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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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    LMY your description of your reaction to working out what is happening in a social situation is very classic and fundamental to autism. From the sound of it, you react worse than me - I manage to maintain conversation but often completely misunderstand peoples true thoughts and emotions - I react to the words well enough but not well enough to keep up with appropriate sympathy for the person I am talking to.

    If you are living a reclusive life and are happy with that then there is perhaps no need to put yourself in the lions' den. I do wonder, however, how sustainable that is in the longer term?

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    LMY your description of your reaction to working out what is happening in a social situation is very classic and fundamental to autism. From the sound of it, you react worse than me - I manage to maintain conversation but often completely misunderstand peoples true thoughts and emotions - I react to the words well enough but not well enough to keep up with appropriate sympathy for the person I am talking to.

    If you are living a reclusive life and are happy with that then there is perhaps no need to put yourself in the lions' den. I do wonder, however, how sustainable that is in the longer term?

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