Self diagnosed aspergers

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I'm not yet diagnosed, but I'm pushing for a diagnosis. Even though I get the idea of "don't seek a diagnosis unless..." that one of the first replies to this thread mentioned, it really isn't that simple when one has symptoms that may be a by-product of living undiagnosed and for the most part unsure of what the root of the problems is. I come to my therapy sessions and each day there is something new that I may bring up; some days it's about the anxiety, some days it's about the struggle in emotionally connecting to those close to me, some days it's about how hard it is for me to build new routines up, some day I may have a shutdown during a session and will have no idea what to do about it. There is an inherent lack of direction when one doesn't have a diagnosis. For instance, avoiding a situation such as going to the supermarket when one needs food could be due to multiple reasons; it could be due to the person lacking the necessary energy to do it based on depression symptomatology, it could be that the person finds it near impossible to interact with others due to social anxiety, it could be due to the person having a hard time switching tasks or breaking inertia up, it could be due to executive deficits, it could be due to fear of overstimulation (bright lights, noise, etc.) - the perceived problem is the same (avoiding going to the supermarket), but the way to approach it may be really different depending on what the person is struggling with.