Scared of appoinment

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I'm currently very very scared and none of my friends is home or online right now.

I'm having that appointment in the psychiatry tomorrow, ambulatory only, just this 1 1/2 hour and I just decided I don't want to go! I had this appointment made for my secretly, my family completely obvious because they won't approve, to find out whether I have AS or not. I'm currentloy feeling like this I think -> Scared and utterly not willing to go tomorrow morning.

What will it be about, I mean, what is that doctor going to ask and such and what if I can't think of an answer and what the heck am I going to answer when she asks, why I think I have AS? I'm clueless!

My, I needed to get this off. I don't think it's working though, talking about it. I'm still feeling unsettled. What if my auntie, who works in the hospital, sees me? Gosh, she'd call my mother immediatly. And then, what if my family will know?

And what if I get told, I'm so not autistic and that I'm just a hopeless case of uh... don't know, depression? I'm so not depressed. Or Borderline - I do know someone with it and she's scary! I don't get her at all, she's very different from other people and I never know why she's always angry with me.
Or that I'm just insane. Is that a diagnosis?

Yeah I was scared to goto a doctor one day so I took some old expired Xanax my mom had to get my nerves calm.

You might try some OTC thing like Kava Kava.

I'm sorry you are feeling so worried at the moment. It seems to me that you are afraid because of the uncertainty of the situation ahead. I know that when I'm unsure of what to expect in a situation, my mind tends to invent lots of horrifying outcomes that rarely ever come true. What's bad is not actual reality, but the reality I project in my head. Why don't you try an excersize: instead of fearing the worst, try fearing the best. Or just say: "Mind, I need a break. I'm human and I can't handle all of the negative stories you are telling me. I can't be as bad as all that."
Remember that every individual has dignity and deserves respect, and that includes you.

I do hope you manage to get to that appointment. It's good to have some answers.

Whatever diagnosis you get, it doesn't change who you are. It just puts a label on it.

Maybe it would help if you printed off a list of the symptoms of AS and tick all the ones that apply to you. That will explain to the doctor why you think you have AS.

I hope everything goes ok.

Good Luck with everything

Look at it this way, if you don't go to the appointment than you'll never know if you have AS or not. I used to be nervous about seeing psychiatrists, but all the ones that I've seen were good people that aren't scary at all. I hope everything will turn out okay for ya.

For calming your nerves, try to think of something that you're going to do AFTER your appointment, such as make dinner, buy some jam doughnuts or something. This is because when you are nervous about something, all you can think about is the time up until that event, you have to break that by thinking (and concentrating) on what you're going to after the event. Try it :) Hope appointment goes well!

Hi everybody, thanks a lot for taking the time ot read and answer!
I was there tomorrow. Uhm, and I'm not happy about it. I have to come back again... she wants to get to know me and all. Geeze, I totally missed the question when she asked why I thought I had Aspergers. I was thinking that is the most stupid and pointless question I've heard. I mean, look, someone IS and autistic, it's everything that makes me think I have AS. So, I just didn't answer.

And she said something about how I brought the diagnosis with me. I don't think she approved much of that, well, at least I'm quite sure. Why does everybody thinks that you got to have a problem when you see a doctor? I just want to know what on eart of going on in my life. Everythings is really weird right now.

She could have just been a bit skeptical--you have to realize that when most people have no clue about what they might have when they see a doctor and when a person does they're usually trying to fake it to get drugs or something.

From what I can gather your interview actually went rather well. It's natural to be nervous about those questions and even if you don't have an answer, your response to the question can say a lot about you. Don't worry too much about having to go back; most diagnoses take several visits to be accurately identified. Just be honest and be yourself.

Good luck. Maybe it won't be as unpleasant as you think.