Had assessment today

Hey Bumble,

I was diagnosed just over 3 weeks ago and the dr told me at the end of the assessment "welcome to the club you are a textbook case" so it wasn't something I had to wait on in terms of confirmation, not sure about your self if they told you straight way or not. He also said to give him at least two weeks to write the report but he sent it 3 days later. So you might get lucky and they fit you into their schedule put you ahead other work they might need to do.

When you do get the report take time to read it and just know there might be some terms in the there you might not understand that are medical so have google at the ready if you come across things you don't understand. Give yourself time to process it.

It's been three weeks for me and I have been thinking about my whole life and what could have been different if I knew sooner so you're not alone with that one if you are at all thinking about that. I have to say these forums and social pages are nice to look at though because there is so much that you come across and go "oh wow I thought I was the only one". 

if you don't mind what is your situation? Wanting to know if you might have been in in similar situation to me.

I'm 22 and I have been struggling my whole with a l a lot of things but never knew anything about autism and reached a point and got quite low and by chance came across some autism traits videos on you tuube and related to them the rest is history I spent 2 months day and night researching everything I could about autism in adult and hey presto got assed and got diagnosed with ASD and now I have lot better sense of self identify, bu t I do still have a lot of questions for my self that I'm answering.

Sorry for the long reply but I want to try and paint the best picture I can for you in this thread.

Hey Bumble,

I was diagnosed just over 3 weeks ago and the dr told me at the end of the assessment "welcome to the club you are a textbook case" so it wasn't something I had to wait on in terms of confirmation, not sure about your self if they told you straight way or not. He also said to give him at least two weeks to write the report but he sent it 3 days later. So you might get lucky and they fit you into their schedule put you ahead other work they might need to do.

When you do get the report take time to read it and just know there might be some terms in the there you might not understand that are medical so have google at the ready if you come across things you don't understand. Give yourself time to process it.

It's been three weeks for me and I have been thinking about my whole life and what could have been different if I knew sooner so you're not alone with that one if you are at all thinking about that. I have to say these forums and social pages are nice to look at though because there is so much that you come across and go "oh wow I thought I was the only one". 

if you don't mind what is your situation? Wanting to know if you might have been in in similar situation to me.

I'm 22 and I have been struggling my whole with a l a lot of things but never knew anything about autism and reached a point and got quite low and by chance came across some autism traits videos on you tuube and related to them the rest is history I spent 2 months day and night researching everything I could about autism in adult and hey presto got assed and got diagnosed with ASD and now I have lot better sense of self identify, bu t I do still have a lot of questions for my self that I'm answering.

Sorry for the long reply but I want to try and paint the best picture I can for you in this thread.

Thanks for your reply! They told me they had to have a meeting with the team first and would potentially call my mum if needed - they didn't and they also mentioned a potential face to face assessment if needed which was almost dismissed at the end. So I got the impression that they have all they need and I should find out soon but they can't officially say anything until they have done their paperwork... 

I'm 27 and a fair few years ago I had suspected I could be, I know most people don't think or see things the way I do. I had it almost laughed at/dismissed by my ex boyfriend and I didn't mention it again.

I then carried on struggling and ended up having a few outbursts at work among other issues and wasn't coping well at the time and resigned from my day contract to work with the out of hours team to make things easier and they provided me with a mental health service. It was the counsellor there that brought it up after going through some of the problems I was having and that's when I went to my gp for a referral. I didn't have trouble getting referred, once I have spoke to the doctor about the issues I was having and why I was exploding at work he referred me straight away.

The assessment service in my area is only part time and the pandemic didn't and isn't helping the wait times on their side. 

Would have preferred to have been told on the day like you were and just hope it's not too long before I find out.