We finally got diagnosed!!!

[Guest guest]

I wanted to write and thank all of you who gave me names of doctors

in Lubbock who would diagnose Asperger Syndrome. There wasn't anyone

in the Amarillo area that would diagnose, at least not until

yesterday.

We took my daughter to see her Psychologist and he told us how much

she had progressed since she had started the meds for ADHD. He

proceeded to tell me that one of the reasons for lack of social

skills was the ADHD, and that she had never been able to concentrate

on learning these skills, so that was why she had the problem.

I told him that was fine, but I still felt she had the AS, and that

the ADHD was more a symptom of that, rather than the other way

around. I told him I had found some doctors in Lubbock, and I was

considering taking her there to see if they would diagnose.

He took a very deep breath, and then asked what I wanted from him. I

told him that I want him to give me a paper stating she had the AS,

so I could give it to her other doctors and therapists, so she would

receive the right help. He told me he would have it typed, and sent

out by the end of the day. Then he asked me if I would object to

having a complete neuro/psych workup done on her. Of course, I had

no objection; in fact that was going to be the next thing I asked for.

I want to thank you all again for the help in finding the doctors in

Lubbock. If I hadn't had that I wouldn't have been able to get him

to diagnose her.

Carol