New diagnosis

Hi Lingy666,

I'm 51 and awaiting ASD assessment results this week, also told last week that I may also have ADHD, although my assessment is for the purpose of ASD.

You should find a lot of useful tips and threads of people in the same situation as you as a late diagnosis.

Thank you. I just kinda feel grief for that little girl who was so constantly traumatised through all sorts of issues, school was a massive problem for me. Hope you get your results soon. How did you find the assessment?

Yeah I've gone through the grieving, anger, disbelief phase even though not yet diagnosed.

I'm hoping to get results by the end of this week after an extra interview with the clinical director last week, think this is because I've had M.E. (cfs) since 2014 which I think has either amplified my ASD/ADHD or just made me more aware of it since being mainly housebound since 2018 with just visits to family, petrol stations and the post office!

I had one face to face interview, which I was late for (ADHD?), interview was about an hour and despite being a little nervous at the start, went really well, the assessor was very patient and reassuring.

The second assessment was done online using a specific web portal link, yes I was late for that one aswell, although this time it wasn't entirely my fault as the link used did not recognise my headset microphone so the assessor could see me but could not hear me.

After some panicking on both our parts (I thought it might actually be part of the assessment process to see how I dealt with a stressful situation!), we managed to link up using Microsoft Teams where everything worked as it should, again about an hour in length.

The extra interview had the same isuue and it was with the big boss! We ended up just doing a telephone interview for 20 minutes. He suggested that I have traits of ADHD, it's nigh impossible to get an ADHD assessment currently via Right to Choose due to the volume of people applying/waiting, etc.

He told me they will be evaluating all the asssessments including forms and relative summary form (little sister), between the two assessors and the Clinical Director (big boss).

Wishing you well in your self discovery journey.

Thank you. I wish you well also.

Thank you. I wish you well also.