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Would your life have been different if you’d been diagnosed earlier?

NAS76602

Hello all,

Like a lot on here I was diagnosed later on in life, in my fifties and fairly recently. My daughter asked me if my life would have been different and would I go back and change it if I could. 

I had to think about this, and I’m still trying to work it out. My initial answer is yes I really do wish I’d have been diagnosed earlier and had educational plans in place and maybe not bullied as much and gotten my degrees a few years earlier than I did. 

BUT……

Im ok with who I am, and maybe my struggles are what made me who I am and maybe without struggles I’d not have built the resilience I have. 

I thought it was a good question. Do you guys wish you’d have been diagnosed earlier on in life? And if so would your life have been different to how it is now?

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  • I think an earlier diagnosis might have been better for me as I would have known why I was different and why everyone treated me and called me a retard at school. I might have even received support and help at school. Because of the bullying and the not knowing I started cutting myself, maybe with an earlier diagnosis that might not have happened either. I wish I could have just had some understanding, it would have made a huge difference for me. Sadly I don't get understanding from anybody else but at least now I understand myself a little better than I did. But I do wish I'd been diagnosed earlier rather than later.

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  • I think an earlier diagnosis might have been better for me as I would have known why I was different and why everyone treated me and called me a retard at school. I might have even received support and help at school. Because of the bullying and the not knowing I started cutting myself, maybe with an earlier diagnosis that might not have happened either. I wish I could have just had some understanding, it would have made a huge difference for me. Sadly I don't get understanding from anybody else but at least now I understand myself a little better than I did. But I do wish I'd been diagnosed earlier rather than later.

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