EXTRAAAAAAAAAAA...Greentea got IT ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !

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Congratulations, although I've never seen anyone so excited about being diagnosed with a mental condition before. :O

Thank you again, everyone!

Morgana, the shrink asked me if there was a cure if I'd take it. I answered: "I'd only take Neurotypicol so I could earn a living." She laughed at your name for the pill.

I meant I hope the meeting/appointmrnt itself goes well.
It sucks that that you can't afford it. I hate it when you're in a process and things don't go like you want.

It's not simply like I want. It's the fact that you do something ultra-important with your last money and then they tell you they've changed the rules and now it's worth nothing.

That sucks. I never had to pay anymore than $200 for each diagnosis (AD/HFA and AS from a psychiatrist and psychologist respectively), and the government gave me back about half of the sum anyway ($200 was the full price without any health care or insurance).

I'm amazed at what some of the prices people come up with to get a diagnosis; it's insane and a sad state that the mental health care is in some places.

After I paid $500, now they say they've changed the rules and I have to pay another $500 for a Psychologist's diagnosis. Once I finish with the ordeal of the new diagnosis they demand now, they'll say I need a dentist's diagnosis of Asperger's too, another $500. Then they'll change and ask for a gynecologist's diagnosis of Asperger's, another $500. At the end, if you didn't die of hunger in the process, you need a lawyer to appeal for you at Social Security - that's another $1,000. If you're lucky and win, then they start giving you $500 to live on each month.

i am really sorry but it seems like being diagnosed AS is some sort of "badge of honor" to some.
like some certificate of qualification to be an "elder" in an "exclusive club".

nahhh i will not go on.....

No, it's survival - rent and a bit extra for a little food.

Funding for a Dx topic

Greentea, could you ask where you get your unemployment insurance for some funding money? This is what happened to me and how I got mine. The total cost was $1550, nine years ago. I was rediagnosed last year and the cost was $2000!. Both times I got help from the government, through unemployment.

Congrats on what you've done, Greentea! I'm a bit confused about what you're saying here, though. Does it mean you have to pay even more to complete the diagnosis or are you a fully paid up member already?

At the price they're charging you, I would expect a top-quality, gold-plated diagnosis guaranteed for many years, shockproof and effective at depths of up to 10 metres. In contrast, my diagnosis cost nothing and they do say "you get what you pay for" so in retrospect, it's a rather poor quality diagnosis that is already showing signs of wearing out.

If it's any help, I can make a "Certification of Greentea's Guaranteed Aspieness" and post it to you. Even better, I only charge $50 dollars for this priceless service, which I think you'll agree makes for a bargain Ooops....better not let 'them' see too much sarcasm and humour round here or they'll confiscate all our diagnoses....and charge us a 'confiscation fee', of course.

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To clarify, I only went for a dx because I need it in order to apply for Social Security money (this is because I constantly get fired for not acting like everyone else, however hard I try, and I make inhuman efforts). They demanded a Psychiatrists' or Psychologists' or NeuroPsychiatrist's or Neuro-Psychologists' diagnosis. So I went to a Psychiatrist, and paid her privately: $500. There's no way an adult can get help in this country to pay for a dx, there are only private diagnosis for adults Aspies. When the ordeal of the dx ended, and I'd paid the $500, and we celebrated on this thread, the Psychiatrist emailed me saying she was now informed that Social Security has changed their demands and now demand a Psychologist's dx as well as a Psychiatrist's. That means I have to go through the whole ordeal again, and find a way to pay another $500. Then probably Social Services will change their demands and I'll have to have a house-builder's dx of AS, and I'll have to pay him another $500, then another $500 to a horse-groomer for diagnosing me with AS, then $500 to a computer technician, another $500 to a primary school teacher, then a cowboy, then a race car driver, a Gynecologist, an Architect, a NASA Engineer, a housewife, a musician, and so on and so forth. The last is the lawyer.

Oh that´s great, I´m glad someone was amused by it!

Wow!! ! Well, seeing as I´m a poor, starving artist, it appears that I will be "self-diagnosed" forever.....

Thanks for the explanation. Though it seems totally unfair to me, like they're "moving the goalposts". Best of luck with whatever you decide to do next.

In all seriousness, this sets the alarm bells ringing about quite what a 'psychologist' can offer that a 'psychiatrist' can't Can a psychologist read books on AS that bamboozle a mere psychiatrist? These are both 'soft' sciences where they make most of it up as they go along and hardly any of it is provable, so why would they care anyway? Well, given the money involved, I think there's your answer.

It's a shame that none of your list of people qualified to diagnose you includes people who actually have AS themselves

Are you planning to go see a psychologist? Wouldn't it be a strange scenario if the psychiatrist said you had AS, but the psychologist disagreed? Would they have to fight it out themselves to determine who was right?


"Rediagnosed"?! What is that about then? Does a diagnosis wear out over time and have to be renewed? Or is somebody just wanting to make $2000 for nothing?

It is ridiculous, isnt it? I hope in the future they will put an end to all this nonsense so people can get just one diagnosis and that would be it. And make it *shock, horror * actually affordable, especially for someone who is having difficulty working and is on a benefit.

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I'm confused...what happened, exactly?

Oh, and happy birthday, Greentea