Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi
I am 50 , I have just been referred for an assessment by my GP: has anyone elase had an assessment as an adult.
Yes, I was diagnosed last year when I was 37. It has brought me a lot of clarity about why I am the way I am.
thanks
thanks for sharing your experiences with me
45 years old and diagnosed on Monday. Currently still taking it all in so cannot advise on long term impact, but currently I feel massive relief. Currently I am not planning to tell work. If I do it will be selected key people and I will ask them to keep it to themselves.
Good luck, either way.
Then go for it - but in any post-diagnosis euphoria, think very carefully about who you tell.
My mum was in total denial and my brother and sister have used it as a bullying tool.
As I said - work was career suicide.
In-laws used it as a nasty bullying tool.
Friends were totally ok with it - and not really surprised.
for me i think it would explain why things have been the way they have, not sure how my work would respond
Why do you want a diagnosis? Post-diagnosis support is often non-existent so what do you think will happen?
There are huge pros and cons to you having a diagnosis - It's been useful to me to understand myself but, in my case, outing myself at work was career suicide.
i do worry a bit about what happens if i dont get a diagnosis
I was diagnosed in my mid 40s. It was useful to understand why I was having all the problems that were starting to overload me.
Thanks for your reply: is have a diagnosis helpful?
yes, mine was last year, middish 40s. Lots of us on here have been diagnosed as adults, often recently.