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Low mood after diagnosis

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Hi All,

I've just posted a few hours ago but have one more thing to ask others. Following my recent diagnosis of Autism I initially felt elated and vindicated. It was as good a piece of news I think I had ever had as it made so much of my life make sense.

However more and more it feels hopeless, like it means nothing. I have dyslexia too and I feel I'm just collecting definitions. I have understanding now but does that matter?

I don't feel shame or stigma at all, the most positive feeling I have is renewed pride in being very different and a determination not to hide anymore, I just wondered if anyone else felt very low in the weeks following diagnosis?

Cheers.

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  • I think that Tony Atwood says it best when he’s says; there are two steps following a diagnosis the first being the elated feeling of diagnose and acknowledgement, the second being the despair that one feels when they find out the services are lacking and fail to meet expectations. I can say that it helped to be aware of this prior to achieving diagnosis, thanks to Dr Attwood, but yes I did feel exactly what you are describing.  
    Now that the months have rolled by and I have largely-sated my post-diagnosis ambition of attaining resources, I feel a lot more mellow about the situation, I feel a lot more in control of my self and a lot more equipped to handle my environment, but in reality very little has changed.
    I think that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, what goes up must come down, and I think that the reality of getting a diagnosis is quite-traumatising, in that most will not come to such definitive-conclusions about themselves in their lifetimes. 
    If you have plans about where you want your diagnosis to go, then over-time your higher moods will see it done, but things take time to settle and to deploy, so be mindful of that. And when you have depressive-attacks be mindful that they go as quickly as they come and that you’ve gotten this far, and it will have taken a vastly-longer time to have gotten where you are now, than it will to get where you are going. Make sure you keep your interests attended-to, all will be well, life’s most frequent joys and gains are found in the little things, so look to those if the bigger picture gets too big.. good luck and god-speed friend..:)

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  • I think that Tony Atwood says it best when he’s says; there are two steps following a diagnosis the first being the elated feeling of diagnose and acknowledgement, the second being the despair that one feels when they find out the services are lacking and fail to meet expectations. I can say that it helped to be aware of this prior to achieving diagnosis, thanks to Dr Attwood, but yes I did feel exactly what you are describing.  
    Now that the months have rolled by and I have largely-sated my post-diagnosis ambition of attaining resources, I feel a lot more mellow about the situation, I feel a lot more in control of my self and a lot more equipped to handle my environment, but in reality very little has changed.
    I think that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, what goes up must come down, and I think that the reality of getting a diagnosis is quite-traumatising, in that most will not come to such definitive-conclusions about themselves in their lifetimes. 
    If you have plans about where you want your diagnosis to go, then over-time your higher moods will see it done, but things take time to settle and to deploy, so be mindful of that. And when you have depressive-attacks be mindful that they go as quickly as they come and that you’ve gotten this far, and it will have taken a vastly-longer time to have gotten where you are now, than it will to get where you are going. Make sure you keep your interests attended-to, all will be well, life’s most frequent joys and gains are found in the little things, so look to those if the bigger picture gets too big.. good luck and god-speed friend..:)

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