smile Report post Posted December 29, 2011 Hi, Im currently going through an assessment for aspergers, have had two very long sessions (I cant believe the questions they ask and how far back they go) and have on more left. The person I saw said to me that I had done the right thing by coming to him and that we were working in the right direction. That those involved in my care (previous psychiatrists) have missed some very obvious things. When being assessed there were questions about learning, school etc and I hadn't realised that I had been struggling for years with this. When I was at school I always got great reports and was predicted high grades in secondary school. Everyone felt I was very bright. Over the years Ive always told my parents, that I actually struggle to learn (eg when you have to bring homework home) I could never do anything on my own. For my exams I didnt revise, because I cant take any of it in. I got good grades, but not what was expected. I went to college and my course involved no exams just coursework. To be honest all you had to do was find information and make sure you reference it (but I even struggled with that). I finished college and never went to uni despite having places on offer. Years later after a lot of struggle and I started a course with something I enjoy very much, but once again Ive struggled. I passed my first exams and practical assessment. The majority of my course is home learning and I cant do it. Also my course involves thinking/designing fitness programmes. Well I cannot work it all out and cant understand it one bit. For example if someone cannot do a certain exercise, what can we do instead. When I do go to the venue to study and the tutor asks us to work on something alone I cannot do it, I just sit there. I dont know where to begin or how to do it. I only have 6 days left at the venue which involves exams (just a week away) and Ive been unable to revise. Ive done so much hardwork to get this far but feel hopeless with the remainder of the course. The specialist I saw found that I also have concentration problems for example I cannot watch tv for too long I get distracted, I cannot even watch the ad breaks, I flick channels to see if something else is on. Even if Im watching something I like I get bored and turn it off. I hardly watch tv, prob max an hour in evening. The rest of my day I dont know what I do. My problem is this course, Im so stressed, I dont want to give up now, but I cannot even revise. The first exams I did, I feel I did well because I memorised words (that came up in questions/answers, its a multiple choice exam). Also the days that Im at the venue are 8-9 hours and Im never around people that long. I just cannot socialise well and dont want to listen to be talking about anything. Any advice on how I could maybe continue with this course, not sure anything will help though, because Im not even revising. Ive had 4 weeks to revise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkshine Report post Posted December 29, 2011 I've gone through this every year over quite a few years with distance learning. When I get to the point you are at now there's only one thing that will help me to get through it and do ok at least, and that is to find a small scrap of determination from somewhere inside, some piece of meaning and importance, remembering why I'm doing the course in the first place, and then using every ounce of reserve energy, and then I read, not cramming, just reading and although it sounds stupid, while I'm reading the course stuff - I kinda hope my mind will do "it's thing" the thing it does that helped my pass GCSEs without revising - its not the best tactic, but its a good one for scraping through Afterwards I'm drained for a week or two.... a downside perhaps... The last course I did I had to defer the exam because I couldn't cope Best Darkshine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
