Step 1

After realizing I need help with social anxiety in July, I've started taking anti-depressants, and had my doctor refer me for an assessment for Asperger's Syndrome.

I had the first meeting today, and I think I'll get the diagnose. Since I was there, I also did a test for depression, and the psychologist said that I would score high in a few sections due to Asperger's, so she must see that I have it.

Thoughts

Still over two weeks without any "real" posts. I apologize.

Since then I've had a few "revelations" and have decided to document them in a word-document, if I am ever to get a "proper" assessment (in addition to my own self-understanding and the "confirmation" I had back in February, by a professional). The only problem so far is that I tend to remember things right before I fall asleep. That is my main time for pondering. Most of the time I have trouble sleeping, although not due to worrying. So, I ponder. And I always think to myself that I will remember and write it down on the Mac in the morning. I never do. I guess this is why it's recommended to keep a notebook with you - so that you can jot it down right there and then.

Has anyone else done this sort of thing? Has it been useful during the assessment process?

The Question

The psychologist asked me if I thought I would have had an easier life if the diagnosis had been made earlier, in my childhood.

Yes: I would have had the right to get help for living with th condition.

No: I would easily have been labeled and maybe not "expected" to make it as far as I've done.

I'm having a hard time choose. I didn't give him a satisfactory answer.