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Getting Tested

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Hi All,
I decided to go ahead and get tested. I'm self-ID'd now. I'm 40.
I have all these diagnoses including Bipolar I and i have to see a psychiatrist for meds.
I'm switching psychiatrists and want accuracy this time.

I'm using Prosper Health. My sister and Mom are doing the observation forms. I have two 1 1/2 hour appointments next month.

Honestly I don't like talking to psychologists and am nervous about it all.

I'll update this thread after the meeting.

Any experiences with Prosper Health or just late diagnosis in general?
 
I’m late diagnosed (36) and there are 2 things I wish I had known when I went through my diagnosis:

1. How hard it is to just stop masking on a whim. If you are high masking and have been for decades, you can’t just stop instantly when asked. But it wasn’t a huge issue. I instinctively masked at my initial appointment with my doctor and she still referred me to psychiatry for an assessment. I also instinctively masked a little during my diagnosis appointments and I still got a diagnosis. They told me to present my most authentic self, but that was the last thing they said before they began the assessment. I wish I had spent the weeks prior telling myself “Drop the mask, fully. Drop the mask, fully.”

2. Burnout after the diagnosis. I thought I would be logging in here 2 minutes after my diagnosis to write a nice long appreciation post, thanking everyone for their support and good times, but the best I could manage at the time was just a quick profile update. Even though the process was still great and a massive help.

It was deeply personal, they gave me so much more information, so much more to process and focused so much on things from the past that I was hit with an unexpected burnout and I needed a few weeks to recover. I’ve spoken to many other people on here who had the same experience.

All the best with your diagnosis.
 
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