sometimes a dx is nothing more than an understanding. At least now you know how and where to focus your energies in understanding and coping.