Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi guys
Wondering if anyone can help. A psychiatrist saw me and said she believed I was in the autistic spectrum and wrote a detailed letter to my doctor saying this and also that I should self refer to integrated autism services for support. I believed this to be my diagnosis but after two years of telling people I had autism I found out recently that it wasn't a diagnosis
I was told this by my mental health team and that I could only get a full diagnosis from integrated autism services. They have said that it's not them but my mental health team that need to do the assessment as I am under their care for depression and anxiety .
I'm really overwhelmed by all this and don't know where to turn . I've spent the last few years coming to terms with the fact I've got autism and making sense of my past. I don't know who I am anymore.
Thanks
Fi
Thank You so much for replying to me . I literally can't stop worrying. I'm in Denbighshire . The psychiatrist had even given me an autistic book to make sense of what I was sure was a diagnosis.
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