Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello, to cut a long story short, I landed here researching the various traits of the spectrum in order to help a recent diagnosis of a young family member and subsequently having the realisation that I am almost certain that I myself along with other members of the family have been suffering these symptoms for most of our lives without knowing it.
Yes it's quite a shock and continues to be so looking back yet at the same time now so obvious in hindsight. Better late than never they say.
So I guess I am here for all of us, one already diagnosed, myself at the very beginning of the process and possibly others to follow. God, where do I start ?
Anyway, I like Music, Nature, Travel, Spirituality, Reading and more.
Kind regards.
Hi Turtle,
Welcome to this forum for autistic adults
Are you saying you are self diagnosed ? ,,, sorry,, my reading comprehension isnt so good, if someone uses a style i am not used to.
Hi aidie
Thank you.
aidie said:Are you saying you are self diagnosed ?
For now yes. It seems I have a lot to do before I may get an assessment according to my GP.
like what ?
Congratulations on your sobriety and thanks for your honesty.
I probably would have already been in treatment only for covid.
I've made contact with a local group awaiting their proposals.
i was thinking of attending an AA ( alcoholic anonymous ) meetings but managed to do it myself but it was going to be next if the book hadnt worked.
i started making rules whereby i was only allowed to drink certain strengths of beer and or wine
then i kept lowering them
then by accident i came across a book in a charity shop called " How to beat alcoholism " by Allen Carr ( i knew him from his stop smoking books )
anyways I read it and stopped drinking next day. I made sure I never walked down the alcohol isle in the supermarket. I dont let any wine bottle or drink bottles be in same room as me. so remove anything linked to u self medication. Had to ask all relative not to buy me alcohol at xmas. If they do I take a walk and give them away immediately
You're right aide. I've made the first step.
Did you need help to stop ?
yes i stopped drinking completely before my assessment. I was losing control. Your GP is correct, my mind was messed up by the alcohol. i am so glad i stopped drinking.
But maybe u're trying something else.?..... whatever it is, it has to stop because how can an assessor tell if its u or the drugs creating what they are observing ?