tenalpgnorw wrote:
I'm now officially diagnosed with Asperger's, at least until the next DSM stuff is all figured out. My wife asked how it feels to be "official". It does not feel any different. I already had complete confidence in my self-diagnosis. But now I can at least bring a piece of paper with a Dx on it next time I go to a counselor or have other need for "proof".
The shrink also felt the need to do a personality test, an IQ test, and an OCD test. I already knew my personality type from several prior official tests, I already knew I don't have OCD, and my IQ tests were "off the charts", as expected.
My advice is that "professional" testing will not tell you any more about yourself than your own personal research, introspection and observation, but that it can be beneficial mainly for the sake of insurance and other such mundane paperwork regards.
Totally OP(sorry got your username letters all mixed up)........but in my case, the case that I was "mentally ill" was put in a whole new light once dx AS......now I am having therapy that I can understand. It has been both a godsend and a pandoras box.......both believable and unbelievable.....
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