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.
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.
I handed the GP a piece of paper, explaining why I beleive I have Autism. He asks me a few questions, explains (he's a student GP) that he doesn't know how adults are diagnosed and will check with his supervisor and he explained that I may be harder to diagnose due to other disabilities.
4 days later, he calls me and explains that I can be assessed by the mental health team at the local hospital.
6 weeks later, I had my first appointment. Like the GP, the pyschiatrist explains that me having other disabilities makes me harder to diagnose. He asked me some questions and gave me a questionare to fill in.
I saw him again 2 and a half months later and bought my mum with me. He asked mum some questions and went over something that was discussed when it was just me and him. He told me that I am Autistic.
Almost 2 months later and I still have no report. Someone lost it, apparently.
I handed the GP a piece of paper, explaining why I beleive I have Autism. He asks me a few questions, explains (he's a student GP) that he doesn't know how adults are diagnosed and will check with his supervisor and he explained that I may be harder to diagnose due to other disabilities.
4 days later, he calls me and explains that I can be assessed by the mental health team at the local hospital.
6 weeks later, I had my first appointment. Like the GP, the pyschiatrist explains that me having other disabilities makes me harder to diagnose. He asked me some questions and gave me a questionare to fill in.
I saw him again 2 and a half months later and bought my mum with me. He asked mum some questions and went over something that was discussed when it was just me and him. He told me that I am Autistic.
Almost 2 months later and I still have no report. Someone lost it, apparently.