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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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    Just writing to support what CC and GM have said. Diagnosis has helped me massively. It is like having the secret key to unlock a puzzle that I didn't know that I was locked inside of.

    In the short term I agree with gingerman's suggestions of ideas to displace the racing thoughts and anxieties that are likely to be running loose in your mind. I had plenty of those to begin with as I was highly stressed and didn't know what to worry about. My personal favourite displacement activity was to go cycling whilst listening to podcasts of radio programs such as "The Life Scientific" on Radio 4. The content was sensible enough and challenging enough to make me think about something new. The exercise is also good for relaxation and feeling better.

    Having a diagnosis isn't magic, and as CC says it is hard work to adjust and learn new ways of living, but I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever about going through the process.

    Does your work know that you are going for diagnosis? As you say, having management responsibilities is likely to be difficult - particularly if you are going through this turmoil. I have tried management in the past (pre-diagnosis) and am now thinking about taking on some managerial responsibilities again, 18 months after diagnosis, but I was in no state to do this whilst going through the trauma that often precedes diagnosis and the period afterwards when you learn to adjust.

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    Just writing to support what CC and GM have said. Diagnosis has helped me massively. It is like having the secret key to unlock a puzzle that I didn't know that I was locked inside of.

    In the short term I agree with gingerman's suggestions of ideas to displace the racing thoughts and anxieties that are likely to be running loose in your mind. I had plenty of those to begin with as I was highly stressed and didn't know what to worry about. My personal favourite displacement activity was to go cycling whilst listening to podcasts of radio programs such as "The Life Scientific" on Radio 4. The content was sensible enough and challenging enough to make me think about something new. The exercise is also good for relaxation and feeling better.

    Having a diagnosis isn't magic, and as CC says it is hard work to adjust and learn new ways of living, but I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever about going through the process.

    Does your work know that you are going for diagnosis? As you say, having management responsibilities is likely to be difficult - particularly if you are going through this turmoil. I have tried management in the past (pre-diagnosis) and am now thinking about taking on some managerial responsibilities again, 18 months after diagnosis, but I was in no state to do this whilst going through the trauma that often precedes diagnosis and the period afterwards when you learn to adjust.

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