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GP attitude to referring for diagnosis.

Sassenach

I've finally made a telephone appointment with my GP to ask for an autism assessment referral. Ive not had a lot to do with this particular GP, preferring to see others in the practice whever ive needed an appointment. Now of course my brain is in overdrive second guessing that she will not believe me and instead just diagnose anxiety. This imposter syndrome is so debillitating. I've been writing things down but am still worried my mind will go blank and I will just forget and then mumble my way through the appointment and end up back to square one.

Were your GPs unhelpful, or did they just refer as requested? 

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  • Mine was really helpful. I was expecting him to be dismissive as that's what I've come to expect from GPs, lol, but I had recently moved clinics and had a new doctor.

    He asked me why I thought I might be autistic, and I explained my reasons...  or at least tried to! I got really flustered and my mind went blank and I fumbled my words, so I just asked if he'd read the email I sent in when I booked the appointment. Luckily he had! 

    He openly admitted to me that he wasn't experienced with autism and would look into it for me. He got back to me the next day with an AQ10 to complete and a form to fill in with some details, which I returned and got the referral.

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  • Mine was really helpful. I was expecting him to be dismissive as that's what I've come to expect from GPs, lol, but I had recently moved clinics and had a new doctor.

    He asked me why I thought I might be autistic, and I explained my reasons...  or at least tried to! I got really flustered and my mind went blank and I fumbled my words, so I just asked if he'd read the email I sent in when I booked the appointment. Luckily he had! 

    He openly admitted to me that he wasn't experienced with autism and would look into it for me. He got back to me the next day with an AQ10 to complete and a form to fill in with some details, which I returned and got the referral.

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