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Just taken first step to diagnosis...

Mweekie

Hello,

I joined a couple of weeks ago and said that I was waiting for my doctors appointment - well now I have had it.

I was very anxious at first, as I wasn't sure how to broach the subject, so I spoke about my knee issue first (possible hamstring injury - but having ultrasound to confirm it).

After I spoke about that, I felt a little more comfortable saying what I had to say. I've known my doctor for years and he took the time to talk to me and told me about doing an AQ50 test and sending the result back to him and he would take it from there.

Mum came with me and said she was pleased I had taken this step as both her and Dad thought I had autism from a young age, but left it up to me if I wanted to bring the subject up. In a way I wish she or someone had brought it up earlier to me and I probably would have been properly diagnosed by now, rather than just doing the first step...but then a few years ago, I wasn't in the right frame of mind to do anything like that. 

I am now getting anxious about the AQ50 test and my result from that. Is it complicated to do or do I have to go into a lengthy history?

Mweekie xx

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  • Hi, 

    The AQ50 isn’t anything to worry about it’s just multi choice questions you answer, the questions are fairly straight forward and seem to repeat themselves sometimes, you don’t right anything down about you or your history, just tick the relevant answer to how you feel about the question.  If you search on the web for the AQ50 test there are lots on there, it’s only used as an aim or guide about you, it doesn’t give you a definited answer. You position down the road of assessment is very similar to mine, it is full of questions and anxiety about what will happen.

    I have just spoken to my doctor about a referral and was the same as you, not knowing how to bring up the subject and I’ve put if off many times before but put a post up here and with the answers I got I plucked up the courage to contacted my doctor.  I only had a phone appointment which I’m not sure was easier because I couldn’t see him face to face or harder because I really hate speaking over the phone and get easily mixed up and flustered as I did with this appointment.   He asked me to name a few reasons why I thought I could be Autistic or on the spectrum and after I managed to tell him a few points he properly told me that he didn’t think I was Autistic but then said it wasn’t for him to say?! He said he would give me a AQ10 test to do and I had to return that to him with a letter saying the reasons behind my thinking. I have found out that the AQ10 is just a really short version of the AQ50!
    I had done a AQ50 test online a week or so before my appointment with the doctor and told him that I had done this test the score I got, he was a bit surprised and said to include this as well as the letter and the AQ10 he was giving me.  I have returned them all now and waiting news. 

    Hope this helps a bit?

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  • Hi, 

    The AQ50 isn’t anything to worry about it’s just multi choice questions you answer, the questions are fairly straight forward and seem to repeat themselves sometimes, you don’t right anything down about you or your history, just tick the relevant answer to how you feel about the question.  If you search on the web for the AQ50 test there are lots on there, it’s only used as an aim or guide about you, it doesn’t give you a definited answer. You position down the road of assessment is very similar to mine, it is full of questions and anxiety about what will happen.

    I have just spoken to my doctor about a referral and was the same as you, not knowing how to bring up the subject and I’ve put if off many times before but put a post up here and with the answers I got I plucked up the courage to contacted my doctor.  I only had a phone appointment which I’m not sure was easier because I couldn’t see him face to face or harder because I really hate speaking over the phone and get easily mixed up and flustered as I did with this appointment.   He asked me to name a few reasons why I thought I could be Autistic or on the spectrum and after I managed to tell him a few points he properly told me that he didn’t think I was Autistic but then said it wasn’t for him to say?! He said he would give me a AQ10 test to do and I had to return that to him with a letter saying the reasons behind my thinking. I have found out that the AQ10 is just a really short version of the AQ50!
    I had done a AQ50 test online a week or so before my appointment with the doctor and told him that I had done this test the score I got, he was a bit surprised and said to include this as well as the letter and the AQ10 he was giving me.  I have returned them all now and waiting news. 

    Hope this helps a bit?

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  • in reply to Kevin

    Hi Kevin,

    Thank you very much for the information on this, I will do it tomorrow as at home so can do it in a comfortable environment in my own time, rather than having to try and work it out tonight.

    I was very surprised that my doctor hadn't said anything sooner to me, but I find it difficult to talk to people in the medical profession, even to my own doctor who I've known since I was in my early 20's (now 35). But he said that because he knew me well, he knew that it had to be me to broach the subject first. I have to admit, coming on here first and reading a few threads did help me get the courage to talk about it.

    Well done on going to your doctor and best of luck with your own results.

    Mweekie xx