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Just been diagnosed with ASD. I'm not sure what happens now...

Lil Kangaroo
over 2 years ago

Hello, I'm Joe, 31, from Manchester.

I have recently been diagnosed as having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. I have joined because...

  • I would like to engage with others who have Autism/are on the spectrum; and
  • I am currently experiencing difficulties and would like advice from those with lived experience.

On the latter, I am struggling to come to terms with my ASD diagnosis. I feel angry about the mistreatment I have experienced since school and in every workplace in which I have been employed; mistreatment that I can plausibly attribute to my ASD. Alongside other trauma that I am experiencing, my current situation is really overwhelming, to the extent that I am having nightly meltdowns. I have also been intensely suicidal.

How did you proceed after diagnosis, if you were diagnosed as an adult? What sources of support did you find most helpful? I'm particularly keen on finding the right sources of support. I have sought a lot of support previously, which hasn't helped too much, likely because it wasn't the support I needed.

I look forward to engaging with you all, even when I am not in the doldrums.

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  • over 2 years ago

    I was still on a waiting list for assessment 2 years ago, when my life fall apart, or that's how I felt about it.

    I have two friends that kept checking on me, talking to them helped a lot, it is important you do not keep things inside until they boil out, so find someone to talk to, preferably on daily basis.

    could be someone on this forum if you do not have anybody in RL

    I joined forum in January, and it kept me going when I was still at the bottom. 

    I'm good now, at last Slight smile

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  • over 2 years ago

    I was still on a waiting list for assessment 2 years ago, when my life fall apart, or that's how I felt about it.

    I have two friends that kept checking on me, talking to them helped a lot, it is important you do not keep things inside until they boil out, so find someone to talk to, preferably on daily basis.

    could be someone on this forum if you do not have anybody in RL

    I joined forum in January, and it kept me going when I was still at the bottom. 

    I'm good now, at last Slight smile

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