still waiting for assessment

It can be a very long wait if you are young through the NHS. 

If you are fortunate enough to have access to private medical health, like AXA, it can be a lot quicker.

I recommend you do it via https://www.problemshared.net/ even if you're going via NHS, they will give you some handy templates that you can take to your GP to speed up the process. 

I hope this helps. Good luck!

It can be a very long wait if you are young through the NHS. 

If you are fortunate enough to have access to private medical health, like AXA, it can be a lot quicker.

I recommend you do it via https://www.problemshared.net/ even if you're going via NHS, they will give you some handy templates that you can take to your GP to speed up the process. 

I hope this helps. Good luck!

Also, to be fair, if you are looking to get a diagnosis it's probably because you are in the spectrum. Non-autistic people don't go wondering "I think I might be autistic, I should probably get a diagnosis." If you got to that point, I'd assume you've done your research and it resonated with you. 

I understand what you said about the wait affecting your mental health. I went through the same prices myself but I only had to wait for 4 months, and it was torture. 

Get in touch with Problem Shared as I mentioned, and also take a look at some resources on YouTube, these channels helped me a lot: 

- Paul Micallef's channel Autism from the Inside

- channel "I'm autistic, now what?" run by a British woman called Megan 

- Orion Kelly - That Autistic Guy