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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 problem with doing that, I think it's fine.

    You're right about being used to trying to work out what people mean, as opposed to what they say. Experience teaches me just the same thing. I think it's always better to ask for clarity, it helps towards better understanding after all. It's important to make sure we understand each other, even when we have opposite views!

    I was more interested in where you are geographicaly but, as I say, realised how dumb that was 5 minutes after I asked. Sorry for the confusion. My thoughts about 'private' diagnosis are things that I've heard from others and think I agree with, but like you, mine was NHS and I can't judge how good or bad anyone is, whatever the type of practice they're in.

    I've been much the same as you - much more forgiving of myself since I found out what the condition really means, and with the help of others on here, just through talking, I've learned a lot about that. Diagnosis was the start, but phew! that was hard to take in at first...

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  • Hi - no problem with doing that, I think it's fine.

    You're right about being used to trying to work out what people mean, as opposed to what they say. Experience teaches me just the same thing. I think it's always better to ask for clarity, it helps towards better understanding after all. It's important to make sure we understand each other, even when we have opposite views!

    I was more interested in where you are geographicaly but, as I say, realised how dumb that was 5 minutes after I asked. Sorry for the confusion. My thoughts about 'private' diagnosis are things that I've heard from others and think I agree with, but like you, mine was NHS and I can't judge how good or bad anyone is, whatever the type of practice they're in.

    I've been much the same as you - much more forgiving of myself since I found out what the condition really means, and with the help of others on here, just through talking, I've learned a lot about that. Diagnosis was the start, but phew! that was hard to take in at first...

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