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Diagnosed with personality disorder before autism.

NAS82892
5 days ago

I am a women in my 50's.  A number of years ago I was diagnosed with a personality disorder.  After years of depression and meltdowns I finally got an assessment for autism.  I have had  private and nhs assessments which both conclude I am autistic.  Following an appointment today with mental health services it appears that the only route they want to go down is regarding my personality disorder which I feel was a misdiagnosis.  How do I get them to accept that this was a misdiagnosis and start to help me with my autistic difficulties>

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  • 4 days ago

    I have diagnosed of depression, anxiety and Tourette. It’s interesting how easy it was for those psychiatrists in the past to give me these diagnosis and prescribe me awful meds after very short and honestly cursory interview. It’s so easy to get those diagnosis like this and so hard to get a diagnosis of autism. What’s the problem I don’t get it. Later it was proven that Tourette was wrong. Only recently my psychotherapist and psychiatrist said it’s not depression but Asperger (which I already suspected). But it’s not official diagnosis and honestly I’m not ready to pay high amount of money for just one paper. I’ve been struggling with mental health my whole life. Only recently I found peace, because I finally know why I’m different and got a “manual” to understand myself better and manage my life to be happier. And it’s working.

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  • 4 days ago

    I have diagnosed of depression, anxiety and Tourette. It’s interesting how easy it was for those psychiatrists in the past to give me these diagnosis and prescribe me awful meds after very short and honestly cursory interview. It’s so easy to get those diagnosis like this and so hard to get a diagnosis of autism. What’s the problem I don’t get it. Later it was proven that Tourette was wrong. Only recently my psychotherapist and psychiatrist said it’s not depression but Asperger (which I already suspected). But it’s not official diagnosis and honestly I’m not ready to pay high amount of money for just one paper. I’ve been struggling with mental health my whole life. Only recently I found peace, because I finally know why I’m different and got a “manual” to understand myself better and manage my life to be happier. And it’s working.

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