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Hello.
Today i went to see my doctor, and i brought up Aspergers again. He said that he could put a diagnosis of "mild Aspergers" without any testing having to be done*. I agreed and he said that he will make the diagnosis. He also wrote a note which is meant to be given to any teachers at school that i have issues with. The note states: X has mild Aspergers, and it can be good to take that into account when possible during school.
(I had to translate the text from my mother tongue to English).

Right now i am happy with the results, but i am afraid that he might not actually put the diagnosis down on paper, is this a valid fear? But from now on, i will be able to say that i have (mild) aspergers syndrome, so yay me?

*there has been testing done before and i have been his patient for a year, so he knows me and has seen me many times. So even though there wasn't any testing done now he did think about the diagnosis for a while before telling me.

Since your official PDD-NOS disorder was removed, seemingly without evaluation to prove that you didn't have it, I think it's perfectly fine for Aspergers to be added your file if that's what your symptom representation best fits. Changes across PDD-NOS, Autism and Aspergers so common that DSM 5 merged them into one and the ICD 11 is headed that way.

I am aware of that. It feels nice to have a official diagnosis (again) though. I am however concerned since some people who are in my "care group" (the people who handle my case and help me, although i do not have contact with all of them) apparently thinks that i don't have aspergers (or any social issues (i can guarantee i have issues socially). I am afraid that he will be influenced by her opinion and either not have time to make the diagnosis before talking to her or for her to talk him into retracting it.
But either way i have a note from him stating that i have aspergers, so it doesn't really matter (and he seems accepting of self-diagnosing)

That does sound concerning. I guess if that happens you'll need to push for another assessment.

I hope you don't have to be reassessed.

Unless your care-group members are also of the same professional rank (psychiatrist, psychologist, etc.) as your diagnostician, they should typically accept his diagnosis regardless of their opinions.

He is the only doctor (a doctor who is specialised in teens, if i remember correctly), one of them is a psychologist, one is a therapist (or along the lines of that). He is the only one (at least where i live i think) who is able to diagnose people with anything.

If I am understanding you correctly it would make you more certain and comfortable to be diagnosed by an autism specialist then this local doctor. If my understanding is correct I would not give up on trying to find a specialist. If you are willing to give us a general idea of where you live(DO NOT BE SPECIFIC) maybe somebody can help you.

The issue is that in my situation i am already in care at one place, which means that i will receive all my care there. Where i live there are no aspergers specialists. I live in Europe, won't specify more than that.
But either way i am certain i have aspergers and what doctor that gives the diagnosis doesn't really matter to me.