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Does an official diagnosis help

GreenGardener

Hi. I have been seeing a therapist for about two and a half years now. We have recently been talking about my possible autism. My therapist has said that although she can't diagnose me, my charatiristics/ things that I struggled with would probably be categorised as autism. I have done research myself  and through speaking with family members, think I am autistic.

Is going through with a proper diagnosis worth the appointment s and stress? I am conflicted, some family members are encouraging me to peruse it, others think it's enough that I know myself and can get help in other ways. 

Did getting a official autism diagnosis help other people?

Parents

  • It helps me in terms of validation. My diagnosis is ten years old before ADHD was seen as a possible co-occurring condition. Reading more about this, I actually think I have AuDHD but because I don't have the ADHD part of the diagnosis, there's no validation. So, yes, I feel an official diagnosis brings a form of validation you perhaps won't get without it, although I completely understand how difficult it is to get a diagnosis.

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  • It helps me in terms of validation. My diagnosis is ten years old before ADHD was seen as a possible co-occurring condition. Reading more about this, I actually think I have AuDHD but because I don't have the ADHD part of the diagnosis, there's no validation. So, yes, I feel an official diagnosis brings a form of validation you perhaps won't get without it, although I completely understand how difficult it is to get a diagnosis.

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