am I an asperger, some other kind of mentally ill person, or just a spazzy NT?

[benjimanbreeg]

Unlike you, i'm not offended by being called a lady, i'm in touch with my femmenie side    And comfortable with my sexuality.

[Adam]

You know an aspie's losing an argument when he resorts to the "you're NT, fuck off" response  

And while benjiladybreeg might be in touch with his "femmenie" side, I am in touch with me feminine side. I don't think anyone who knows me would seriously accuse me of being uncomfortable with my sexuality  

[Callaway]

i know you guys all miss the "do I have AS too?" from WP 

go on then, from what you guys know of me on here/zomg /wherever, what d'you think?

and be honest if you do have an opinion either way, i'm not gonna be offended if you don't think i belong in the cool club  :lol:

btw: i am diagnosed but wasn't diagnosed till I was 18. the guy who did it said i "definitely" have it, but that was only after an hour or so with me

From reading your posts, I would say that you definitely have AS but your OCD causes most of your problems.

[benjimanbreeg]

You know an aspie's losing an argument when he resorts to the "you're NT, fuck off" response  

And while benjiladybreeg might be in touch with his "femmenie" side, I am in touch with me feminine side. I don't think anyone who knows me would seriously accuse me of being uncomfortable with my sexuality  

Not really.  But yeah you're  right, I shouldn't use that old one.

[Adam]

i know you guys all miss the "do I have AS too?" from WP  

go on then, from what you guys know of me on here/zomg /wherever, what d'you think?

and be honest if you do have an opinion either way, i'm not gonna be offended if you don't think i belong in the cool club  :lol:

btw: i am diagnosed but wasn't diagnosed till I was 18. the guy who did it said i "definitely" have it, but that was only after an hour or so with me

From reading your posts, I would say that you definitely have AS but your OCD causes most of your problems.

That's what my family think too. In a way I actually feel better with my OCD though, but I guess that's the nature of it - as long as you follow the rituals etc, you're ok. Which is the problem. The doctor I saw the other day seemed to think it might be something else though.

But then most psychs don't seem to understand people with AS very well, and mistake things in us (if I do have AS that is) for something else, simply because they manifest themselves differently in autistic people

I kinda wanna go back to see the AS specialist who diagnosed me, so I can see what he thinks. But that would cost a lot as I'd have to go private

[Callaway]

i know you guys all miss the "do I have AS too?" from WP  

go on then, from what you guys know of me on here/zomg /wherever, what d'you think?

and be honest if you do have an opinion either way, i'm not gonna be offended if you don't think i belong in the cool club  :lol:

btw: i am diagnosed but wasn't diagnosed till I was 18. the guy who did it said i "definitely" have it, but that was only after an hour or so with me

From reading your posts, I would say that you definitely have AS but your OCD causes most of your problems.

That's what my family think too. In a way I actually feel better with my OCD though, but I guess that's the nature of it - as long as you follow the rituals etc, you're ok. Which is the problem. The doctor I saw the other day seemed to think it might be something else though.

But then most psychs don't seem to understand people with AS very well, and mistake things in us (if I do have AS that is) for something else, simply because they manifest themselves differently in autistic people

I kinda wanna go back to see the AS specialist who diagnosed me, so I can see what he thinks. But that would cost a lot as I'd have to go private

I think that as long as you have the time to carry through with your rituals you feel OK, but I think you actually spend quite a lot of time on them and then when you can't follow them through for some reason, it kind of freaks you out.  It would be interesting to see what the doctor thinks about that.  How much does it cost to go private with someone like an AS specialist?

[Adam]

I'm not sure actually. My mum sorted it all out when I went for my diagnosis. But I think it was something like £500 just for the one assessment. That could be totally wrong though, it was

[TheoK]

300 kronor here. A krona is 1/12£. 

[Blasted]

When I went to a private psychiatrist for about 3 sessions, he charged £400 an hour.  Do you have insurance?

[TheoK]

When I went to a private psychiatrist for about 3 sessions, he charged £400 an hour.  Do you have insurance?

No. The state pays.

[benjimanbreeg]

When I went to a private psychiatrist for about 3 sessions, he charged £400 an hour.  Do you have insurance?

lmao, shows how fucked up you are.

[Blasted]

When I went to a private psychiatrist for about 3 sessions, he charged £400 an hour.  Do you have insurance?

lmao, shows how fucked up you are.

You're not saying anything that I don't know myself already   In fact I frequently mention it myself on here 

[Adam]

When I went to a private psychiatrist for about 3 sessions, he charged £400 an hour.  Do you have insurance?

lmao, shows how fucked up you are.

As opposed to everyone else here, who are just perfectly sane?

[Callaway]

I'm not sure actually. My mum sorted it all out when I went for my diagnosis. But I think it was something like £500 just for the one assessment. That could be totally wrong though, it was

Wow.  So how long did the one assessment take?  I'm wondering how many hours the doctor had to work to earn £500.

Here, private child psychiatrists earn somewhere around $200-$250 per hour.

[Adam]

I only talked to him on my own for an hour or so I think. Then he saw my family too.

That was the only time spent in the actual assessment, although I'd filled in questionnaires and stuff for him beforehand.

I might be wrong about the cost. It was expensive though, because I'd probably still be waiting now if I'd got it on the NHS, and the guy I saw was an AS specialist who's had work published on it and seemed to know what he was talking about. It was worth it, but not something I could afford if I wanted to keep seeing him I think