Hi,
I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety since I was 5. Along the way I've had various other diagnoses like avoidant personality disorder and paranoid personality disorder etc. but no one has ever suggested autism. I score highly on all tests (>43) and know they aren't diagnostic in themselves, but have now put my foot down and been referred for an Asperger's assessment. I asked how long it would take because I had no clue and the woman kept saying "you cannot jump the queue!" I didn't want to, I just needed more information :( They said it would take years for an assessment to be done. Is there anything else I can do in the meantime as a 20-something who suffers with poor mental health? I feel like no one takes me seriously because I have been to uni and live alone, but I have no friends or family (apart from an alcoholic mother and toxic ex) and can't go on like this. I have sucidal thoughts and feel like I just exist but when I ask for help I am told to go on websites for self-help or 'have a bath' and I am so fed up of being fobbed off.
Thanks for reading.
