I’m too nervous to approach GP that i think there’s more to my ASD diagnosis

 Hi I was recently diagnosed with ASD (14days) but the entire time ive always felt like there is more  signs personally for me points to ADHD I‘m not definite yet
during the assessment I felt like I wasn’t asked follow up questions to express my feelings of there being more and I was to shy to say anything.
I haven’t received my report yet so there could be a chance that my report touches on things.

I’m very nervous to go to my GP and say I have more problems after this long process of getting my ASD diagnosis.

A few reasons that makes me think there’s something more:


      binge eating to the point I throw up or I go to bed wake up from sleep and throw up.

      I’m almost getting run over when I cross the road or when there’s a crossing with an island in the middle I get to the middle island and i forget I’m meant to cross and I start pressing the traffic button and on this particular scenario a man literally had to tap me and tell me I could cross and I was so embarrassed which is why I remember.

      Forgetting to turn off the stove or forgetting to turn it on and half an hour goes by and what I’m cooking isn’t even cooking. I’ve always been forgetful and before it was silly but now imo it started getting dangerous during winter where I left the heating on for 8 hour. Or leaving the stove on for hours.  I’m always breaking everything, I got 3 new pairs of glasses in February and my old one makes 4 pairs and out of 4 I’ve broken 3 and misplaced one. I broke the third one this morning. 

       I naturally sometimes find it hard to know what my body is telling me I.e. hunger, needing the toilet. And when I need to pee, for example I don’t notice until I get a stinging sharp feeling. But there are times when I notice the sting but i just can’t be bothered and ignore it until someone calls me or disturbs me.

       I can’t for the life of me do the things I need or sometimes want to or remember anything unless it’s for someone else or it involves someone else.  I have 7 exams and a dissertation all at the end of august and I haven’t started revising. But a friend came to me for help her with her revision for her exam (masters), I don’t do that subject but I helped, created an essay structure for her for each topic and even sited relevant sources and even on the day of her exam (it was online) I proof read all her answers and suggested improvements this was on the same day I had my second ASD appointment and I’m here unable to make a start on anything I need. 

      I’m spending unnecessary amounts of money, I’ve bought a skateboard (I don’t skate), I bought an industry standard microphone (I don’t even have the stand anymore) I bought an Epson stylus r1800 they no longer even manufacture anymore and a silhouette because I wanted to make my own stickers (it’s all dusty) And even getting a whole new console for a game I already own on 3 other platforms.

      I’m alway anxious ALWAYS i constantly feel like impending doom is  it’s why 
Is this a cause for concern for further investigation or I’m I just overthinking things 

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  • Yeh I do get you here. I have ASD as well but don’t have ADHD too. I show signs of it too but honestly autistic people do show signs of many mental conditions just purely because we are so anxious all of the time. My advice is to get the right help for your anxiety. ADHD meds can make anxiety wayyy worse so just a word of warning plus they are addictive as they increase dopamine similar to other drugs of abuse like cocaine. Have you considered going back to your GP and describing your anxiety that may help? You say you struggle with it all the time. Do you also struggle with alcohol cravings to manage the anxiety? Because if you do then you could also seek help for that? Antihistamines seem to help a lot of the autistic people I have spoke to with their anxiety issues. They are quite sedating and make you feel tranquil plus they’re non addictive which is a bonus.

  • I'm currently looking for lower cost alternatives to the cannabis which I've been using for 46 years by way of "self medication". I still like the stuff, but dislike the cost of it, so your anti-histamine suggestion is of interest. 

    Before taking ANY drug Illegal or legal, the first thing I do is research the effects and side effects, as reported by users.

    For illicit substances there is (or used to be, I've not been there for a while) a site by the name of "erowid" where recreational users swap anecdotes, but for legal subsatnces a simple google will suffice. Before the internet one had to acquire a copy of MIMS or BNF.. 

    Here's a useful resource for antihistamines effects which seems to suggest that not all antihistamines are the same, so may I ask which particular anti-histamine you had in mind?

    www.self.com/.../antihistamine-side-effects

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  • I'm currently looking for lower cost alternatives to the cannabis which I've been using for 46 years by way of "self medication". I still like the stuff, but dislike the cost of it, so your anti-histamine suggestion is of interest. 

    Before taking ANY drug Illegal or legal, the first thing I do is research the effects and side effects, as reported by users.

    For illicit substances there is (or used to be, I've not been there for a while) a site by the name of "erowid" where recreational users swap anecdotes, but for legal subsatnces a simple google will suffice. Before the internet one had to acquire a copy of MIMS or BNF.. 

    Here's a useful resource for antihistamines effects which seems to suggest that not all antihistamines are the same, so may I ask which particular anti-histamine you had in mind?

    www.self.com/.../antihistamine-side-effects

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