Advice on assessments

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, its a brave new world as you can probably imagine. But i'm getting there slowly and surely. I basically drugged and drank from the age of 11 to about a year ago. So its been a big shock to feel sober and all my ND stuff come to the fore so to speak. I also kind of just have my cats to lean on so its hard and I also struggle with help as I have a big thing with autonomy and people talking about me etc. I'll get there though but its quite good to be able to rant on here ha ha. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. I appreciate it. A

Hi A, 

Thanks for coming back and letting us know. I'm really pleased that you got some answers. It's not the label as such, just a sense of true identity, I feel. 

I can completely understand where you're coming from re being sober, 6 years dry for me and everything is a challenge but one day at a time etc. I too spend a lot of time isolating, you're not alone! 

Wishing you wellness going forward. 

Thanks very much, that's kind of you. I'm trying but its rather difficult at times, but the main thing is knowing now that i'm not just a weird anti social ex addict and that I was born how I am! Being sober is a BIG adjustment but i'm getting there slowly and surely, i've just adopted a very quiet hermit like lifestyle which works really well for me. I just need to stop letting things get to me so much. I'll get there i'm sure! Thanks again for the reply.

Hello. I'm glad you managed to reach a conclusion.

It helps to have some certainty, to be believed and to know that things are this way for a reason.

I hope you find some ways to make things easier for yourself.

Don't know if everyone sees this but I finally got diagnosed with asd and adhd! Took a long time and a lot of life hard work etc but nice I finally have answers and an identity so to speak. Just wanted to update everyone as I said I would! A

Don't know if everyone sees this but I finally got diagnosed with asd and adhd! Took a long time and a lot of life hard work etc but nice I finally have answers and an identity so to speak. Just wanted to update everyone as I said I would! A

Don't know if everyone sees this but I finally got diagnosed with asd and adhd! Took a long time and a lot of life hard work etc but nice I finally have answers and an identity so to speak. Just wanted to update everyone as I said I would! A

Don't know if everyone sees this but I finally got diagnosed with asd and adhd! Took a long time and a lot of life hard work etc but nice I finally have answers and an identity so to speak. Just wanted to update everyone as I said I would! A

Don't know if everyone sees this but I finally got diagnosed with asd and adhd! Took a long time and a lot of life hard work etc but nice I finally have answers and an identity so to speak. Just wanted to update everyone as I said I would! A

Hi,

Thanks sooo much for that detailed and informative reply. I DO feel ok about it to a point. I think like you say just treating it like counselling might just work. Mine is on zoom so hopefully should be ok. 

Thanks again

A

Hi,

I was diagnosed with Autism back in June 2025 at the age of 39 and I had my Adult Autism Assessment carried out face to face with CLAAS (Central London Adult Autism Service).

I was actually on the waiting list for over a year and was given the right to choose with Clinical Partners but decided to go with face-to-face though I did wait slightly longer to have the Adult Autism Assessment.

I can tell you that I was asked various questions during the Adult Autism Assessment regarding my history and current living circumstances. Also, my sibling filled out a CAST questionnaire online.

My advice is just to answer the questions as much as you can. Also, there is no need to be nervous as the Assessor is very nice and it is almost like going to counselling.

I wish you all the best for your Autism Assessment and we are always here for you.

Hi, So I just looked at my records and I was referred in August of last year and i'm getting my assessments end of this month pretty much. About 9 months. So that might give you an idea how long you may be waiting for. Hope that helps or at least gives you an expectation? I'll post on here how it goes of course and mine is through clinical partners so will be quite similar in ways I guess? Hope you hear something soon! Its crap waiting. 

A

No worries, i know you'd posted this a while ago so i wasn't sure you'd see it. Hope you have a positive experience that is helpful at your assessments. Take care

Thanks, I'm going with Clinical Partners too but the 12-18 month wait is daunting me a bit, so I'm really hoping it's not going to be that long! 

Do come back on after your assessments to let us know how you are. Best of luck

 M 

Hi, Thanks, i've got three assessments, one for ADHD, one for autism and another one for autism but with my informant as well. Its a lot but i'm sure once its done i'll be a lot happier and sorted with things. Hopefully you are closer to yours too? Fingers crossed anyway.

A

No apology needed. Best of luck to you for the end of the month! 

HI, Thanks for getting back to me and sorry for not replying, i'm trying to reply to everyone who bothered to reply as I think its the right thing to do! Anyways so i'm getting mine end of the month, done my questionnaires and my Dad is being my informant. He's autistic too and hopefully that should show the link etc and all that kind of thing. We joked that just watching us together for five minutes would show how we are as we can't talk we just talk over each other ha ha. Anyway thanks again and i'll post how I get on. A

Hi, sorry for late reply these have gone to my junk mail. Yeah so I have assessments coming up and I managed to get hold of old psychiatry notes from being a kid so I think they should be gold dust for my assessment. Fingers crossed but thanks for replying. A

Sorry for not replying and I appreciate you doing so. I've put an update on a reply to the person who put that big long explanation. Hope you get sorted soon, I have my assessments end of this month so fingers crossed it all goes ok. Best of luck with everything or whatever people say! :-) A

HI,

This got put in my spam so I missed it earlier so i'm really sorry about not replying when you went to the bother of putting such a detailed and helpful response. I DO have my assessments coming up for ADHD and autism at the end of this month and the beginning of the next. You've put my mind at rest a bit with the process and i've done the forms and questionnaire things and put loads of info in. I also managed to track down my old psychiatry notes from when I was a kid. I was constantly getting chucked out of school for not going and not behaving but I hated being told what to do and being stuck in a strict environment like that. My big thing has been abusing drink and drugs to cope over the years. I literally smoked cannabis from age 11 till about two weeks ago. I have had a lifetime of failed jobs, failed relationships, stressing about people and social stuff etc etc. I have basically adopted a safe lifestyle, just me my four cats and nipping to the shops occasionally. I just wish i'd done it years back and KNOW about what was going on. I've spent my whole life thinking i'm everything from a soicopath to a depressed druggie and everything inbetween. I was actually told I was ADHD by the same child psychiatrists and this was in the 90's and my Mum just wouldn't have it and yeah i've struggled after that. So thanks for putting my mind at rest a bit and i'll tell you later how they go maybe if I remember. Best of luck to you. 

A