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New Diagnosis (level 1) 38, M, Fife.

JB33

Hello, im John

after knowing I was different for years I finally have a diagnosis and my life makes more sense (although still absorbing it). It sits along side ADHD for me. I work in a professional job. Have a high paying career, hobbies, wife and kid, family life etc so it seems normal from the outside, but inside can be difficult to navigate at times with frequent shutdown and routine protection. Was always told I’m being difficult but now beginning to spot patterns. 

im quite creative and compose piano music. Mostly classical style and also an hobbiest perfumer. Love cars (and motrcycles), being in nature and photography . Nice to see such a group here. 

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  • Hi John - welcome. I’ve always found people on here to be incredibly supportive and friendly - and I hope you have a similar experience. I’m autistic and both my (young adult) sons are diagnosed as autistic too (the eldest also has a diagnosis of ADHD). I love classical music too and at about age 15 or 16 I became incredibly interested in Gustav Mahler which was an interest that absolutely no one I knew shared on any level at all. I even travelled to Austria to do a bit of a Mahler ‘tour’ when I was 18. I have wide ranging and diverse tastes in music now - but still love classical music. It’s great that you’ve managed to do well in your career - no easy task for neurodivergent people. But it can give people the false impression sometimes that life is less of a challenge than it actually is for more high achieving autistic people. 

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  • Hi John - welcome. I’ve always found people on here to be incredibly supportive and friendly - and I hope you have a similar experience. I’m autistic and both my (young adult) sons are diagnosed as autistic too (the eldest also has a diagnosis of ADHD). I love classical music too and at about age 15 or 16 I became incredibly interested in Gustav Mahler which was an interest that absolutely no one I knew shared on any level at all. I even travelled to Austria to do a bit of a Mahler ‘tour’ when I was 18. I have wide ranging and diverse tastes in music now - but still love classical music. It’s great that you’ve managed to do well in your career - no easy task for neurodivergent people. But it can give people the false impression sometimes that life is less of a challenge than it actually is for more high achieving autistic people. 

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  • in reply to Kate Kestrel

    hey, thank you for the detailed reply Slight smile

    it’s great to chat with a fellow musician. I tried to update my bio on here and give a bit of an overview as well as there’s a few things I like but looking back, they’re all quite creative. It sounds like you’re really talented. Do you still play any instruments?

    yeh, the job has been difficult, more so recently as well - my son is 3 and ever since, things have been really challenging. I was actually told I had depression after he was born but since my diagnosis was told that it was such a shock to my routine and disruption that I had frequent episodes of burnout leading to low mood. At the time, I wasn’t aware I was neurodivergent. Much better place now and he’s my little side kick but my god … there are days where he really tests me haha.