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Littlepixiewings

hi i`m Becky  i`m 48  i`m self identifing as having autism and ADHD

i`m having trouble getting my doctors to believe  in having  either   have other women   had this problem  i`ve  tryed 5 driffent  doctors and getting   nowhere so i`ve given up at the moment 

so i`m starting to put my own routine in place and finding it is working for me  

i have know i`m been autistic all my life and my parents refused to do any thing   so it has made life really hard 

i`m  looking to make some new friends

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  • Hi, welcome to the community!

    I relate a lot to your story. It's sad, many people and also doctors don't believe us, women. And my parents also refused to help me, even when I had my worst crisis. It's till this very day. When my mom describes my traits, she can list all typical autistic traits and then just summarise it saying "I'm just me". She doesn't accept this label for me, she is the only person who could be my informant but she refuses to help me. Like always. So I'm here, with suspected autism and most probably I'm stuck with it forever. 

    It's very common,  that if boys have neurological or mental health disorder,  it's being picked up faster, us women- we are being told we are just overreacting,  just hysterical,  just weird, just have to put some effort and conform. 

    In my case my therapist believes me, he also wants to refer me for diagnosis,  but all clinics are fully booked in the area. So I don't know if or when would I actually get to be tested.

    Anyway here the official diagnosis is not required and there are also self identified autistic people,  including me.

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  • Hi, welcome to the community!

    I relate a lot to your story. It's sad, many people and also doctors don't believe us, women. And my parents also refused to help me, even when I had my worst crisis. It's till this very day. When my mom describes my traits, she can list all typical autistic traits and then just summarise it saying "I'm just me". She doesn't accept this label for me, she is the only person who could be my informant but she refuses to help me. Like always. So I'm here, with suspected autism and most probably I'm stuck with it forever. 

    It's very common,  that if boys have neurological or mental health disorder,  it's being picked up faster, us women- we are being told we are just overreacting,  just hysterical,  just weird, just have to put some effort and conform. 

    In my case my therapist believes me, he also wants to refer me for diagnosis,  but all clinics are fully booked in the area. So I don't know if or when would I actually get to be tested.

    Anyway here the official diagnosis is not required and there are also self identified autistic people,  including me.

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