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GuitarMan

Hi everyone

Please help. I´m going through diagnosis at the moment and am expecting the results of some tests within a week or so. My problem is that I am suffering huge anxiety and panic. I have waves and waves of anxiousness turning my stomach over, I´m incredibly angry, I´m stimming constantly and I nearly burst into tears in work. I am physically in pain and close to tears again right now.

It´s not even as though I´m 100% sure I´m on the spectrum although it makes perfect sense to me.

Basically I need to get calm somehow and I´m not sure how but I need to try to do it quickly. I´ve already called in sick for tomorrow after only being back at work one day.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated.

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  • Thank you Classic Codger.

    That´s an emotional story to read and I can relate to a lot of things you say. It did jolt me a little when you referred to a wasted life. I´ve spent all my life, achieving and failing in many things, but underneath everything I´ve just wanted to be at peace and if it turns out that I am on the spectrum, then I will look back with doubt over many choices I´ve made. It was actually me who iniated the diagnosis procedure because I did the Autism Quotient questionnaire, just out of boredom more than anything else, and scored high enough for me to have a second go at it. Then, thinking about my answers more carefully, I scored even higher.

    I just have a whole mismash of thoughts and emotions going through my head. I always kept a lid on things before, although there was the occasional meltdown, but now we´re in the process it´s become increasingly difficult to keep things inside. I have anxiety about being diagnosed, about not being diagnosed, I´m watching all my behaviour instead of just getting on with things, and basically I should really just take time-out.

    It makes me happy to see how you´ve progressed and I take heart from it. However, right now I can´t really think straight about much at all. Thank you anyway though, it means a lot to me that you took the time to reply. To Gingerman the same.

    Martyn

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  • Thank you Classic Codger.

    That´s an emotional story to read and I can relate to a lot of things you say. It did jolt me a little when you referred to a wasted life. I´ve spent all my life, achieving and failing in many things, but underneath everything I´ve just wanted to be at peace and if it turns out that I am on the spectrum, then I will look back with doubt over many choices I´ve made. It was actually me who iniated the diagnosis procedure because I did the Autism Quotient questionnaire, just out of boredom more than anything else, and scored high enough for me to have a second go at it. Then, thinking about my answers more carefully, I scored even higher.

    I just have a whole mismash of thoughts and emotions going through my head. I always kept a lid on things before, although there was the occasional meltdown, but now we´re in the process it´s become increasingly difficult to keep things inside. I have anxiety about being diagnosed, about not being diagnosed, I´m watching all my behaviour instead of just getting on with things, and basically I should really just take time-out.

    It makes me happy to see how you´ve progressed and I take heart from it. However, right now I can´t really think straight about much at all. Thank you anyway though, it means a lot to me that you took the time to reply. To Gingerman the same.

    Martyn

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