Why get diagnosed?

Hi Aromere, I have very recently been diagnosed. I don't know if it is relevant but I am 60 years of age. The reason I share this is  I am not sure if my reaction to my diagnosis is age related. Whilst waiting for a diagnosis I honestly wasn't bothered what the result would be. After all what difference would it make to me. I was being supported by psychological services for long standing mental health problems. I was slowly getting better I felt. Receiving the diagnosis that I am autistic is the worse thing that happened to me. I wish I had never gone for the test. I have been discharged by the MH team as my issues are to do with autism. Although diagnosed I have not been told how they reached that conclusion. The report states I may experience this or I might experience that. I don't know what I can associate to long term mental health or which bit are caused by autism. I don't know if mental health issues are a misdiagnosis. I am lost. I don't who or what I am. I am once again becoming increasingly low. Mental health team clearly won't help and no support for adult autistics. I have been patroniisingly told at that the autism diagnosis will explain 'things'. I'm afraid it doesn't. For example do I have social anxiety or is it an autistic trait, or a combination of the two, if an autistic trait does that cause the social anxiety. Will the therapy I have practised over several years still work or is it pointless because there is little I can do because I'm autistic. I feel this might not be a common view but it is mine. My point is that there may be a 'dark side'. Hopefully you won't experience this but please be aware it might be there. 

Hi Aromere, I have very recently been diagnosed. I don't know if it is relevant but I am 60 years of age. The reason I share this is  I am not sure if my reaction to my diagnosis is age related. Whilst waiting for a diagnosis I honestly wasn't bothered what the result would be. After all what difference would it make to me. I was being supported by psychological services for long standing mental health problems. I was slowly getting better I felt. Receiving the diagnosis that I am autistic is the worse thing that happened to me. I wish I had never gone for the test. I have been discharged by the MH team as my issues are to do with autism. Although diagnosed I have not been told how they reached that conclusion. The report states I may experience this or I might experience that. I don't know what I can associate to long term mental health or which bit are caused by autism. I don't know if mental health issues are a misdiagnosis. I am lost. I don't who or what I am. I am once again becoming increasingly low. Mental health team clearly won't help and no support for adult autistics. I have been patroniisingly told at that the autism diagnosis will explain 'things'. I'm afraid it doesn't. For example do I have social anxiety or is it an autistic trait, or a combination of the two, if an autistic trait does that cause the social anxiety. Will the therapy I have practised over several years still work or is it pointless because there is little I can do because I'm autistic. I feel this might not be a common view but it is mine. My point is that there may be a 'dark side'. Hopefully you won't experience this but please be aware it might be there.