Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello, all
So, as you may or may not have seen from previous posts made by me, I’m currently on the waiting list for ASD assessment, following a good 3 years of trying to determine if I actually am autistic, and so far, 1.5 years on the waiting list, with a projected 1.5 years minimum left to go until someone actually assesses me.
Life has started to move on pretty quickly for me; I’ve just gotten a part-time job, and I’ll be moving to university in the near future too, and while some people and services are accommodating of the fact that I am not diagnosed yet, it’s becoming a severe roadblock. Reasonable adjustments, Disabled Students Allowance, being allowed to bring my car to university so I can go home if I need to so I can keep familiar surroundings, routines and people around me, I can access none of that without a diagnosis. And, quite frankly, my lack of diagnosis simply isn’t enough; me saying that ‘I’m on the waiting list’ just isn’t enough anymore.
There’s the private diagnosis route, but there isn’t the money for that. There’s numbers we can ring to say ‘this is situation is getting worse’ to the local authority service that I’m currently with, but I’m currently being transitioned from child to adult services, and thus don’t have a contact point. Which leads me to Psychiatry U.K (which would also require an additional step of getting a GP to also see that I have ASD, as we went the self-referral route)
To those who have used Psychiatry UK, what was it like? How does it work, is it mainly online based or is it in person? How long was the wait, do you regret using them or would happily exalt their praises?
I’m willing to try almost anything at this rate
Interesting to read what happens in the UK about it. I am Italian. I have diagnosis. I'm HFA. And we do not exist as autistic after 18 years of age. The aftermath is disheartening. So: psychiatrist. I was told not to take any medications. I am not responsive to anything. Regarding all therapies but you write about CBT My advice is to ask for CBT adapted to the autism spectrum. I don't understand them: I don't even know what to answer from a written list of questions. The thread interests me. Sorry if I wrote at length and in a perhaps inappropriate format.