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To all who have been, or are in the process of, being diagnosed as an adult.

BrianSmith

What did you do to start the process? Or did a doctor bring it up first?

What process did you go through? How long did it take?

did you find it difficult getting assessed?

Thanks.

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  • I brought it up with my GP when I was seeing the Psychologist for OCD. GP referred me to Consultant Psychiatrist, who after seeing me for an hour concluded I could not have AS as interacted too well. I sought a second opinion, and the second psychiatrist I saw referred me to the Autism team. This all took a year. I finally got diagnosed by the Autism team. The first psychiatrist I saw had  no training in ASC, and jumped to conclusions without even asking me any ASC related questions.

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  • I brought it up with my GP when I was seeing the Psychologist for OCD. GP referred me to Consultant Psychiatrist, who after seeing me for an hour concluded I could not have AS as interacted too well. I sought a second opinion, and the second psychiatrist I saw referred me to the Autism team. This all took a year. I finally got diagnosed by the Autism team. The first psychiatrist I saw had  no training in ASC, and jumped to conclusions without even asking me any ASC related questions.

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