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

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?

Parents
  • I'm very similar. I've worked so hard and am happy with who I've become. If I'd been diagnosed earlier I might not be the same person and my diagnosis might have held me back in that I would have felt that I was limited in my abilities and options. 

    And it makes my head hurt to think about it!

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  • I'm very similar. I've worked so hard and am happy with who I've become. If I'd been diagnosed earlier I might not be the same person and my diagnosis might have held me back in that I would have felt that I was limited in my abilities and options. 

    And it makes my head hurt to think about it!

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