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New here and waiting for ADHD and Autism assessments

Curious Panda

Hello,

I am new here. A 38 year old female who is waiting for assessment/diagnosis.

I have spent the best part of my late 20s and early 30s diagnosed with anxiety and varying levels of low mood / depression at different "blips" in my life.

I am on medication for the anxiety, but more and more I think it likely I have had neurodivergent burn-out from years of masking. My reading and research has led me to spotting similarities with my own experiences and traits with symptoms associated with neurodivergence. 

My biggest question is had I known or had just a clearer understanding of my neurodivergence, what could I have been/what could i have achieved? Anyone else experience these questions too?

I look forward to contributing to the community.

Best wishes,

Curious (one word that best describes me) Panda (my favourite animal)

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  • Hi Curious Panda,

    Just joined the community as well and already loving reading all the contributions.

    I was diagnosed last year at 36, and currently going through skill regression, which has its pros and cons (it can be hard but also makes it easier for me to honor my boundaries for the first time in my life!).

    I relate to the experience you share in your post. I've often wondered what my life would be like if I'd been diagnosed earlier. Where I stand now is: in an ideal world, this would have made our lives so much easier, in helping us see our needs as reasonable, not excessive or "abnormal". Sadly, I think the world wasn't ready for that when we grew up in the 90s/00s, so not being diagnosed earlier might have sheltered us from a very ablist society at the time? As a French person, I know this is the case for me, France being an extremely ablist country.

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  • Hi Curious Panda,

    Just joined the community as well and already loving reading all the contributions.

    I was diagnosed last year at 36, and currently going through skill regression, which has its pros and cons (it can be hard but also makes it easier for me to honor my boundaries for the first time in my life!).

    I relate to the experience you share in your post. I've often wondered what my life would be like if I'd been diagnosed earlier. Where I stand now is: in an ideal world, this would have made our lives so much easier, in helping us see our needs as reasonable, not excessive or "abnormal". Sadly, I think the world wasn't ready for that when we grew up in the 90s/00s, so not being diagnosed earlier might have sheltered us from a very ablist society at the time? As a French person, I know this is the case for me, France being an extremely ablist country.

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