I'm here because a friend advised me to join a forum so I can ask questions from people who can answer them from experience.
I only started thinking I may be autistic a little while ago. After I began researching anxiety and panic attacks because I was having huge meltdowns.
Youtube suggested some videos of people who were diagnosed with autism late in life, and I watched out of curiosity.
After the very first video I couldn't help but identify myself with this woman who was speaking about her life long suffering.
All I could think was "This is me!".
After some time, and a lot of inner struggle, I finally asked my GP to refer me to a clinic so I can do the tests.
The ones I did online gave me results of 68 out of 72, 45 out of 50 and the one I did in my own language (English is my second language) gave me a result of 44 out of 50 with an empathy level of 20.
I feel overwhelmed by life. Have been feeling more and more overwhelmed with time. I used to be able to cope. But not anymore. That's when the panic attacks started.
Sorry for the long ramble. Can't help it.
I only started thinking I may be autistic a little while ago. After I began researching anxiety and panic attacks because I was having huge meltdowns.
Youtube suggested some videos of people who were diagnosed with autism late in life, and I watched out of curiosity.
After the very first video I couldn't help but identify myself with this woman who was speaking about her life long suffering.
All I could think was "This is me!".
After some time, and a lot of inner struggle, I finally asked my GP to refer me to a clinic so I can do the tests.
The ones I did online gave me results of 68 out of 72, 45 out of 50 and the one I did in my own language (English is my second language) gave me a result of 44 out of 50 with an empathy level of 20.
I feel overwhelmed by life. Have been feeling more and more overwhelmed with time. I used to be able to cope. But not anymore. That's when the panic attacks started.
Sorry for the long ramble. Can't help it.