Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
I'm a 33 year old male diagnosed with autism and ADHD last year. It was recommended I seek a diagnosis after years of very severe mental health issues and, lo and behold, turns out I am indeed on the spectrum. I still don't know what to make of it but as time goes on I realise I can attribute more and more of my challenges and eccentricities to this, and it might help to reach out to others like myself. I've always been friends with autistic people but I'm not yet ready to tell people I know about my diagnosis (with a couple of exceptions).
I think this is quite a natural reaction. There were quite a few people diagnosed in later life in the last year. Including myself. I’m a 46 year old male and was diagnosed about 3 or 4 months ago.
Some days I am quite pleased to be Aspie and other days I really struggle. I find I have moments when I will suddenly remember something that happened years before, even back to childhood, and I’ll think “I wonder if that was because I was ASD”. The positive side is that now I understand my anxiety triggers better and so can manage them, which means I’m more willing to try to do more.