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I had my assessment yesterday!

Dan

So 2 months after going to my GP and asking for a referral, I had my assessment yesterday! (If anyone is in the Rotherham and Doncaster area and is considering asking for a referral, do it now! Their adult autism service only opened in September, so there is currently pretty much no waiting list).

I'll get the official report in a couple of weeks after the panel meets, but the doctor said at the end that she didn't need to call me back for the second assessment since it was pretty clear already and that I should "prepare myself" for the diagnosis.

I'm currently alternating between exhaustion and relief. Although it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be, the effort of building up to and then getting through the meeting was exhausting. On the other hand, I am so glad that something I have suspected for so long, but have been putting off and trying to ignore, has finally been acknowledged.

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  • Congratulations! You must be so relieved.

    I have my (non-clinical) assessment  on Wednesday and I'm feeling very anxious and emotional.

  • in reply to aitch

    Thanks! I really am.

    I totally know what you mean though. I've had that meeting booked for a few weeks and the feeling of it getting closer has been all I could think about. Alternating between fear of not really knowing what was going to happen (it was just a nice friendly chat and not as scary as I thought - tiring, but not scary) and a sense of imposter syndrome where you think they are just going to dismiss you outright.

    You will be fine though, it isn't as bad as you think it will be. I found it really helpful having some thoughts written down in front of me as prompts (I still forgot things, but that's normal for me... Slight smile)

    Good luck!

  • in reply to Dan

    Imposter syndrome - oh how I related to that one. Even after my diagnosis I still felt a fake. 

    Took a few more blips to realise that no, this is a thing and I wasn't just making it up.

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