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Fingers going up and down until I could focus on what I wanted to say

NAS73792

I will keep this very brief or my fingers will start going up and down again, I don’t understand autism, but I am of the belief I am affected by it. I would class myself as intelligent, but I lack certain social skills. I’ve never been diagnosed but most people I’ve ever had meaningful interactions with, I can at minimum tell you the month of their birth day. I couldn’t tell you what they last spoke to me about though. I’m at loggerheads with myself on how to deal with this, do I go to a GP and get diagnosed, please people that don’t know me….. help

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  • The big fat question is, would it help you to know for sure?

    Possible benefits are:

    • Understanding yourself better, whether they think you meet the criterion or not
    • Getting better access to care or work place adjustments
    • Finding your tribe

    Possible downside:

    • How do you live with the label?
    • Might others take an adverse view of that at work, in the family or elsewhere?

    If the answer is yes, you want the truth, do a few on line tests including the AQ10 used by the NHS, talk to your GP about the results, emphasising why you think you might have ASC and why a diagnosis would benefit you.

    Some folks are happy to self-diagnose of course.

    Personally, I need the truth. But each must make their own decision. Either way this forum is here and will support you.

    If your fingers are twitching over it you might be stimming. It's cool! Let them go up and down all they want.

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  • The big fat question is, would it help you to know for sure?

    Possible benefits are:

    • Understanding yourself better, whether they think you meet the criterion or not
    • Getting better access to care or work place adjustments
    • Finding your tribe

    Possible downside:

    • How do you live with the label?
    • Might others take an adverse view of that at work, in the family or elsewhere?

    If the answer is yes, you want the truth, do a few on line tests including the AQ10 used by the NHS, talk to your GP about the results, emphasising why you think you might have ASC and why a diagnosis would benefit you.

    Some folks are happy to self-diagnose of course.

    Personally, I need the truth. But each must make their own decision. Either way this forum is here and will support you.

    If your fingers are twitching over it you might be stimming. It's cool! Let them go up and down all they want.

Children
  • in reply to Dawn

    Thanks Dawn, honestly I’m about to take the biggest step of my life and become a director, but there’s this niggling thing in me to say am I good enough? If I have autism, then does that mean my staff have one over on me? Honestly I’m on cloud 9 but I’m also anxious of the thought that this comes back on me and I’m ridiculed because of it