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50 years old - is Aspergers diagnosis worth it?

richardsw16

After 10 years of depression and talking therapies (and comments from friends and family), I'm beginning to think I've got Aspergers.

Is it worth going through the diagnosis process? What does a diagnosis lead to?

Think I can be referred by my GP to Maudsley Hospital in south London, but it will take months.

Would be grateful for experiences of others.

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  • Thanks for the comments.

    I've started the referral process, but I'm already bumping into uninformed GPs and complicated referral systems.

    My GP first told me that they had no experience of these referrals and thought it was only available privately, when in fact the local assessment centre at the Maudsley Hospital in London is a national centre which takes NHS referrals. The GP hadn't bothered to contact the Maudsley, even through I'd passed on the details of the clinic. Two more phone calls later with the GP, and now she is saying it is quicker to be referred for AS assessment via a Secondary service (eg Community Mental Health) rather than direct from them. I'm just glad that my AS symptoms give me a terrier-like determination to get to the correct information!

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  • Thanks for the comments.

    I've started the referral process, but I'm already bumping into uninformed GPs and complicated referral systems.

    My GP first told me that they had no experience of these referrals and thought it was only available privately, when in fact the local assessment centre at the Maudsley Hospital in London is a national centre which takes NHS referrals. The GP hadn't bothered to contact the Maudsley, even through I'd passed on the details of the clinic. Two more phone calls later with the GP, and now she is saying it is quicker to be referred for AS assessment via a Secondary service (eg Community Mental Health) rather than direct from them. I'm just glad that my AS symptoms give me a terrier-like determination to get to the correct information!

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