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Diagnosed but not changed

Baggers

I was diagnosed in summer, a 50 plus year old guy.. I’ve masked all my life, struggled to hold down jobs.. I really thought a diagnosis would help me understand but still feel alone, more confused and isolated. Was it worth it? 

Parents

  • Same experience.

    Diagnosed, zero follow up or support. Flying solo. No sense of self anymore. Just getting up and breathing my way to this evening. Not sure there's much else can be done, I feel like I'm a child discovering he world again, sort of. Accept, the life around me doesn't seem to fit anymore

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  • Same experience.

    Diagnosed, zero follow up or support. Flying solo. No sense of self anymore. Just getting up and breathing my way to this evening. Not sure there's much else can be done, I feel like I'm a child discovering he world again, sort of. Accept, the life around me doesn't seem to fit anymore

Children
  • in reply to JT

    Seems that once get diagnosed it’s off you go.. very little if any support for older people.. try and talk to my peers and all seem to hear is ‘well isn’t everyone on the spectrum?’  Very little understanding… very little funding for support. Lots of different info online but most about autism in children.  I just don’t fit anywhere and it’s draining to the point just give up