Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm in my early 40s and was diagnosed with autism just two months ago, so I'm still getting to grips with how it's impacting me and how best to respond.
Hello
I'm also in my 40s (just about!) and new here too.
thanks. Do you mind if I ask what prompted you to get assessed? Please don't answer if you'd rather not. It was suggested to me by a therapist.
My GP prompted me to in summer 2019. Autism hadn't been on my radar hardly at all until then, I'd been focusing on mental ill health awareness and treatment particularly since around 2007. This year I've started to explore Autism more e.g. joining NAS and this forum community chat.
I was working with a counsellor who kept finding that her strategies for my anxiety weren't working. She suggested I might be autistic and recommended a counsellor who was more experienced with neurodivergence. I think both of those things really helped me- have you found your diagnosis productive for your mental health?