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Hi, I was misdiagnosed bipolar

Anthropos

I've had a living hell for over 20 years being misdiagnosed bipolar when I was a kid and just recently recognised by my therapist, GP and a consultant that I'm autistic and adhd.

There's no diagnosis yet, the aforementioned say Scottish health is one of the worst in the world right now. 

I've been putting in the heavy lifting of getting off multiple medications for misdiagnosis, there's one left that I'm working off of. I've been given at least 20 combinations of bipolar medications being told for over twenty years I need to keep trying them to find the one that works for me. 

It made life feel extra intolerable as an autistic person. So I'm on a journey now of trying to stay positive with the right information and embrace a diagnosis that actually fits.

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  • Anthropos said:
    trying to stay positive with the right information and embrace a diagnosis that actually fits

    It feels as though we should by saying "Welcome.Home!" to fellow neuro-kin after a long journey.

    The main website has lots of information and we try to here bring it to life vis lived experience.

    It is not all about learning things like an exam syllabus though - we have our own brand of humour and a ready excuse to enjoy some fun things too.

    I think many later diagnosed people seem to find they grow into their Autistic identity and therefore most of us would likely admit to very much being a work in progress.

    Thinking of positivity; we have a popular thread where people try to list 3 good things from their day.  It can be quite an insight on celebrating the small incremental steps to celebrate - which all contribute to progress:

     3 Good Things (again) 

    One thing we try to highlight: each of us is unique (nobody really ticks all the boxes on standard descriptions around Autism and we each of us may also have additional attributes / presentation / traits unique to us personally).

    Our representation in the popular media is super limited and often harks back to overworked stereotypes or tropes - so please don't worry if you catch yourself thinking "I am not like that".

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    Thanks, it certainly clicks with me that there's poor representation in the media such that I didn't identity my autistic traits there. I make a list of five things I'm grateful for every morning. It's a routine I could not have lived without. I'll happily do the three

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