Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, I’ve just got my diagnosis and I’m a 22 year old female. Supposedly it’s been obvious from when I was young but I’m only just getting the diagnosis now. I guess I’m just looking for advice. I feel weird and different and I don’t know what help I need or where to get it so what helped you guys get through it? I find it hard to work and still have a normal life at home without massive melt downs and my days off are basically just sensory overload attacks over and over again. please any advice would be amazing, I feel like I’m going through it all alone even though I have so many people around me. thank you
Welcome to this forum
Thank you! ️
autism and adhd are very close and people get diagnosed with wrong one all the time.
right back to you
you arent alone. You will be sitting in a strange state for couple of months of "now what do I do?"
the first thing is try and find local autism adult groups ( I found none in my area ) but i did find my local NAS office and a thing called NAAAS ( The Northern Adult Autism Advice Service ) . Its only in my health bard area but you may have a similar service.
second read up more on your level of autism and see where your weaknesses are
are u working now ?
what type of sensory overload
light ( sunlight ) in thru the windows I deal with sunglasses and driving glasses in car all the time. I wear sunglasses and overglasses quite a bit.
sound --- i have a range of headphones and ear defenders which i wear in work with earplugs,earbuds if need be.
having said that I now Work From Home (WFH) which is truly awesome because I can control my environment and have my music on all the time and get a coffee or break if I am stressing out
what sort of work are u doing / want to do ?