assesment tomorrow

Hi all. My assesment is tomorrow.
Any tips etc about what to expect? I know that may defeat the purpose of the assessment somewhat, but I'm so anxious, just wondering what to expect, and what they do? I will be going on my own as I've no one to come along, who is willing to speak to the assessors 


Simon

Parents
  • It's fine to be anxious, the assessor I had was friendly and understanding. They'll ask you questions involving multiple different aspects of your life (social life, how you are day to day, childhood and any difficulties you are experiencing) to get an understanding of you and usually will give feedback and discuss your answers to the questions they ask. Be honest, they're here to help you.

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  • It's fine to be anxious, the assessor I had was friendly and understanding. They'll ask you questions involving multiple different aspects of your life (social life, how you are day to day, childhood and any difficulties you are experiencing) to get an understanding of you and usually will give feedback and discuss your answers to the questions they ask. Be honest, they're here to help you.

Children
  • I’d provided a lot of info prior to going in my letter to my gp ( I broke it down for each heading in the dsm v) so the session lasted around 90 minutes, with him asking questions to clarify a few points. and at the end he diagnosed me with autism.  
    slightly funny thing happened. He was asking over food sensitivities. There’s a certain breakfast cereal I have issues with (hard to even think about it and type the name but it begins with w) and I almost vomited when trying to talk about it so did prove my point about it