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Advice for diagnosis

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I have recently been volunteering this summer for a play scheme for special needs. One of the ladies there has a lot of experience with autism and she can see the characteristics in me. My family, friends, partner and Myself have thought I am autistic for a while now but my doctor told me that I get through life fine so I don’t need a diagnosis. However, I feel that I am struggling with life more than ever because I am struggling to understand who I am and why I do/feel the way I do. I find social situations hard, struggle with social interaction which makes work hard as I feel very isolated, I struggle to regulate my emotions and often have meltdowns and cause arguements because I feel so overwhelmed. I find it hard to maintain healthy relationships with friends, family and partner. I try to be as ‘normal’ as I can so I am accepted in society but after social interaction I am drained mentally and physically from trying to act socially acceptable. Is it worth me fighting for a diagnosis as I am looking to go to university and would like to try to understand myself as much as possible 

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  • Hello! Great that you do volunteer work. 

    I think it will vary depending on your GP but by the sounds of it they won't refer you on because it's not affecting your day to day life. (on the surface anyway). I briefly mentioned it to an NHS therapist I was seeing but they couldn't refer me on because I hadn't shown any signs I might be autistic (they didn't come up in our sessions) so I ended up going privately for diagnosis. It was expensive (£1100) but has given me great peace of mind and a much better understanding of myself which sounds like what you're after. 

    I think you can gain a lot from just accepting that you might be autistic and reflecting on how that has impacted your life and how you can make things easier for yourself going forwards (identifying triggers etc). I personally found this forum to be a great help just reading about people with similar situations to myself and not feeling like the only one to have felt like this. 

    Sorry, rambling and a bit of a long reply! But happy to answer any questions you might have Blush

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  • Hello! Great that you do volunteer work. 

    I think it will vary depending on your GP but by the sounds of it they won't refer you on because it's not affecting your day to day life. (on the surface anyway). I briefly mentioned it to an NHS therapist I was seeing but they couldn't refer me on because I hadn't shown any signs I might be autistic (they didn't come up in our sessions) so I ended up going privately for diagnosis. It was expensive (£1100) but has given me great peace of mind and a much better understanding of myself which sounds like what you're after. 

    I think you can gain a lot from just accepting that you might be autistic and reflecting on how that has impacted your life and how you can make things easier for yourself going forwards (identifying triggers etc). I personally found this forum to be a great help just reading about people with similar situations to myself and not feeling like the only one to have felt like this. 

    Sorry, rambling and a bit of a long reply! But happy to answer any questions you might have Blush

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