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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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  • AreWeThereYet said:

    Good job getting the diagnosis over and done with and thanks for info.

    Yeah i heard if you get the GP to make the refer you can go private and it counts the same.  Either way im not going via NHS, it will send me over the edge, i want to pay and have control of as much as possible. If i could cope with it i'd rather go with NHS for sure.

    You say you coped well up to now? good job on that also. What is your plan going forward does anything change or you just going to relax in the knowledge?

    Hello AWTY - I'd have sent you a PM but I can't find a way of doing it (surely there must be a way on this forum?).  Anyway, just been looking at Wrong Planet forum and realised I was reading your thread. I won't post on that forum because of the massive frustration caused by that sodding captcha thing - it is extremely wasteful of time and effort, hence me not wasting my time replying on there.

    My main point is that some of the comments seem very good and useful while some seem pretty poor. In case its any help, I can tell you I recognise almost all of the things you describe about yourself. You are also clearly very honest - another trait associated with AS.

    I don't know whether you've given up on this forum due to the time it takes to get any repsonses? I prefer this one because althouygh the responses are thin on the ground, they tend to be of a high standard. The WP forum gets tons of responses but not many good ones and a lot that are just irrelevant or downright weird, in my humble opinion!

    Also in my humble opinion, I think you're agonising too much over seeking a diagnosis.  Why not try to get one via your GP, whether you speed it up by going private or wait for the NHS?  What have you got to lose?

    Hope this is of some interest or help.  

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  • AreWeThereYet said:

    Good job getting the diagnosis over and done with and thanks for info.

    Yeah i heard if you get the GP to make the refer you can go private and it counts the same.  Either way im not going via NHS, it will send me over the edge, i want to pay and have control of as much as possible. If i could cope with it i'd rather go with NHS for sure.

    You say you coped well up to now? good job on that also. What is your plan going forward does anything change or you just going to relax in the knowledge?

    Hello AWTY - I'd have sent you a PM but I can't find a way of doing it (surely there must be a way on this forum?).  Anyway, just been looking at Wrong Planet forum and realised I was reading your thread. I won't post on that forum because of the massive frustration caused by that sodding captcha thing - it is extremely wasteful of time and effort, hence me not wasting my time replying on there.

    My main point is that some of the comments seem very good and useful while some seem pretty poor. In case its any help, I can tell you I recognise almost all of the things you describe about yourself. You are also clearly very honest - another trait associated with AS.

    I don't know whether you've given up on this forum due to the time it takes to get any repsonses? I prefer this one because althouygh the responses are thin on the ground, they tend to be of a high standard. The WP forum gets tons of responses but not many good ones and a lot that are just irrelevant or downright weird, in my humble opinion!

    Also in my humble opinion, I think you're agonising too much over seeking a diagnosis.  Why not try to get one via your GP, whether you speed it up by going private or wait for the NHS?  What have you got to lose?

    Hope this is of some interest or help.  

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