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

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.

Parents
  • Approx, 4 years ago I crashed and burned  by uncontrolled life changing stresses with anxiety and depression referred to psychiatrist by the GP,, given pills, pill and more pills and false diagnosis of OCD, social phobia within a mental health setting which was full of psychopaths, druggies and alcoholics, the type of people mostly likely to affect my state of mind. So, I refused to take anymore pills (after 4 years of pill popping as a good patient) but as nothing was changing in my state of being I had enough of pills, so I got referred to a psychologist who highlighted that I was continuing on the observate signs of the Autism Spectrum, so for 4 years of my life was a waste going around a system which is not designed for autism aspergers diagnosis,, because only children have autism,, is that not right NAS. NO ! but you would think it so. Anyway, long story short adult autism clinical staff do a hour assessment and confirm the psychologists opinion. So in reality the GP and two different psychiatrists missed my condition.. BECAUSE SIMPLY THEY ARE JUST PILL PUSHERS, legalised drug dealers  !  

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  • Approx, 4 years ago I crashed and burned  by uncontrolled life changing stresses with anxiety and depression referred to psychiatrist by the GP,, given pills, pill and more pills and false diagnosis of OCD, social phobia within a mental health setting which was full of psychopaths, druggies and alcoholics, the type of people mostly likely to affect my state of mind. So, I refused to take anymore pills (after 4 years of pill popping as a good patient) but as nothing was changing in my state of being I had enough of pills, so I got referred to a psychologist who highlighted that I was continuing on the observate signs of the Autism Spectrum, so for 4 years of my life was a waste going around a system which is not designed for autism aspergers diagnosis,, because only children have autism,, is that not right NAS. NO ! but you would think it so. Anyway, long story short adult autism clinical staff do a hour assessment and confirm the psychologists opinion. So in reality the GP and two different psychiatrists missed my condition.. BECAUSE SIMPLY THEY ARE JUST PILL PUSHERS, legalised drug dealers  !  

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