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Middle aged ASD diagnosis.......and stuffed?

JamesB

Hello,

So after more than half a lifetime of feeling different and never really understanding other people, I have received an ASD diagnosis 3 months shy of my 48th birthday Dizzy face. I have suffered from 'depression and anxiety' throughout adulthood, and have been working my way through the NHS library of SSRIs and SNRIs as each successive medication appeared to lose its efficacy. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you see things, I have been able to mask, compensate and 'sort of manage' too effectively over the years for anyone to ask serious questions until the Covid Lockdowns finally pushed me over the edge.

I kind of understand now how I've ended up where I am, but that doesn't really detract from the frustration of it: getting on for fifty, no 'real' friends, no partner, no plan for the future. And it feels like no time left to do anything about it. As is my way (ha-ha, but not funny) I am desperately trying to work out a plan (my therapist is doing what she can to help), but it feels like I am stuffed.

I'm assuming that someone on here can relate to this?

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  • JamesB said:
    I'm assuming that someone on here can relate to this?

    Yes, I can absolutely relate.

    Diagnosed in 2020 at 67 years old.

    I have had all the tranquilizers; dealt with addictions; failed at relationships; endured decades of utter stress, and most difficult of all....... dealt with other people.... the normies can be bl**dy bewildering, can they not?   But I'm still here, much much wiser after reading up on ASD and meeting like-minded folk here at NAS on-line who have similar tales to tell.

    You are not alone.

    Welcome to the forum James, I hope you gain something from being here.

    Ben

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  • JamesB said:
    I'm assuming that someone on here can relate to this?

    Yes, I can absolutely relate.

    Diagnosed in 2020 at 67 years old.

    I have had all the tranquilizers; dealt with addictions; failed at relationships; endured decades of utter stress, and most difficult of all....... dealt with other people.... the normies can be bl**dy bewildering, can they not?   But I'm still here, much much wiser after reading up on ASD and meeting like-minded folk here at NAS on-line who have similar tales to tell.

    You are not alone.

    Welcome to the forum James, I hope you gain something from being here.

    Ben

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