SimplyWandering
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Whether you were officially diagnosed with Autism or another mental health diagnosis, how have you accepted or not accepted the diagnosis?
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When I was 27, I was diagnosed with depression due to social anxiety. The depression was obvious (I had just nearly tried to blow my brains out), but I was skeptical of social anxiety. It seemed more like a symptom rather than an explanation. When I was about 40, I was diagnosed with AD(no H)D and SAD (seasonal affective disorder). I thought this was the answer because it explained so much about my life and behaviors. Because it explained so much, I readily accepted it. However, I did not really accept the SAD diagnosis because the timing was wrong. My SAD was occurring two months before the standard explanation said it should.Whether you were officially diagnosed with Autism or another mental health diagnosis, how have you accepted or not accepted the diagnosis?
WHen I see how many doctors struggle with mental health disorders and addiction, it is something not to be ashamed of . I don't have many because the autism kind of trumps it all. BUt I see so many others with so many troubles. We are all human.............
Have yu ever been enrolled in Rare Diseases Studies? They may help you find answers.What else can i do ? Im used to being added new diagnosis for pretty much every evaluation i have done since i was 4 and up to my laitest (when they also find my ASD 3) I should also add i havent payed mush attention to my journals up to roughly when i find out i had been diagnosed with ASD when i finaly began reading thru my documents (and shorly after joined here )
+ in my papers they have tossed the towel in with trying to evaluate me further on the grounds that they have accepted and concluded that i have multible yet un diagnosed diagnosis yet to find. BUT the posibilitys of finding them all is more or less non existing so the effort is not worth it (and i agree 101 % )
Trying to fight against all my diagnosis is a NON winning battle (belive ive tried for MANY MANY MANY years ) the best one can do is to try to accept ,Adapt and move on and make the best of what you got to work with and above all LEARN as much as you can about youre diagnosis so that you can better understand youre self what this means for YOU
Have yu ever been enrolled in Rare Diseases Studies? They may help you find answers.