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ASD diagnosis rejected

Mia151515

Hi everyone,

Today I had my feedback from my ASD assessment and i've been told they're not diagnosing me and they think my symptoms are just down to anxiety. 

As you can imagine i'm extremely upset about this and been crying all day as I know deep down that I am autistic after doing nearly 2 years of research reading medical books, listening to podcasts and speaking with other autistic people. They told me to speak to my GP to possibly up my antidepressants and speak to them about anxiety (which i have already been doing for 9 years and they've got me nowhere). I can only imagine this is down to the assessment criteria being so outdated and not suited to late diagnosing autistic women. 

I am now looking at going down the private diagnostic route as I am not happy with my result from the NHS. 

I was just interested to see if anyone on here had any experiences with private ASD diagnosis' (either alone or following from a rejection of NHS diagnosis). Or if there were any recommendations, tips or advice to cheer me up as I dont have many other people to talk about this with so feeling pretty low Disappointed

Thanks in advance !!

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  • Hi, I was diagnosed privately as I was moving countries a lot at the time and was struggling a lot and needed some answers but was unlikely to make it the end of any waiting list before having to move again.

    I had a very good experience being diagnosed via Sara Heath : https://shropshireautonomy.co.uk/pre-diagnostic-support/  She is not able to make a medical diagnosis herself but she works together with a consultant psychiatrist who also has experience diagnosing ASD for the NHS who will be able to make a diagnosis. Sara can do a prediagnostic assessment and will write a detailed report and if there are grounds for a diagnosis you can then arrange to see the psychiatrist she works with who will have access to the report and will also make his own assessment. I had a very good experience and it was relatively affordable. I would recommend contacting Sara to find out more. She is very easy to talk to and autistic herself. 

    I had no issues having this diagnosis recognised by my GP or university or any employer. 

    I hope you can get the validation you need.

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  • Hi, I was diagnosed privately as I was moving countries a lot at the time and was struggling a lot and needed some answers but was unlikely to make it the end of any waiting list before having to move again.

    I had a very good experience being diagnosed via Sara Heath : https://shropshireautonomy.co.uk/pre-diagnostic-support/  She is not able to make a medical diagnosis herself but she works together with a consultant psychiatrist who also has experience diagnosing ASD for the NHS who will be able to make a diagnosis. Sara can do a prediagnostic assessment and will write a detailed report and if there are grounds for a diagnosis you can then arrange to see the psychiatrist she works with who will have access to the report and will also make his own assessment. I had a very good experience and it was relatively affordable. I would recommend contacting Sara to find out more. She is very easy to talk to and autistic herself. 

    I had no issues having this diagnosis recognised by my GP or university or any employer. 

    I hope you can get the validation you need.

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