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Recently diagnosed a year ago

MarkB

Hi all. I'm 46 and recently diagnosed with two autistic kids. I'm having a bit of trouble with it all at the moment. I feel like I'm going backwards to some extent. I am having trouble with keeping my emotions in check and seem to be upsetting people without meaning to. I have been trying to be me but not sure who I am aswel. May be because I've been hiding everything for so long. I constantly feel tired aswel. Is this normal? I have been stimming more than I ever did aswel. Just feel like I'm going backwards to when I was a kid. Cheers

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  • Hello Mark

    I got an unofficial diagnosis last year. I'm a lot older than you - in my early 70s. In a way the diagnosis helped because it made me see the difficulties I have negotiating life are not my fault, they are because of who I am. Today I went to a workshop about ADHD because I suspected I also have that and the workshop confirmed it..

    But for me knowing this about my self hasn't really changed anything practically.  I'm still a fish out of water, I still don't belong, and i'm still wondering how on earth to use the information i have to make life any better.So I totally empathise with how you are feeling.

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  • Hello Mark

    I got an unofficial diagnosis last year. I'm a lot older than you - in my early 70s. In a way the diagnosis helped because it made me see the difficulties I have negotiating life are not my fault, they are because of who I am. Today I went to a workshop about ADHD because I suspected I also have that and the workshop confirmed it..

    But for me knowing this about my self hasn't really changed anything practically.  I'm still a fish out of water, I still don't belong, and i'm still wondering how on earth to use the information i have to make life any better.So I totally empathise with how you are feeling.

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