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What changed for you after assessment?

Autumn

Hi al, 

My therapist has suggested I might be autistic, and having done some reading it sounds like I may be able to ask my GP for referral for an assessment.

On the one hand, I'd quite like to be diagnosed - I felt a huge sense of relief just when he even suggested it; it felt like it would explain me to myself. But on the other hand, if they told me that I'm not ASD then I'd be back to having no explanation for being the way I am. 

Maybe it's best to leave the question unanswered?

My best guess (admittedly based on google research) is that I have some form of ASD, but not severe.

I don't need support with general day to day living - I'm talking to the therapist due to difficulty making friends, finding relationships, and frustration with work. 

Would a mild ASD diagnosis change the way I approach these things? What changed for you after you were diagnosed? What additional support was available?

Any thoughts appreciated!

Thanks

-A

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  • i finally found out why i have had such a miserable life, and ........... maybe just as magnificently - that it was actually even more miserable than i had experienced. so i could look back, and say, "wow, your existence really reeked. you're the kind of person who people might read your life story, and say "wow, his life really reeked." " kind of an eye opener, to say the least.

    i hope you fare better (that will not be hard). 

    sorry to be so negative. i'm feeling this is an asd forum, and maybe i can just say what it is. if it were an NT forum, i'd make up a boat load of useless but nice sounding junk. 

  • in reply to raspberrypie

    I know I've found since i've been more open (with my boss at least) about what I'm feeling is that there's less pressure to be positive if I'm just not. In turn, when I am positive, it's much more genuine. 

    I hope things get better for you xx

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  • in reply to Autumn

    ty, autumn. in terms of being diagnosed, i suppose i'm glad i did it, and it turned out 'positive', if that's the correct use of that. like, it hasn't exactly been a 'positive' experience. a pal of mine, who i feel is pretty clearly asd, i don't think has any interest in a diagnosis. he seems ot accept his idiosyncracies as what he does. it's a little weird, cause we are pretty similar, and he'll comment on our strange similarities, and he knows i am asd. idk if he thinks he has 'it.' probably, tho. seems disinterested.