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Diagnosis!

Technophobe23

To my great surprise, I received a letter today informing me that: "...I would agreee that you do present with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder and I can coinfirm that as a diagnosis."

The assessment process was very stressful and I felt as if I was on trial for falsely claiming to have Asperger's traits.  But apparently I needn't have worried.

Maybe they make the experience deliberately stressful to observe one's reactions? If so, it seems a bit harsh.   I had been feeling very depressed, as I felt certain that I'd get a negative.  Now, I'm feeling very relieved!

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  • Hi, no, wasn't looking for a name, and even realised after I'd said it that if you name your health authority, the mods will take it off.

    I've an interest, shared with others, in knowing what people's experiences are in their particular areas. For my part, I think it's important information.

    On another point you asked about NHS v Private, and why people distrust private. I think that any idiot with a degree in psychology, psychiatry or psychobabble is, by dint of their piece of paper, 'qualified' to give an opinion/diagnosis. It in no way reflects any particular expertise on the part of the paper holder.

    I am conscious that we aren't allowed to share information about health authorities, but it does seem to me that some so-called 'psychiatrists, say the most stu[id and banal things to people seeking diagnosis - I've seen some appalling examples reported on here, the worst, I think, being 'you're doing OK, why do you need a diagnosis?'...

    But, with private diagnosis, it's a one-off. You pay for the visit, you get what you pay for, and off you go. There's no 'long term' relationship with the private sector like you have with the NHS.

    With the NHS, you have to get past 'steps' in the process, starting with your GP. This is what happened to me, and apart from being lucky enough to see one of the leading experts, I was getting the same opinion from each of the other steps. As a consequence, I felt able to trust my diagnosis completely, in exactly the way I wouldn't have had if I'd paid to hear it. That, and the fact that we all pay health insurance anyway, and are just as entitled as anyone else to make a claim against it. People forget that this is still  the basis for the NHS.

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  • Hi, no, wasn't looking for a name, and even realised after I'd said it that if you name your health authority, the mods will take it off.

    I've an interest, shared with others, in knowing what people's experiences are in their particular areas. For my part, I think it's important information.

    On another point you asked about NHS v Private, and why people distrust private. I think that any idiot with a degree in psychology, psychiatry or psychobabble is, by dint of their piece of paper, 'qualified' to give an opinion/diagnosis. It in no way reflects any particular expertise on the part of the paper holder.

    I am conscious that we aren't allowed to share information about health authorities, but it does seem to me that some so-called 'psychiatrists, say the most stu[id and banal things to people seeking diagnosis - I've seen some appalling examples reported on here, the worst, I think, being 'you're doing OK, why do you need a diagnosis?'...

    But, with private diagnosis, it's a one-off. You pay for the visit, you get what you pay for, and off you go. There's no 'long term' relationship with the private sector like you have with the NHS.

    With the NHS, you have to get past 'steps' in the process, starting with your GP. This is what happened to me, and apart from being lucky enough to see one of the leading experts, I was getting the same opinion from each of the other steps. As a consequence, I felt able to trust my diagnosis completely, in exactly the way I wouldn't have had if I'd paid to hear it. That, and the fact that we all pay health insurance anyway, and are just as entitled as anyone else to make a claim against it. People forget that this is still  the basis for the NHS.

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