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Diagnosis in a 50 year old male.

JMC

Hi   I recently had an assessment and scored very highly in the assessment. 

The one caveat was that im quite a sociable person so they thought that a further assessment might prove inconclusive but certainly had some severe traits of autism. 

Wondering on here how people have felt if they have been diagnosed in later life and also what tips there are for reducing anxiety. 

Thanks JMC. 

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  • Hey there JMC,

    I'm sorry I'm not going to answer your question Grin but I am going to bounce one straight back at you - what was it that led to your relatively late diagnosis.

    Having only got diagnosed this year myself at the age of 46 I'm interested in peoples journey.

    The reason for which is because my own lack of understanding of why I am, why we are - and how we do it, is just so undefined, hearing about others lives in details helps me, just by hearing struggle, plan, solution.

    I'm happy going first, I used to be defined by depression.  I've had so much therapy and medication, even going into our local "mental health medical unit" on a number of occasions trying to work out why I hated living so much.  One throw away comment from a nurse put me on the path to formal diagnosis - since then, I happily identify as Autistic.

    (In my work in education, I have met many parents who are fearful of labelling their child as "autistic" as if it's on the same scale as "sex offender"!! But for me, never before has the cliché of knowledge being power been more true)

    So what's your story up until today?

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  • Hey there JMC,

    I'm sorry I'm not going to answer your question Grin but I am going to bounce one straight back at you - what was it that led to your relatively late diagnosis.

    Having only got diagnosed this year myself at the age of 46 I'm interested in peoples journey.

    The reason for which is because my own lack of understanding of why I am, why we are - and how we do it, is just so undefined, hearing about others lives in details helps me, just by hearing struggle, plan, solution.

    I'm happy going first, I used to be defined by depression.  I've had so much therapy and medication, even going into our local "mental health medical unit" on a number of occasions trying to work out why I hated living so much.  One throw away comment from a nurse put me on the path to formal diagnosis - since then, I happily identify as Autistic.

    (In my work in education, I have met many parents who are fearful of labelling their child as "autistic" as if it's on the same scale as "sex offender"!! But for me, never before has the cliché of knowledge being power been more true)

    So what's your story up until today?

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  • in reply to IntruderAlarmAbatis

    It came about after some individual counselling sessions which i was trying to do some work on why i cant express how i feel and the challenge that places on a marriage. My wife has been an advocate for therapy over the years and i decided to give it a go but something wasn’t dropping.  I very much struggle with understanding and empathising with emotions,  since covid it has definitely become worse in becoming more insular and routine driven with all my work moving online as opposed to face to face.  I noticed i hated the camera being on in zoom sessions and also on family FaceTime so started to turn it off on all sessions.  I feel more anxious and in a constant state of alert as opposed to depressed and do feel slightly better sine the assessments highlighted some traits.