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Claudia

Hi there,

I am a 42 yo woman, looking for someone to talk to.

I have been looking into neurodivergency for a while now and realized I should probably speak to my GP as I can see myself 100% in everything I read or watch about specifically ADHD and Autism. Been always feeling not a good fit in any situation generally since I was a child, but things got way worst after pandemic.

I have come to the conclusion that the long period I spent home during Covid, made me completely forget how to mask and now I am not able to go back to it and this is making my life miserable. I have not been officially diagnosed, I have taken several online tests and repeated them over time. I always get a high number of probabilities of me being neurodivergent, so I have decided to contact my GP soon. I live in Scotland and I have heard the waiting time maybe between 2 and 7 years, so I am looking for help in the meanwhile, as I cannot afford a private.

On one side, realizing all the small and big issues I have had during my life, they all go back to this, is a relief as I have thought so many times there was something seriously wrong with me and could not really understand what, but on the other side, I feel worst than ever.

I do not have a job and cannot find one that fit this new me, everything feels very difficult to me now and I feel paralyzed, as I have no idea what to do, or what direction to take professionally.

Hope to find someone to talk to here.

Thank you for reading this,

Cla

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  • Hi Claudia good to have you here and welcome.

    I can relate to what you are talking about although my discovery was more of a bolt from the blue and something at first I was far from happy about. I have not sought a medical diagnosis, different for everyone but for me there was no benefit to go through the process. I am confident that I am now on the right path and things have started to pick up from my side. Still probably more bad days than good but at least on balance I feel I now on the right path. I'm in my 50's and have only made this discovery in the last couple of months but have found through exploring more about autism, trying to not be too hard on myself and the support at home...and this community has personally helped me a lot too Slight smile

    I am off work myself at the moment but will need to make a decision in the next weeks about what to do, something I am far from sure of...

    Hope things start to come together for you!

  • in reply to White_Dragon

    Thank you so much for your answer, I am already feeling that rejection fear even here in the forum (meaning I feel no one will be answering me, as this is what I have been used to my whole life, being invisible basically, in any conversation) so for me it means a lot to have someone sharing their experience with me.

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  • in reply to White_Dragon

    Thank you so much for your answer, I am already feeling that rejection fear even here in the forum (meaning I feel no one will be answering me, as this is what I have been used to my whole life, being invisible basically, in any conversation) so for me it means a lot to have someone sharing their experience with me.

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