I won't be officially diagnosed for a long time. I guess.Do you mind?

[Iamnotarabot]

Hello, so After my last topic where I cried about the situation of my diagnosis process, things I'v become clearer.

The psychiatrist I was sent to is not the main psychiatrist my psychologist usually works with, but her usuall psychiatrist is realy too much occupied and she started to work with a new one that is also specialized in ASD.

But this guy has a different method ( 3 sessions that can lead you to wait months due to the lack of therapist in this area.) , and she didnt know that before she sent me there. With the other therapist is a bigger session and during the session he uses all the informations the psychologist gave him , basically its a confirmation.

It basically means that, even if my psychologist is like almost sure i am on the spectrum ( that was our main discussion yesterday, I wanted to know her real opinion on it and she said she is sure , that she is not always that sure for others patients she have and that I have talked to her about things that can only be related to ASD,even if I might also be depressed /anxiousbut she cant do the official diagnosis this is the law, I am also still waiting for the IQ test result )

Is there is still 1% chance i am not on the spectrum ( without the official diagnosis ) , I have some issues considering myself part of this community here...

Do you mind it, like when I talk about my experience etc, should I still say that i am on a "self diagnosed situation"? Or can I consider myself autistic for real?

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

Do you mind it, like when I talk about my experience etc, should I still say that i am on a "self diagnosed situation"? Or can I consider myself autistic for real?

You called it. You came here.

We believe you.

We're fine with however you want to be.

Relax, it's all good.

Lots of self diagnosed here.

 

[Progster]

Everyone is welcome here, with or without a diagnosis, whether self-diagnosed or officially diagnosed or NT. Even supposing you don't get an official diagnosis, you probably do still have a few autistic traits and can relate to the experience of others and will fit in just fine here.

 

[Homebrand]

I can kinda relate to how how you feel. Even though I classify myself as fairly frickin sure I'm on the spectrum, I have some kind of personal issue (just in regards to myself), with the idea of self-diagnosis. Again I only feel this way with my own situation however I complete respect and accept self-diagnosis when other people chose this option (Odd I know).

Then on top of that I am waiting 2 months now for my next psych app. even though I literally just brought up my beliefs of possible ASD for the first time today. Yes it was great that he said this could certainly be a possibility but that is literally all he said and on top of that I was a good 20mins late so I had just 10 minutes to briefly discuss the topic.

 

[Streetwise]

Hello, so After my last topic where I cried about the situation of my diagnosis process, things I'v become clearer.

The psychiatrist I was sent to is not the main psychiatrist my psychologist usually works with, but her usuall psychiatrist is realy too much occupied and she started to work with a new one that is also specialized in ASD.

But this guy has a different method ( 3 sessions that can lead you to wait months due to the lack of therapist in this area.) , and she didnt know that before she sent me there. With the other therapist is a bigger session and during the session he uses all the informations the psychologist gave him , basically its a confirmation.

It basically means that, even if my psychologist is like almost sure i am on the spectrum ( that was our main discussion yesterday, I wanted to know her real opinion on it and she said she is sure , that she is not always that sure for others patients she have and that I have talked to her about things that can only be related to ASD,even if I might also be depressed /anxiousbut she cant do the official diagnosis this is the law, I am also still waiting for the IQ test result )

Is there is still 1% chance i am not on the spectrum ( without the official diagnosis ) , I have some issues considering myself part of this community here...

Do you mind it, like when I talk about my experience etc, should I still say that i am on a "self diagnosed situation"? Or can I consider myself autistic for real?

remember it took the health service in the UK 45 years to diagnose me the oldest person in the UK was 83 and the gentleman of 80 three and myself are not uncommon!there are people I presume that are born and die and never know at all
you've got somebody to talk to one-to-one that's what's important !I can tell you that that's why this forum is important