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Tizzle85

Hey everyone. 

I'm Tara, 39 years old from West Midlands.

I've very recently started the referral process for a formal autism diagnosis.

I have suffered with mental health issues most of my life since I was a child. 

I had 2 bouts of post natal depression and was told I had GAD. I've been on numerous types of SSRIs and been for counselling, CBT etc.

The reason I went for the referral was because since I have become perimenopausal, I am finding my symptoms of my thought processes/behaviours etc increasingly unbearable. I suspected initially I might have traits of ADHD but it was the mental health practitioner who said he felt it was more Autism and perhaps ADHD aswell.

This has been a huge shock to me, however, the more I educate myself, the more I am joining the dots and figuring myself out in a new light.

I feel somewhat distressed that my life up until this point could have been much different.

However I'm trying to be positive about it and reach out to others, not necessarily for validation but to make some new friends and to listen to other people's experiences too.

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  • Hi Tara

    I found that a diagnosis helped 'join the dots' and make sense of quite a few things that I knew were 'different' about me.

    Being a boy I can't experience post natal depression or peri menopausal, but I know from my knowledge of neuro diversity that there can often be co-existing issues, as well as mis-diagnosis

    You probably won't ever find all of the answers, but chin up, and believe in yourself and your worth 

  • in reply to Literal_Joe

    Hey Wave  I love your username! Grin

    Thank you for your message! 

    The analogy of 'joining the dots' is making more and more sense to me everyday since I have pursued this tbh.

    I am delving right back into my childhood and having so many 'lightbulb' moments. 

    It's quite overwhelming tbh, but I'm going with it, it feels right and I've not felt this focused for a long time! 

    Maybe I won't ever get all the answers Confused life is one big lesson I feel. 

    Thank you so much for your kind words Pray 

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  • in reply to Literal_Joe

    Hey Wave  I love your username! Grin

    Thank you for your message! 

    The analogy of 'joining the dots' is making more and more sense to me everyday since I have pursued this tbh.

    I am delving right back into my childhood and having so many 'lightbulb' moments. 

    It's quite overwhelming tbh, but I'm going with it, it feels right and I've not felt this focused for a long time! 

    Maybe I won't ever get all the answers Confused life is one big lesson I feel. 

    Thank you so much for your kind words Pray 

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