I don't know, but maybe...

[sculleywr]

I've known for a while that I don't relate to the world quite the way others around me do. I've been afraid to admit that difference for quite a while, but I have an amazing girlfriend who has worked with autistic kids, and she has convinced me that I should, at some point, talk to an expert about it. I'm not saying I am or anything because I feel like that would be...I don't know what to call it.

Anyways, I'm wanting to know what I should do in the meantime, since my employment situation only recently changed and I won't be able to go to a paid for psychiatrist without insurance. I'm just looking for advice.

Kyrie eleison

 

[dayhiker]

I'd say continue to learn about yourself, what works and what doesn't.
Its always good to add more personal skills of observing the people around you.

 

[FergusonTO35]

There are many resources available to you for free or low cost. I would start by asking a church pastor, county health department, or local charitable organizations. Unless you need medication, a psychiatrist would probably just tell you to start seeing a counsellor. Most psychiatrists only practice medicine nowadays.

I will say that, in my experience, AS is an integral part of the way you are made. There is no "cure" for it, your best option is to learn how to utilize the strengths that you have and minimize the impact of your deficiencies.

 

[Sabertooth]

Be careful with governmental social services. The ones that I have encountered refused to acknowledge that adults could be on the spectrum and sought to give me a far worse (mis)diagnosis. It turns out that is very common for Twice-Exceptionals like me.

The prescription for Aspergers is training in social skills. That training (from books, for example) is harmless if you are not officially on the spectrum. And it may improve your life, if you are.