Seeking adult diagnosis = Hell (rant/vent post)

I'm frustrated when I type this and yes this is a venting post because I'm overwhelmed by the situation.

Why is that there is everything out there all readily available for children young adults when it come to diagnostics and services for assessments but once you get over the age of 25 everything just dries up? Like I get that they are the people who need help with like schools, college and uni but what about the rest of us? Okay yes I should have taken it seriously at 17 when I was told to get my ADHD reassessed but just in general I don't get why all the resources go drier than ghandi's flipflop just because I'm of a particular age (I'm almost 31 for context).

The resources on here for assessments and Right To Choose are great and everything it's a nice catalogue which I'm more than sure does help but everything on there that would be suitable for what I'm looking for has a cut-off age of 19 or 25 and I'm sick to the back teeth of arguing with my doctor's who only seem interested in my anxiety and depression and their dismissal of everything I tell them I am experiencing. Seeking an adult diagnosis or even just the assessment is feels like literal hell.

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  • I sympathise; I was able to get diagnosed relatively quickly as an adult (37 at the time) via Right to Choose but there is zero support afterwards. I've also tried to get diagnosed with dyscalculia as it's impacting on my studies but it's not offered by the NHS for adults. Unfortunately the world has very little interest in supporting adults.

  • Just picking up on your comment about the GP not listening to you. Have you asked to see another Dr? I took a long, highlighted list of symptoms with me to the Dr when I asked to be referred and took another person with me for support- perhaps that would help? I think it's easy for a doctor to forget that anxiety and depression can be CAUSED by autism.

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  • Just picking up on your comment about the GP not listening to you. Have you asked to see another Dr? I took a long, highlighted list of symptoms with me to the Dr when I asked to be referred and took another person with me for support- perhaps that would help? I think it's easy for a doctor to forget that anxiety and depression can be CAUSED by autism.

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