Whoa hoo!!! the dreaded wait for results and answers is over

Today I received the results of the psychological and cognitive testing. Again, these issues are chronic and have progressively become more disruptive to life and now my schoolwork. I have "thought" I have had issues for years but took the "Mind over matter approach" and just tried to deal with only the things that I had too. I have presented with descriptions of symptoms of Anxiety and have been treating it as needed, but the results showed that Anxiety is present and considered "significant to severe" since I have some biological involvement (Adrenal). I have done stress management techniques and other things to control it but, it is requiring regular medication. The anxiety is making attention and focusing difficult and once it is handled things will be easier with my studies.

The other results were kind of expected and slightly humorous:

I showed significant deficiency in organization --"Surprise, surprise"
Above average verbal skills, higher than average vocabulary skills
Spatial deficiencies
Working Memory deficiencies {not the kind that shows you are loosing skills, this is developmental and can be improved :) }

The thing that surprised me, was nonverbal skills were not only low but significantly lower. I am very aware of body language, facial expressions, spacial arrangements (although a little oversensitive sometimes) I expected this would have been higher. But this explains why the anxiety is so significant.

And the sweet part of the whole experience was.. the finding that I do have learning challenges that can be overcome but that explain all the problems I have been having. Finally some answers and some guidance to get things going in a productive direction. The psychologist was a great encourager. She pointed out all the positive skills I have developed that have gotten me this far without much detection of the problems and that things are "more evident" now because of the type of work involved with school. We discussed lots of resources and options and the fact that I am determined to get things accomplished will take me far.

The saying, "Where there is a will, there is a way" is documented well throughout the last few years. And now I understand why some activities and things are so challenging and it is not a reflection of my intellegence. Although it appears I am the only one that needed confirmation of it, but it is nice to finally know for sure.

If you have an issue, health or other persevere! Research, Ask Questions, engage with the professionals and work out a plan to improve your situation. This has been a long journey and most of the insight came through getting Charles assessed, evaluated and helped as we diagnoised him with things, they were hereditary and I struggled in school and we kept trying the exercises and tutoring that worked for him and researching things and finally we have a solution that is going to make things alot easier and allow me to achieve the things I have been working so hard to accomplish. :)