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Adult Autism Assessment

Kvothe

Hello

I am new to the Autistic community and i am looking for some advice. 

I am a 42yr old Male and recently decided to get tested for autism as i have always struggled with social situations, anxiety, making friends and general interactions also i have never been in a relationship because i cant seem to connect to other people romantically as well. Also in therapy sessions due to anxiety/depression i struggle to engage as i struggle to verbalise what is wrong with me, i just end up making things up or agreeing with the therapist.

My GP agreed and I now have an appointment with Psychiatry UK for an assessment.

I am now starting to freak out about this appointment as i am terrible at explaining myself especially what i am feeling as well as how i am feeling, and i am not very good at communicating things about myself. Can someone tell me about these assessments? was it wise to go private to get assessed? Also i have heard it takes 3 or 4 sessions to get diagnosed but Psychiatry UK say they only offer one session.

I am worried that the time is not long enough to properly assess me and that i will be misdiagnosed. I am also worried that i have 'faked' being ok for so long that it will con the assessors, in some ways i am "normal" and in other ways i am not normal"

Apologies if this is hard to read like i say i struggle to say or write what is happening for me.

Thanks

Adam

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  • One question that I would ask of the Mods is this:- given the fact that there are no formal post diagnostic adult autism assessments (which should be a legal entitlement and requirement) are the existing adult autism support services good at determining level of autism and appropriate adult autism supports required - it would appear that voluntary autism support organisations seem to be better at doing this, especially if they exclusively deal with autistic clients and they are able to (loosely) do thier own versions of post diagnostic assessments via interactions with autistic clients in identifying the most appropriate forms of support 

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  • One question that I would ask of the Mods is this:- given the fact that there are no formal post diagnostic adult autism assessments (which should be a legal entitlement and requirement) are the existing adult autism support services good at determining level of autism and appropriate adult autism supports required - it would appear that voluntary autism support organisations seem to be better at doing this, especially if they exclusively deal with autistic clients and they are able to (loosely) do thier own versions of post diagnostic assessments via interactions with autistic clients in identifying the most appropriate forms of support 

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