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MindWithoutWalls
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21 Jun 2012, 2:12 pm

TalksToCats, I'm blogging here, at Wrong Planet, about my experiences with attempting to get properly assessed. I'm 44. I'm having a much better experience with my assessment process this time than I did last time. If you feel able, please document your experiences in a blog, and put a link to this thread in your blog when you do. Please also put a link in this thread to your blog, or (if you use the Wrong Planet blog feature) mention that you can get to it from your profile page, so others can find it from here. Someone may benefit one day from reading about your experiences. That's my hope with my blog. Also, it'll help you sort things out for yourself and deal with your feelings as you go, as well as give you something interesting to read in the future, when all this is a bit behind you.

Please feel free to read my blog, in case anything there might be helpful to you. There's a link to it from my profile page.

As for labels, here's a thread on it: I am just an individual like you...

Best of luck!! !


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21 Jun 2012, 3:17 pm

MindWithoutWalls, thank you, I'll check out your blog.

Don't know if I have the confidence to start one myself, I'll think about it.

I've already been enjoying reading the thread you mentioned, but thanks for pointing it out.



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21 Jun 2012, 3:37 pm

If it is causig significant problems in daily life or you just want to know why you are so different from those around you, it can be beneficial to get in touch with those who may help find a diagnosis, be it ASD or not. If you really do not want to know, then that's your perogative.



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21 Jun 2012, 5:38 pm

Yes, sorry, Norway. Not Sweden. My bad. :oops: Either way, a long way from Australia. :lol:



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21 Jun 2012, 7:01 pm

I was diagnosed as an adult. Getting a diagnosis for me has been a neutral experience. It hasn't really effected my life one way or the other.



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06 Jul 2012, 8:14 am

Apologies for resurrecting a somewhat old thread, however I just wanted to say that I've gone for it.

My diagnosis journey has begun.

This morning I presented my GP with 7 typed pages of reasons of why I think I might be on the autism spectrum, and the referral process has begun. The first page was just online autism test results, the rest of it detail of things I think might be significant. I told the GP I'm happy for her to send on the information I've given her. She was very pleased as this will make her life easier :)

My understanding in my area is that the GP refers to the community mental health team and then it will be picked up by the local adult autism assessment centre.

No problems at all with referral from my GP - but then I know her well - she's very understanding and gets my award for best GP ever...I guess it might have been more difficult if I did not already have a good relationship with her.

And so it begins...



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06 Jul 2012, 8:34 am

Good luck with your quest! I am an older female (almost 49) and I was just diagnosed this year. It has been a very introspective experience and I am currently looking for a good counselor/therapist, but not 100% sure I need one for long. I have coped this long, and like you, I am high functioning, very intelligent, and have managed my family and household successfully for many years.

But I KNEW I was different. I think like a man in many aspects, mostly that I totally don't "get" girl-talk. I have few friends because I hate socialization and I get obsessively fixated on my special interest to the point that I don't know what to talk about with people if that is not the topic.


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06 Jul 2012, 9:31 am

TalksToCats wrote:
This morning I presented my GP with 7 typed pages of reasons of why I think I might be on the autism spectrum, and the referral process has begun. The first page was just online autism test results, the rest of it detail of things I think might be significant. I told the GP I'm happy for her to send on the information I've given her. She was very pleased as this will make her life easier :)


:thumleft: Good for you!! ! I really think that was the right course of action - both starting and using the typed pages. I also did that, and I think it was very helpful. It can be really hard to express yourself on the spot, remember all the things you want to say, and answer all questions fully and accurately as they come at you.

I finish on Tuesday and should get my answer then. If I recall correctly, you've said you're following my blog. I'll post as soon as I can process it all and get down to typing it out, probably later on in the week. I hope you'll blog about your experiences, if you feel able. Post here if you do, so I'm alerted to follow it.

Good luck! :thumright:


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06 Jul 2012, 9:46 am

TalksToCats wrote:
My diagnosis journey has begun.

Good luck! :) I don't know much about how that journey unfolds where you live, but in Norway it took me 7 months to get my first session with the experts.

TalksToCats wrote:
This morning I presented my GP with 7 typed pages of reasons of why I think I might be on the autism spectrum, and the referral process has begun. The first page was just online autism test results, the rest of it detail of things I think might be significant. I told the GP I'm happy for her to send on the information I've given her.

Hehe, I wrote 9 pages of significant info about my life, and also lots of ICD-10 diagnostic criteria printouts I almost fit in, but not quite, just to rule other things out, together with the Aspergers criterias of course. :) It seems to be a common denominator among Aspies, we write essays instead of explaining it verbally.


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06 Jul 2012, 10:05 am

I was diagnosed about a month ago (I am 36). My psychiatrist sent me to a specialist because he suspected that I may have Asperger's. I had not heard much about it before that, and what I had heard was erroneous information.

The diagnosis has been helpful since I am now seeing a specialist every week who has experience dealing with autism/asperger's. I am highly functional, yet there are aspects of my life where I am completely lost, and it does affect my day to day living.

Please excuse any grammatical errors (or otherwise) in this post, as I just finished working a night shift and am beyond tired.



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06 Jul 2012, 4:31 pm

8) Good luck for this next step on your journey... and PATIENCE at times (nhs wheels can grind slow at times :? )



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06 Jul 2012, 4:34 pm

My reasons for wanting to get diagnosed is to get extra help for when I go to college and to finally know why I'm so different, to have it all settled. Nothing will really change but I'll feel like I'm more entitled for support relating to AS. I'll know why I act the way I act.



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07 Jul 2012, 8:51 am

Thanks for the replies, support and good wishes.

I'm expecting this to be a slow process, 6 months absolute minimum, probably longer; I'm in no rush and happy to be patient.

I will keep you updated via the blog feature here and post back in this thread when I have news.



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07 Jul 2012, 4:58 pm

I was as diagnosed recently at 36. Once I stumbled on AS, I felt I needed a professional evaluation. Now that I have one, I know for sure and can work from there to understand my past and prepare for the future. I still worry secretly and very silently that someone is going to take it away from me. Its the first time I have ever fit into a group in my life without being anything but me.


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07 Jul 2012, 5:11 pm

No one mentioned it yet so I will, be prepared for a phase of 'a-ha' moments that may not be very pleasant... it is odd how the mind doesn't fully accept something until it's undeniable, well, our minds anyway. You have good support so you will be fine, just a lot of things will fall into place if in fact you are diagnosed. This obviously entirely depends on how you've treated others in your life and also how you've been treated. Most of us have been bullied and those of us who went undiagnosed never knew why people picked on us so much... just being awkward certainly didn't seem like reason enough. Woops, /soapbox. :oops:

Wish you the best on this journey of self-discovery.



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09 Jul 2012, 7:13 am

I second what Kirayng said. I am still having those "ah-ha" moments. At first, the barrage of realizations was almost overwhelming. I have processed most of it now, but there are still random moments when something else will click into place.

I highly encourage you to document these "thoughts" as the mystery clicks into place. They will be very helpful to you as you continue to process, alone and with your therapist.


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