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Coming to terms with realising you are probably autistic

Ultramarine

Hi,

Sorry I've been posting on here such a lot recently.  I was just wondering if anyone can relate to this.

Did you find it hard to come to terms with, when you first realised you might be autistic?  I haven't yet been diagnosed, but I'm becoming more and more sure that I am autistic, the more I find out about autism and recognise the signs in myself.

I'm finding that it's very hard for me to concentrate on work at the moment, and I'm just feeling upset, tense and unsettled.  Also really anxious.

I don't know if this is normal or if anyone else experienced this when you were at a similar stage?

I don't know if I should try to fight it and carry on as normal, or give myself a bit of slack and try to rest a bit more when I can.

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  • i went into see a MH team to see why i was having so many issues at work and came out with "You are on the spectrum"  ---- i couldnt speak for 1 or 2 days it was so shocking. 

    I was called back a month later because my shock reaction had scared my assessors and they wanted to reassure me 

    I was all over the place for a month at work and at home.

    3 month better at home ok at home.

    6 months all fine again

    anyways  all is fine now Slight smile

    somedays I still think they got it wrong

    so your reaction is fairly normal

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  • i went into see a MH team to see why i was having so many issues at work and came out with "You are on the spectrum"  ---- i couldnt speak for 1 or 2 days it was so shocking. 

    I was called back a month later because my shock reaction had scared my assessors and they wanted to reassure me 

    I was all over the place for a month at work and at home.

    3 month better at home ok at home.

    6 months all fine again

    anyways  all is fine now Slight smile

    somedays I still think they got it wrong

    so your reaction is fairly normal

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  • in reply to aidie

    Hi Aidie, thanks for your reply - it's reassuring to know I'm not the only one.
    It sounds like the journey of coming to terms with the diagnosis continues for a long time.  If I am diagnosed as autistic then I imagine that, like you, I might also have days when I think they got it wrong and they made a mistake when diagnosing me.  Hopefully it all gets easier in time.