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Did you think you were autistic before someone suggested it?

Stuart333

I'm curious whether you can see it in yourself. I thought I was right and everyone else was wrong.

I suspected I was different, but squashed it, I was just extra normal. I couldn't figure out why I was confused and had bouts of depression,

I just wanted to know what was holding me back, why I had some atypical depression, and whether there was something up with how I communicated.

But there was no need for an autism test. I wasn't autistic surely.

Except the psychologists thought otherwise, 3 of them. I even argued with them, a sign in itself probably.

So did you guess, before someone suggested a screening test? Maybe the internet makes it more likely these days, but you need a reason to go looking.

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  • I can't remember anyone suggesting it.

    I had been thinking for years that I had autistic traits but my  decision to get assessed crystallized after watching "Astrid: Murder in Paris" as the main character showed many of the same traits that I had (although I'm not as sensitive to sounds).

    I then had a look at the NHS NICE guidance for autism assessments, worked through the AQ10 screening questions, then as the Adult Asperger Assessment seemed the most appropriate I downloaded the research paper (the link from the NICE website is to a paid for research paper - however I found it was also available for free via other websites) and worked through the questions, then added up my score which showed I had slightly more points than were needed to give a diagnosis.

    As the assessment needs to be done by a Psychologist I then asked my GP to refer me for an assessment - I was sent the AQ10 to complete and was then referred - sometime later I was assessed using ADI-R and ADOS and got the formal assessment and diagnosis.

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  • I can't remember anyone suggesting it.

    I had been thinking for years that I had autistic traits but my  decision to get assessed crystallized after watching "Astrid: Murder in Paris" as the main character showed many of the same traits that I had (although I'm not as sensitive to sounds).

    I then had a look at the NHS NICE guidance for autism assessments, worked through the AQ10 screening questions, then as the Adult Asperger Assessment seemed the most appropriate I downloaded the research paper (the link from the NICE website is to a paid for research paper - however I found it was also available for free via other websites) and worked through the questions, then added up my score which showed I had slightly more points than were needed to give a diagnosis.

    As the assessment needs to be done by a Psychologist I then asked my GP to refer me for an assessment - I was sent the AQ10 to complete and was then referred - sometime later I was assessed using ADI-R and ADOS and got the formal assessment and diagnosis.

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