Very new and very upset with my doctor :x *Long post, sorry*

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Things to tell the doctor:

I suspect I have asperger's syndrome and several members on my dad's side of the family have it.
I always misunderstand what people say, for example, in college a few days ago, the class was discussing a group assessment we must undertake in groups of about 3 or 4, however, you must decide what topic you write about and it must also be with other people taking similar specialist subjects as yourself. So someone from behind me asks the extremely vague question of "What are you doing"?

Oh god what on earth do they mean? Do they mean what am I doing now, or what am I doing later? or what am I doing for my project?
In the end I just chose the final question and said "oh I don't know at the moment"
After about 5 minutes of a confusing and embarrassing conversation, it eventually emerged he meant, "what subjects do you take"?
The thing is I'm in ALL of his classes so why on earth did he ask me this. :/

I had been diagnosed with OCD and Social anxiety but my OCD symptoms can sometimes seem to come and go with the exception of anything related to the consumption of food. Importantly, since I have started college, my general apprehension and fear of other people has dwindled, only to be replaced with a general confusion and disdain for nearly everyone around me. I find everyone devious, superficial and malicious.

I suffer with the little recognised Misophonia. This causes me to experience extreme levels of anger, hate and visual violence upon hearing certain sounds, including but not limited to: tapping, eating, chewing, sniffing, sneezing, coughing, and anything to do with the movement of lips.

I make lists excessively and unless I am very busy or stressed, plan every day ahead in writing and in lists. When I cross things off the list and complete entire lists, I experience lingering feelings of peacefulness, success and safety. When these lists are not completed within a certain time limit, I become extremely distressed. I begin to feel dirty and polluted and worthless.
If my plans is disrupted by an unexpected visitor, letter or email, I become extremely upset and descend into a short depression, until the next morning.

I have a strict sense of what is socially acceptable, the correct standard of hygiene and how things should be done in general, if these rules are breached, I feel positively repulsed by the offender and tend to hold vendettas against said person.

I seem to hold the idea that people only exist when I can see them. I struggle to believe that anyone I have spoken to this morning or seen on my bus to college actually exists apart from when they were in that bus with me. It literally boggles my mind to think that they are in the same plane of existence as me this very second. I can't imagine it at all.

(My writing began to devolve into a rant against people in general as I was being wound up by the people around me)

I hate these ignorant people around me, perpetual stupidity. Why are they complaining in the waiting room, they should be waiting. Stupid ignorant people can't realise that the time of their doctors appointment is a rough guide of the time and not a promise, it's only an extra 10 minutes, what is so important. Stop huffing and puffing, why are you rushing.

Hmm, I don't think your symptoms really fit into asperger's syndrome. It sound like you may have an anxiety personality. I can tell you are someone who likes to research (is this a compliment?) I'l give you some sheets to research and then you may understand what you've got.
"Your're like a square in a box of circles and you need to find other squares"

"Blah blah blah, here are 10 pages of worthless information on panic attacks which you have already told me you do not have and maybe come back in two weeks"

"Oh if its a cold then you should just have some honey and lemon because it is far better than anything doctors can prescribe."

I don't think a GP can do an Aspergers assessment. But he's right about the cough.

Yeah this is a big problem having to get "past" the GP to someone who has more skills to address the issue.

The only thing wrong the GP is doing is attempting to even touch the entire mental state issue. He has enough skill to say the OP does not have AS, but not enough skill to say it's anything else, and if he was more on the ball in this aspect, he would do a referral.

I don't think GPs lose anything from referrals, so the why this GP is handling things this way is a mystery.

Is it possible to ask for a referral outright?

And i'l take your word about the cough thing, you'd think modern medicine would be able to create something better than honey and lemon though....