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Getting a diagnosis

kd2108

Hi everyone,

I am new to all this so please forgive me. I was recently told by a counsellor that I have a lot of asperger's traits. I was quite surprised by this but the more I looked into this ( I read empowering aspie girls by rudy simone and have been watching a lot of youtube video blogs by asperger's girls) I really do think that I may be on the autistic spectrum.

I really want to get a diagnosis but the thing is, I am not so sure that I will get one, mianly because of the lack of repeatative behaviours. Growing up, I had a lot of ocd like repeatative behaviours, certain twitches I would have to do  to make me feel settled, I would have to touch objects an even amount of times with both hands, things like that. However, nowadays I dont really have any of that. I'd say the most repeatative behaviour that I have now is listening to the same songs over and over. I am thinking that this will stop me from getting a diagnosis?

I feel that I have a lot of things on the social/communication side of things; I am able to socialise but I can find it quite tiring and I do struggle with idle chit chat and large groups. I am rubbish with eye contact and talking about my feelings.

Can anyone out there who has recently been diagnoised tell me the sorts of questions that may be asked and the criteria I will be judged up against? (I know its the ICD criteria in the UK but it all seems rather vague?)

Any help and advice would be much appriciated

thanks

Kelly

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  • Hi Kelly...

    I have just been through my initial assessment and my diagnosis appointments and I can tell you that for me the initial assessment was a look at my life history.  It covered aspects of socialising...  aargh, relationship.. er nope, anxiety and depression... yes to both.  The assessor also looked at my test results from my referring psychologist.

    The diagnosis was a 2 hour ADOS interview where my thoughts and feelings on a number of tests relating to observation and patterns were performed.. along with discussing other aspects raised by both my referreing and the assessing psychologists.

    As Rach91 says.. the process, especially if you suffer from anxiety is an emotional ride because as she says you need to discuss things you probably don't want to own up to.

    Aspies are generally very poor on social skills... and I do mean very poor, to the point of panic attacks.  I hadn't realised that I used repetative behaviour until I sat down and analysed just how I sat and moved about in the diagnosis interview.

    The best thing you can do is see your GP, or your counsellor and ask for an assessment.

    However, three weeks after my diagnosis and my head is still fretting, worrying, denying... all sorts of emotions from being diagnosed as Aspie, and I'm 60 so you would think that I could cope with the diagnosis... sigh

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  • Hi Kelly...

    I have just been through my initial assessment and my diagnosis appointments and I can tell you that for me the initial assessment was a look at my life history.  It covered aspects of socialising...  aargh, relationship.. er nope, anxiety and depression... yes to both.  The assessor also looked at my test results from my referring psychologist.

    The diagnosis was a 2 hour ADOS interview where my thoughts and feelings on a number of tests relating to observation and patterns were performed.. along with discussing other aspects raised by both my referreing and the assessing psychologists.

    As Rach91 says.. the process, especially if you suffer from anxiety is an emotional ride because as she says you need to discuss things you probably don't want to own up to.

    Aspies are generally very poor on social skills... and I do mean very poor, to the point of panic attacks.  I hadn't realised that I used repetative behaviour until I sat down and analysed just how I sat and moved about in the diagnosis interview.

    The best thing you can do is see your GP, or your counsellor and ask for an assessment.

    However, three weeks after my diagnosis and my head is still fretting, worrying, denying... all sorts of emotions from being diagnosed as Aspie, and I'm 60 so you would think that I could cope with the diagnosis... sigh

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