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Diagnosed with personality disorder before autism.

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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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  • My GP referred me to the community mental health team for autism diagnosis, who then sent me to a charity as the waiting list was so long. Maybe different teams have different expertise, so you might just need a different one?

    Does this page help? https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/your-choices-in-the-nhs/ Can you go down the 'let's try and meet the diagnostic criteria again now?' route? "Just to satisfy my curiosity"... ? I wonder...

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  • My GP referred me to the community mental health team for autism diagnosis, who then sent me to a charity as the waiting list was so long. Maybe different teams have different expertise, so you might just need a different one?

    Does this page help? https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/your-choices-in-the-nhs/ Can you go down the 'let's try and meet the diagnostic criteria again now?' route? "Just to satisfy my curiosity"... ? I wonder...

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