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Autistic? work and depression

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6 months ago

Hi, 

I am 27,in the UK, currently on the waiting list for an assessment after having an ASD screening from an NHS physiatrist, I don't know how long the wait is going to be but for now I am struggling bad with  my mental health and this has now resulted in my contract at work being terminated because I have had to take so much time off due to this. I really struggle with socialising and emotions and sleep, which leads to a difficult work life, being exhausted and burnt out constantly. Now I have no job and am not in the right place mentally to look for a new one or hold onto one at the moment. I have tried to reach out to many services for support and have yet to receive any, most professionals are brushing me off and telling me to learn to live with it. 

Does anyone have any ideas of some decent support networks, people to contact, services, resources, etc?

Also how do you survive without a job, can you get DLA, UC, PIP?

still waiting for assessment/diagnosis 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you 

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  • 6 months ago

    Hello, I'm new here and so grateful I came across this as I was originally searching for a chat room, so if one exists I would really like to participate. I can relate to everything that is being said, and yes, the diagnosis was very liberating for me as well in the first year, and now I'm going through a heavy depression, and being misdiagnosed with so many other things because it's been months of the depression, and I'm afraid it won't get better the more I try and say maybe a magic pill will make me less autistic. My dilemma is I want to experience everything non autistics experience, and I want to be happy, not behind my peers and still feeling like a child..in my 30s...if anybody else feels this way it would he helpful to put my mind at ease just for tonight.

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  • 6 months ago

    Hello, I'm new here and so grateful I came across this as I was originally searching for a chat room, so if one exists I would really like to participate. I can relate to everything that is being said, and yes, the diagnosis was very liberating for me as well in the first year, and now I'm going through a heavy depression, and being misdiagnosed with so many other things because it's been months of the depression, and I'm afraid it won't get better the more I try and say maybe a magic pill will make me less autistic. My dilemma is I want to experience everything non autistics experience, and I want to be happy, not behind my peers and still feeling like a child..in my 30s...if anybody else feels this way it would he helpful to put my mind at ease just for tonight.

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  • 6 months ago in reply to NAS92608

    I really can't get over the hump of being AWARE that my whole life, is going to be grifting through and nothing meaningful milestone wise, and feeling like I'm severely missing out..I'm just struggling mentally with all of that right now.