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28 May 2019, 3:50 pm

I talked a bit more with my talk therapist today about Autism spectrum. How she explained it to me is that I have very obvious Aspergian "traits" but in her opinion it's not severe enough to be ever diagnosable. But my bipolar certainly is a disability I have to contend with. I'll talk more with my doc about it too, I see her again Friday.

Sigh it's hard to be neurologically complex...

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28 May 2019, 3:55 pm

Is she qualified to make such a judgement?

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28 May 2019, 6:01 pm

Talk therapist. Don't know if she can really say that.

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28 May 2019, 6:05 pm

If she has a doctorate, she can make a diagnosis. If not, she can't.

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30 May 2019, 5:00 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

If she has a doctorate, she can make a diagnosis. If not, she can't.

Being legally qualified and actually knowledgeable enough are two different things. Only a small minority of degreed psychotherapists are knowledgeable about adult ASD.

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30 May 2019, 8:57 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

If she has a doctorate, she can make a diagnosis. If not, she can't.

It's a bit more than just a doctorate. If it weren't, then I'd be qualified to diagnose people, which, as you can probably guess, I am not.

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31 May 2019, 12:32 am

Angnix, how do you feel about your therapist telling you that?

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