I work from home in a role that doesn't require much teamwork for this very reason. I can't stand office politics. When I was younger I didn't know I was autistic and couldn't understand why I couldn't get on better with people. I distinctly remember…

Grogu said:

There’s aspects of my life/characteristics that make me believe I am just worrying over nothing - for example, I am married with children, can deal well with loud noise (concerts/football crowds etc), I loved imaginative/role play as a child…

I saw already quite many people having similar experience after getting diagnosis. I myself am not diagnosed and I’m just observing what’s going on in this topic, but for me currently it doesn’t make sense. 
I understand, that you may…

Hi thanks for the reply that's interesting about insomnia because my sleep patterns have never been great. I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat during the day but at night I have terrible trouble sleeping, waking every hour and taking hours to fall…

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear your daughter is finding university difficult, I certainly did when I started. I'm currently a third year.

I would also recommend you recommend her to come join us on here, I like to think we're a supportive community.…

An update. 

After making the decision (well, asking a pair of dice to decide for me )

I sent my husband a long WhatsApp. Here is the text in case it helps anyone else with this:

Hi (husband) when I had my ADHD medication review last week, the psychiatrist…

This all strikes me as accurate with ref to my autistic son. He is traumatised by people (including us, his parents) not realising at first he was autistic and trying to deal with him as one would a neurotypical child. He stays up all night. Doesn’t go…

I have this but I didn't know what it was called until now. My GP has always just said it's due to anxiety.

Most of the time it is just being aware of my own pulse or heartbeat, but not necessarily in my chest. It happens in various pulse points…