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Is it possible to get a proper diagnosis if you don't have anyone who can speak about your behaviour as a child?

Trei

Just that really. At some point, I'm going to be assessed for ASD & ADHD. I don't really have anyone except my dad who was around when I was a child.
My mum died years ago, I'm estranged from my siblings & we never as a family really socialised with family, (or anyone for that matter) due partly to my dad being an alcoholic, who I believe self-medicated undiagnosed ADHD, but also all the social communication difficulties in our family!
My dad is still around, so if all else fails I can ask him to fill out forms etc, but I wouldn't be able to have him attend any meetings with me. Will this hinder my being diagnosed?

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  • Yes it is... My memory is more accurate than anyone who could hve spoken for me - in fact my memeory of other peoples lives is more accurate than thier memory of their own lives - life events, things they did, things they owned, people they knew, etc etc. I usually do eulogies at funerals simply because I remember more than anyone else. For example my uncle - I wrote his eulogy because nobody in his family could remember any details even though I had hardly seen him in the last 20 years. So the perosn who asseses you can take your word for it on how you were as a child.

    Both my parents are dead. I am the oldest left in th family at 44 when they all died.

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  • Yes it is... My memory is more accurate than anyone who could hve spoken for me - in fact my memeory of other peoples lives is more accurate than thier memory of their own lives - life events, things they did, things they owned, people they knew, etc etc. I usually do eulogies at funerals simply because I remember more than anyone else. For example my uncle - I wrote his eulogy because nobody in his family could remember any details even though I had hardly seen him in the last 20 years. So the perosn who asseses you can take your word for it on how you were as a child.

    Both my parents are dead. I am the oldest left in th family at 44 when they all died.

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