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Diagnoses or not??

Purplemoon2008

Hi everyone I'm new here . I've been screened by a healthcare proffesional that I may have autism however I'm unsure of getting a diagnosis as I have been told by people with autisim that their mental health diagnosis can be taken away at the point of diagnosis especially if the mental health condition overlaps in symptoms . I couldn't cope without help for my mental health and ive heard community mental health don't support autism and there's no help out there for it so I don't know wheather there's any point seeking a diagnosis? Any advice would be very helpful thanks for reading .

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  • Hi and welcome to the community. I'm a long standing member here and I decided not to get a professional diagnosis because 1. My doctor said I wouldn't get any support if I had one, 2. I was worried that I'd be told I wasn't autistic, because I had masked for decades to fit in before realising I could be on the spectrum, and 3. After talking to people on this forum I felt comfortable to self diagnose as I felt at home here and that I had things in common with other members.

    Just a bit of background information: I'm a woman in my sixties and realised I was on the spectrum when I was in my fifties. I score 42 on the AQ50 autism test. 

    I hope you find this forum useful and enjoy chatting with us.

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  • Hi and welcome to the community. I'm a long standing member here and I decided not to get a professional diagnosis because 1. My doctor said I wouldn't get any support if I had one, 2. I was worried that I'd be told I wasn't autistic, because I had masked for decades to fit in before realising I could be on the spectrum, and 3. After talking to people on this forum I felt comfortable to self diagnose as I felt at home here and that I had things in common with other members.

    Just a bit of background information: I'm a woman in my sixties and realised I was on the spectrum when I was in my fifties. I score 42 on the AQ50 autism test. 

    I hope you find this forum useful and enjoy chatting with us.

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