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Diagnosed then forgotten

Alittlelost

I was diagnosed 4 years ago at age of 26. I was tested and diagnosed then that was it goodbye and no help offered whats so ever to cope from the nhs. There seems to be no one who specialises in autism and ptsd  therapy work in the nhs. I cant work a job and hardly leave my house and dont feel like im living. I struggle to communicate my needs and just feel like ive been forgotten. 

Is it common to be diagnosed by nhs  then just given no help? 

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  • I think that seems to be the case from what I've seen. If you are lucky enough to have an Adult ASD unit, they seem to only offer diagnosis, they don't offer any real support.

    So that's it for treatment, unless you have a comorbid mental health disorder. I'm currently in a treatment program, but the only reason I'm even in it in the first place, is because I was misdiagnosed with a mental health problem first, and they have allowed me to stay in it for a little bit, but as soon as they realised I'm autistic they started slowly tapering it off to discharge me.

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  • I think that seems to be the case from what I've seen. If you are lucky enough to have an Adult ASD unit, they seem to only offer diagnosis, they don't offer any real support.

    So that's it for treatment, unless you have a comorbid mental health disorder. I'm currently in a treatment program, but the only reason I'm even in it in the first place, is because I was misdiagnosed with a mental health problem first, and they have allowed me to stay in it for a little bit, but as soon as they realised I'm autistic they started slowly tapering it off to discharge me.

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