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Advice please

NAS73738
over 3 years ago

Hi all,

First post so apologies if I get anything wrong!

I'm a 38 year old woman. I've always felt there was something different about me. After some recent issues at home and with my mental health, my partner and I started discussing whether I might have some ASD traits. He's quite experienced in mental health, and we've both passed comment on my experiences and behaviour in the past, but neither of us had taken it too seriously as I think I've learnt to mask really well without really knowing how. The more I read about it now, the.more sense it makes of my entire life. I've done some accredited screening questionnaires (AQ and EQ) and score well within the possible ASD range. We both know it's not enough for a diagnosis, but when partner was reading out the questions he was also quite surprised at how obviously me it was. 

Anyway, I'd be keen to pursue a proper assessment. Not for any other reason than to have some possible validation about all of this. Any thoughts/advice/experiences? This has all totally blown my mind to think there might have been something so clear that makes so much sense. 

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  • over 3 years ago

    Hello, I was referred to MH service for long term anxiety and depression, it was one of the health professionals in this team who recognised Autistic traits and referred for an assessment, after asking me, which was a bit of a shock, but it seems the GP route is common for most people, however, if you're already involved with mental health, why don't you mention it to them, if not then GP.

    Take plenty of time to think about the reasons and be sure it's going to be right for you no matter what the outcome is, yes, you will find out and yes it may be validating for you, but there is still a lot of discrimination out there for people who have an ASD - especially women - and that includes from the very services who are meant to be there to support us, even GP's attitude toward any physical complaints will change.

    And finally, be very select with who you tell, we live in an NT world where any weakness are always taken advantage of and yes, ASD is still considered to have 'weaknesses'.

    Negative reply unfortunately but very true, wish I had someone who mentioned this to me.

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  • over 3 years ago

    Hello, I was referred to MH service for long term anxiety and depression, it was one of the health professionals in this team who recognised Autistic traits and referred for an assessment, after asking me, which was a bit of a shock, but it seems the GP route is common for most people, however, if you're already involved with mental health, why don't you mention it to them, if not then GP.

    Take plenty of time to think about the reasons and be sure it's going to be right for you no matter what the outcome is, yes, you will find out and yes it may be validating for you, but there is still a lot of discrimination out there for people who have an ASD - especially women - and that includes from the very services who are meant to be there to support us, even GP's attitude toward any physical complaints will change.

    And finally, be very select with who you tell, we live in an NT world where any weakness are always taken advantage of and yes, ASD is still considered to have 'weaknesses'.

    Negative reply unfortunately but very true, wish I had someone who mentioned this to me.

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