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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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  • It's not always long and drawn out, LoCommotion

    Though having said that I had started writing a very long post outlining my route to diagnosis! :p

    However, I realised most of it was not so much the 'diagnostic process' as 'what lead me to seeking a diagnosis in the first place'.

    Once I'd actually started, the time to get from 'asking for a referral' to 'recieving a diagnosis', was, if I remember correctly, more a matter of weeks, rather than months (maybe two months total).

    But I was pretty certain I knew what the diagnosis was going to be (in fact, when I got to see a psychologist (after having to jump through the hoops of seeing two or three psychiatrists) I litterally went in and said something like "I'm pretty sure I have Asperger's".

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  • It's not always long and drawn out, LoCommotion

    Though having said that I had started writing a very long post outlining my route to diagnosis! :p

    However, I realised most of it was not so much the 'diagnostic process' as 'what lead me to seeking a diagnosis in the first place'.

    Once I'd actually started, the time to get from 'asking for a referral' to 'recieving a diagnosis', was, if I remember correctly, more a matter of weeks, rather than months (maybe two months total).

    But I was pretty certain I knew what the diagnosis was going to be (in fact, when I got to see a psychologist (after having to jump through the hoops of seeing two or three psychiatrists) I litterally went in and said something like "I'm pretty sure I have Asperger's".

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