The saga still goes on for me as far as diagnosis is concerned. I've been back to my GP because I've still heard nothing so far as to when I can see a diagnostician (if that's what they're called).
He did agree to refer me ASAP, within 6-8 weeks, which is pretty good, I think, but one other thing we discussed while I was in there surprised me - he basically said that, although he was not a specialist, he did not think I had Asperger's as I was articulate in my speech.
As far as he was concerned this is a must symptom in all Aspie cases and it basically rules it out in my case and wasn't particularly interested in hearing of my other life-long problems, but did agree to refer me so a specialist could confirm this.
Is he correct? I'm very, very confused now.
GPs in my experience have very little knowledge about ASDs, and should not be relied upon to have that knowledge. For one to say they do not think you have Asperger's is little better than asking any other person, IMO. I am not trying to put down GPs, but I went to a GP and was told the same thing ("I don't think you have Asperger's"), then I went to see a psych and was diagnosed.
In the UK it means General Practitioner, the Doctor who every person is entitled by law to have & who is the first Doctor anyone must visit before being referred to a specialist.
GP=General Practioner - family doctor. Even Consultant Psychiatrists are only expected to single handedly recognise straightforward presentations of AS. And if not AS, you could be HFA, PDD-NOS etc. Tell your GP to go suck a bagel and stick to doling out SSRI's...
The saga still goes on for me as far as diagnosis is concerned. I've been back to my GP because I've still heard nothing so far as to when I can see a diagnostician (if that's what they're called).
He did agree to refer me ASAP, within 6-8 weeks, which is pretty good, I think, but one other thing we discussed while I was in there surprised me - he basically said that, although he was not a specialist, he did not think I had Asperger's as I was articulate in my speech.
As far as he was concerned this is a must symptom in all Aspie cases and it basically rules it out in my case and wasn't particularly interested in hearing of my other life-long problems, but did agree to refer me so a specialist could confirm this.
Is he correct? I'm very, very confused now.
Not necessarily - some of us speak very well in one to one situations but are often less articulate in groups. It all varies from person to person.
I would say see a neurologist. My sons regular doctor told me no and "wait and see". I brought him to a developmental pediatrician who diagnosed him right away. General Practicioners dont know the first thing about ASD's if they did , my sons would have know since I did mention a few "red" flags when I was stating my concerns. He told me all kids are different.