Diagnosis!

Technophobe23 said:

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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.  

Hey technophobe thanks for the reply, i haven't yet joined that forum you mention but thanks for the link it looks like they get much traffic.  I guess there is someone talking like me over there? hehe, but nope its not me.

But yeah i am insanely honest, i have to protect myself to not get taken advantage of.

This forum is cool but could do with more activity, already got some great answers here though :)

I will defo be going via the NHS GP as i want the diagnosis to stand for something, i will be asking to do it privately after GP makes refer though as i want maximum control. 

Why im agonising over whether to bother with diagnosis is:

1.) I think it disturbs me to do something different and new, put myself out there and trust other people to be competent. The power of the state scares me a little also, i think that is pretty rational, the doctors have much power when they start making judgement about mental states of people and its an areas we still know very little about.

2.) I also sufffer with bad IBS i dont always feel comfortable with people, i might have to travel pretty far for sessions i think. Doesn't seem appealing.

3.) I have managed to make a small business and have a relationship, beyond that my life is nothing but i have those 2 great things + i eat well, exercise, sleep well, i take no pill of any kind.  Im pretty lucky to have these things i think, it disturbs me to do something different. I've already worked much less last 2 weeks thinking about a potential diagnosis and dealing with the GP.

Im massively pedantic it seems, another trait of ASD if im correct. But yeah im not sure im on the AS although it seems very much like it.  I did have any huge issues as a kid, i did have some learning difficulties and useless socially.

Thanks for reply, it helps :)

Technophobe23 said:

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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.  

Hey technophobe thanks for the reply, i haven't yet joined that forum you mention but thanks for the link it looks like they get much traffic.  I guess there is someone talking like me over there? hehe, but nope its not me.

But yeah i am insanely honest, i have to protect myself to not get taken advantage of.

This forum is cool but could do with more activity, already got some great answers here though :)

I will defo be going via the NHS GP as i want the diagnosis to stand for something, i will be asking to do it privately after GP makes refer though as i want maximum control. 

Why im agonising over whether to bother with diagnosis is:

1.) I think it disturbs me to do something different and new, put myself out there and trust other people to be competent. The power of the state scares me a little also, i think that is pretty rational, the doctors have much power when they start making judgement about mental states of people and its an areas we still know very little about.

2.) I also sufffer with bad IBS i dont always feel comfortable with people, i might have to travel pretty far for sessions i think. Doesn't seem appealing.

3.) I have managed to make a small business and have a relationship, beyond that my life is nothing but i have those 2 great things + i eat well, exercise, sleep well, i take no pill of any kind.  Im pretty lucky to have these things i think, it disturbs me to do something different. I've already worked much less last 2 weeks thinking about a potential diagnosis and dealing with the GP.

Im massively pedantic it seems, another trait of ASD if im correct. But yeah im not sure im on the AS although it seems very much like it.  I did have any huge issues as a kid, i did have some learning difficulties and useless socially.

Thanks for reply, it helps :)