jayone

Thank you Lyndalou. I was worried about not being able to tell the doctor exactly what I'd like and my concerns, I do struggle to communicate exactly what I want to say. I will ask my fiancee to come with me, failing that I will try to find an advocacy service. Was you diagnosed as an adult too? How did you come about your assessment i.e. what triggered you to get advice?

My CPN was the lady in the prison. I had an outside CPN for anxiety and depression, but because I've moved I'm having to register at a new doctors. I want to approach the doctor to get an assessment but not sure how. My first appointment isn't until 2 weeks away anyway.

Hi all, this is my first post here and I'm in need of some advice. I've never had a diagnosis of Aspergers, but there is a high likelihood I have it. Let me just give you some detail about how all this came about. I was recently sent to prison for a computer hacking crime, and spent 12 months behind bars. Now, I've never been diagnosed with Aspergers, but whilst I was in prison the CPN asked me if I'd ever had an assessment. I hadn't. She asked me a number of questions and said she wanted to send me to an outside hospital for an assessment but I never got the assessment. She said as I scored very high on the test she done. She also gave me a book to read which was a total eye opener! A lot of things in this book I could related to. I've also had ticks in my eyes since I was 2 years old that the CPN felt was a form of torrents as I've had it all my life. She said I present a number of things on the ASD scale. Whatever that means. A few things in the book stuck out to me. For a long time I've had the nickname "data" (the guy from Star Trek). I was called this because I show no sense of humor among friends. Any friendly banter or joking towards me I take seriously and never see any funny side to it. I've never been able to return banter or joking either. Another was my interest and abilities on a computer. This is what the CPN was pushing me about. I was never good at subjects at school, I struggled with every subject aside from computing. I left school at 15 because I wanted to sit at my computer all day. And I did. 13 years later I'm still doing it! I sit at the computer for 15 hours a day. But, I don't sit on Facebook, or anything like that. I'm a software developer. I managed to get into University to study Software Engineering although I had no qualifications because they said I showed talent. My intelligence in terms of logic and problem solving is very high. Looking at it after the CPN explained it became clear. I have no friends. I enjoy sitting alone and being alone - which I do. I don't emphasize others, I don't give or receive criticism because I simply can't. I suffer with anxiety and depression, and have done for over 10 years. There's so much more, but it's only really making sense now. I thought I was just different. Now I'm out of prison I want to get an assessment for a diagnosis, and if it's not aspergers to look into a PD or something, because I am aware I am not normal in the conventional sense. How do I get an assessment? Do I just ask the doctor? I'm a bit confused on what to do.