Autism misdiagnosis in Females

Hi, my name is Emily. I am 21 from the UK and I was diagnosed with autism last year. I always struggled as a child, in primary school I was referred for a diagnosis however due to circumstances not under my control, this did not happen. As I was leaving high school I had a lot of stress; my dad passed away a month before my GCSEs and I had an abusive home life. Due to this I experienced what I am now aware is autistic burnout. I barely scraped my GCSEs despite being predicted all 9’s (A*) and I quickly dropped out of college. For the next four years I was under mental health teams and had extreme depression that left me unable to leave the house. Despite this, I was forced to move out at 17 and became homeless. I spent time in psychiatric wards due to dangerous behaviour towards myself and I got even worse. I was diagnosed with EUPD (something I’ve learned is a common misdiagnosis with autistic adults, mostly females). The stigmas behind EUPD by those in the medical field and out left me without support or help and I got much worse. It wasn’t until I saw another doctor that autism was brought up and I did a test with him which indicated that I had autism, I was then put on the pathway for a diagnosis and a year later I got it. 
This is an extremely common story for autistic adults, mainly females that ‘mask’ well. I almost died several times due to a misdiagnosis that meant that the care I was given was inappropriate and left me vulnerable. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this in terms of misdiagnosing Autism for a psychiatric disorder and wether your diagnosis impacted your care?