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Do I have Autism?

Tulip52

Hello I have just joined the site, i am 52 years of age and think I may have autism. Last week I had a melt down! I was due to go on holiday. The night before I took my dog to the boarding kennels and broke my heart and was unconsolable! I didn't go on my holiday that I had so been looking forward to. This brought on a conversation with a collegue who discretky mentioned autism. I looked up on this and everything started to fall into place. Briefly my childhood was sad, traumatic and emotional. I spent some time I don't know how long, in foster care and a childrens home with my brother. I don't remember much of my childhood. during my teenage years I was disruptive at school, spent a lot of time on my own, played truant. I refused to go to school for my mum for approx 3 months when I was about 14 years. I wasn't naughty but stayed at gone tidying up . I recall constantly washing my hands for a period. I had an image and a weird sensation of sleeping on boards, and can sometimes occasionally experience this now. I cut all my hair off to be like the boys! I left school with 2 gcse's, knowing I could have done better and regretted it. I worked hard, always wanting to do a perfect job. I seemed to learn What people expected of me. I became promiscuous, thinking that this was the only way I could be close to someone. I could not recognise when someone truly liked me. I was often on my own. I went from one job to another! Continueing to live a destructive life but always in employment. In alcohol I would break my heart crying in public and could become angry in alahol. I have struggled with depression, low self esteem, obsessive thoughts all my life. Struggled to cope with demands and changes in my life and unexpected occurrences. I am articulate, very caring and supportive. My head feels full! Foggy! My memory is poor and I struggle to retain information! I have highs and lows and cannot hide my emotions. I have never married and had no children. I have few friends and most of my relationships with men have been based around sex. It's as though this is what is exoected of me. I went to see my doctor yesterday, she was very supportive and is going to refer me to the mental health team. However, I am concerned that they will dismiss me as they have in the past. Something is not right! Why do I feel different? I am a strong minded person. What do you think From reading this? I would appreciate your advice. Many thanks 

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    The mental health system is a million miles from being as good as the physcial side of the NHS. One reason for that is that mental health is actually a long way behind the physical side in terms of being able to come to a certain diagnosis. People with MH problems are actually much harder to diagnose. There are no lab tests and symptoms are often mixed up and people have layers of problems that serve to obscure an underlying problem. ASC has only recently become recognised and there are still a large number of GPs who were trained before ASC became commonly recognised. The drug industry adds another interested party to the mix and they have provided an illusion that their drugs are effective when actually they frequently do more harm than good.

    People with ASC often have sensory issues and often get diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. A trained expert with experience of autism should be able to untangle his issues.

    A private diagnosis or assessment is OK and will be recognised by the NHS if you get his NHS GP to make the referral - do not just go and find a service on the internet!

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    The mental health system is a million miles from being as good as the physcial side of the NHS. One reason for that is that mental health is actually a long way behind the physical side in terms of being able to come to a certain diagnosis. People with MH problems are actually much harder to diagnose. There are no lab tests and symptoms are often mixed up and people have layers of problems that serve to obscure an underlying problem. ASC has only recently become recognised and there are still a large number of GPs who were trained before ASC became commonly recognised. The drug industry adds another interested party to the mix and they have provided an illusion that their drugs are effective when actually they frequently do more harm than good.

    People with ASC often have sensory issues and often get diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. A trained expert with experience of autism should be able to untangle his issues.

    A private diagnosis or assessment is OK and will be recognised by the NHS if you get his NHS GP to make the referral - do not just go and find a service on the internet!

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