Posted by IsoM on January 10, 2002, at 15:18:53
In reply to Re: Frustrated with local mental health options » IsoM, posted by Dinah on January 10, 2002, at 3:19:55
Just telling me you're from the southern States is enough to know that it would be hard for me to find out about resources for you as I'm in Canada. It may be a good idea to insist for a Asperger evaluation from a child psychologist. It was one of these that checked my son even though he was in his twenties. He said adults are a little harder to diagnose as they've learned all sorts of coping skills over the years & it's not as evident to others that there may be a disorder.
You might want to print out some articles on Asperger to show your own psychiatrist. I found out afterwards that my son's psychiatrist could've made the diagnoses before we spent all the money on the psychologist. Here in Canada, pdocs are covered by Medicare, but not psychologists.
Lini's suggestion is very good too. Arming yourself with lots of inforamtion to show any professional is a good idea, especially if you get it from accredited sources with references & all.
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> Of course I don't mind your asking, but as I'm having a bit of trouble with my OCD right now I think I'd better not answer. It's strange how it acts up more when I'm in a really positive mood generally. I don't know why privacy is such an issue with me. I'm mainly only afraid that my husband or therapist will read my posts, and they would know me at once if they read a few posts. And both have promised not to come here. But no one said obsessive fears have to make sense.
> I live in the deep south. I didn't check with the child psychologists. I might have had better luck with them. I checked with the neuropsychologists, the psychologists who claimed to do assessments, the major psychiatric centers, and most anyone who didn't appear to be oriented to therapy alone. And my city is known to be in the dark ages in many ways, so as a friend of mine today was saying, why should I be surprised at this?
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