WAIS: What to expect?

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I know that one needs to wait for the IQ test to end in order to interpret results, but I'm still curious.
Here's how I did on the subtests which were administered so far:

Picture completion:
Completed everything, all results are correct.

Vocabulary:
Failed roughly 1/2 to 2/3 of the test.

Similarities:
Did very well, according to the neuropsychologist.

Letter-number sequencing:
Completed 1/2 of the subtest, and when a subsequent subtest was presented where I was supposed to fill in what I remembered, I didn't give any responses at all.

Matrices:
All but 2 responses are correct.

Arithmetic (verbal arithmetic problems):
Failed all but 2 problems; even failed the easiest problems in the beginning.

Do you believe my full scale IQ would be calculable at all? If so, is it likely to be low, high, or average (or other - please specify).

I remember that when I was give an IQ test at the age of roughly 4, I didn't even follow the instructions of the IQ test. For example, during the block design subtest, I simply played with blocks, without arranging them. I didn't understand what I was supposed to do. It seems as though my cognitive profile changed over the years.

Based on your results, my estimate would be that your verbal IQ (VIQ) is going to be in the low to low average range, while your nonverbal IQ (NIQ) will be in the average to above average range, judging by the pattern of what you did well on versus what you didn't. When the verbal and nonverbal IQs have a gap of more than ten points (the average gap is between three and five points), the full scale IQ (FSIQ) becomes statistically less relevant, because it's an approximate combination of your two scores, but scores that are widely spread provide an FSIQ which is too low to be an accurate representation of some abilities, and too high to represent other abilities. My VIQ is 134, while my NIQ is 94. Together they gave me an FSIQ of 111, but it doesn't give a true measure of my overall abilities. A wide differential between verbal and nonverbal IQ is very common for those on the spectrum, with those with HFA/Asperger's tending toward higher verbal than nonverbal intelligence, while those with moderate to low functioning autism typically have better nonverbal than verbal skills.