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Self Discovery?

CanadianGirl

Hi there. For those of you who have been officially diagnosed, how long did you spend in the "self discovery / research phase" before approaching your doctor?

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  • I'm in the stupidly long queue for my assessment so I might not be exactly who you're targeting for this but I'm probably about 80 hours into research right now but it was probably around the 40-hour mark and a 16-page document of evidence before I was convinced enough to approach a doctor and he agreed right away.

    The research I've done since is some data collection so I still remember everything in 2 years when I get to the front of the assessment queue and learning coping mechanisms to stop my mental health from deteriorating and I'm finding using autistic coping mechanisms to be working really well. 


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  • I'm in the stupidly long queue for my assessment so I might not be exactly who you're targeting for this but I'm probably about 80 hours into research right now but it was probably around the 40-hour mark and a 16-page document of evidence before I was convinced enough to approach a doctor and he agreed right away.

    The research I've done since is some data collection so I still remember everything in 2 years when I get to the front of the assessment queue and learning coping mechanisms to stop my mental health from deteriorating and I'm finding using autistic coping mechanisms to be working really well. 


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