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Its all new to me

Rainbow

At 48 I have just been diagnosed with ASD.

I've felt relief and overwhelmed at the same time

I want to learn all about myself. Previously diagnosed with several labels. Bi Polar, EUPD, dependant, GAD. Now I believe iv'e just been Autistic all along. With anxiety and depression.

Everything I Google ( like I cant drink water without juice, a sensory issue and things not even looked at in the assessment) and Google replies yes yes yes. 

Struggling for most of my life. I do believe though as a Christian I am not a mistake and it's possible to live a Happy life.

No one is defined by a diagnosis, but instead it explains that people who are like me just don't fit into a cynical, fast paced, pressured world. But being different is a super power.

What do you think?

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  • Absolutely, we are as we are and I take the good with bad.

    Like you I was misdiagnosed for twenty years. It was said to be bipolar so they put me on anti psychotics which did great harm to me. I succeeded in getting that dx removed but in the process I made a subject access request for my records and they were riddled with errors, and one section was clearly copied and pasted from someone else’s consultation. I wanted them to recognise a mistake had been made and take ownership of it, but they wouldn’t, presumably for fear I would sue them (I wouldn’t have, I just wanted an apology). At my original assessment I was diagnosed with bipolar despite my mood swing events, which I now know are meltdowns and shutdowns, being way too short to get anywhere near diagnostic lengths in their manuals ICD and DSM. They were negligent.

    Being different isnt always a superpower, being different can be a cause of people being bullied and abused, which is what happened to me. Im now correctly diagnosed with c-ptsd as well as asc. 


    I should add that a lot of the abuse I was at the receiving end of originated within the christian church. I was indeed different to their idea of an acceptable disciple and what was done to me defies comprehension. I would add that this wasn’t some weird cult but mainstream denominations. 

    Alice

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  • Absolutely, we are as we are and I take the good with bad.

    Like you I was misdiagnosed for twenty years. It was said to be bipolar so they put me on anti psychotics which did great harm to me. I succeeded in getting that dx removed but in the process I made a subject access request for my records and they were riddled with errors, and one section was clearly copied and pasted from someone else’s consultation. I wanted them to recognise a mistake had been made and take ownership of it, but they wouldn’t, presumably for fear I would sue them (I wouldn’t have, I just wanted an apology). At my original assessment I was diagnosed with bipolar despite my mood swing events, which I now know are meltdowns and shutdowns, being way too short to get anywhere near diagnostic lengths in their manuals ICD and DSM. They were negligent.

    Being different isnt always a superpower, being different can be a cause of people being bullied and abused, which is what happened to me. Im now correctly diagnosed with c-ptsd as well as asc. 


    I should add that a lot of the abuse I was at the receiving end of originated within the christian church. I was indeed different to their idea of an acceptable disciple and what was done to me defies comprehension. I would add that this wasn’t some weird cult but mainstream denominations. 

    Alice

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