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Misdiagnosis

Tina

I have an official diagnosis of autism but the last couple of years I've been wondering if the diagnosis is wrong. I don't have difficulty with social interaction and I make friends easily. I do struggle with making eye contact but I only seem to exhibit a few autistic symptoms. I'm wondering if I just have generalised anxiety disorder as anxiety is what I struggle with most of all. I know there not a lot I can do about this it's just a question I keep asking myself now. At the start of September I'll be starting my first job, I'm hopeful it will be a success. I already did a trial day a few months back and I did really well, chatted, laughed and shook hands. I was fine, a little anxious admittedly but I coped. 

I feel a bit of a fake now though I'm aware I could still be autistic but I do feel that I might not be. Does anyone know any online tests that could give me a good idea if I am autistic or not?

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  • It's certainly possible you were misdiagnosed- there's enough overlap in traits of autism and GAD that misdiagnosis is known to happen, though it's usually the other way round (as it was for me- I do have GAD, but I don't ONLY have that, I'm autistic too).

    It might be worth asking yourself whether your relative ease in social situations feels like it came naturally or had to be learned, and whether you find you make NT or ND friends most easily. Those questions won't give you a solid answer on their own, but might guide you in the right direction towards understanding yourself better.

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  • It's certainly possible you were misdiagnosed- there's enough overlap in traits of autism and GAD that misdiagnosis is known to happen, though it's usually the other way round (as it was for me- I do have GAD, but I don't ONLY have that, I'm autistic too).

    It might be worth asking yourself whether your relative ease in social situations feels like it came naturally or had to be learned, and whether you find you make NT or ND friends most easily. Those questions won't give you a solid answer on their own, but might guide you in the right direction towards understanding yourself better.

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