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crazy or misunderstood, many diagnosies!!!!!!!

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 Basicly after about 20 yrs of various diagnosi's(3 so far)including schizofrenia and schizo-affective disorder, from the mental health teams  in my area, and about 10 hospitalisations have recently found from reading a book by the human givens group,  my theory that i'm not actualy meshing with my diagnosis so well has actually been gathering validation for me, and am currently patiently awaiting an appointment( some time in about four months) after self refering, and compleating a questionair that if i know my psychology seemes to show i'm most likely some where on autistic spectrum. though I am probably bi-polar also.

have found on researching the matter more theres a lot of people with like dual conditions and many misdiagnosed who have autism.. has been a funny ride and it kind of feels like i'm arriving home..

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    Welcome CC,

    One of the things I'm learning about psych conditions is that diagnoses can be much less certain than you might think. It just isn't like physical conditions where an X-ray can identify a problem. A psych diagnosis is an opinion by an expert but it can only be based on limited information. Also, 21 years ago autism wasn't nearly so well known. Even now, it is a fairly rare thing and it is hard to diagnose in many cases.

    Have you tried the free online test (see link earlier in this thread)? This isn't totally reliable and I think some people have problems at lower scores than others. I scored 43 but "managed" for many years without a diagnosis, other people are more affected at much lower scores - I suspect that females might get lower scores but be more affected by the condition. It's a useful indicator but it's just one piece of the jigsaw.

    Finding it hard to explain is a common problem. If we were great communicators then, by definition, we wouldn't have the condition. This is a real Catch-22 problem for many people as they struggle to explain why they would benefit from a diagnosis so doctors can be hard to persuade. There are, however, things to do to get around this so don't feel as though it needs to be a problem.

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    Welcome CC,

    One of the things I'm learning about psych conditions is that diagnoses can be much less certain than you might think. It just isn't like physical conditions where an X-ray can identify a problem. A psych diagnosis is an opinion by an expert but it can only be based on limited information. Also, 21 years ago autism wasn't nearly so well known. Even now, it is a fairly rare thing and it is hard to diagnose in many cases.

    Have you tried the free online test (see link earlier in this thread)? This isn't totally reliable and I think some people have problems at lower scores than others. I scored 43 but "managed" for many years without a diagnosis, other people are more affected at much lower scores - I suspect that females might get lower scores but be more affected by the condition. It's a useful indicator but it's just one piece of the jigsaw.

    Finding it hard to explain is a common problem. If we were great communicators then, by definition, we wouldn't have the condition. This is a real Catch-22 problem for many people as they struggle to explain why they would benefit from a diagnosis so doctors can be hard to persuade. There are, however, things to do to get around this so don't feel as though it needs to be a problem.

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