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AmyMous

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Hi. My name is Amy. I am 72 years old. I never thought that I could be autistic, until I looked at the symptoms. I cannot deal with loud sounds and bright light. I lost my mom from cancer when I was 10 and I have no sisters or brothers. Overr the years I have hhad bad friends and partners that used me. Now I hate going anywhere. I can hear and feel everything in my body. I am also extremely emotional and cry a lot. I spoke full sentices by the time I was 11 months old, so I never knew anything was wrong with me,. I have diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Is there anyone that learned of this late in life? I feel so alone even though zi am married. We have no children as I had ovarian cancer in 1997.
 
Yeah. I know the feeling. I didn't figure it out until the age of 55.

I guess the important thing is that regardless of how long it takes, that you were able to unravel the mystery of who- and what you are.

Welcome to the Autism Forums. :)
 
Thank you so much for answering me. I am overly emotional about everything. I only figured it out because of Eva from Survivor. I saw her break down and it was like watching myself. I even joined Mensa because I knew I was smart, but could never figure out what was wrong with me. Have a wonderful weekend.

My husband refuses to believe I am autistic, but I know I must be.
Thanks again,

Amy
 
Welcome! I'm sorry that your life has been so hard so far. Hopefully being able to talk with people on here will help.❤️‍🩹
 
AmyMous said:
Thank you so much for answering me. I am overly emotional about everything. I only figured it out because of Eva from Survivor. I saw her break down and it was like watching myself. I even joined Mensa because I knew I was smart, but could never figure out what was wrong with me. Have a wonderful weekend.

My husband refuses to believe I am autistic, but I know I must be.
Thanks again,

Amy
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You're "different". That doesn't make you "wrong". ;)
 
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When I read comments from one lady about burn out on forum, finally understood what had happened to me. I had depression beyond doing much, still feel as if I'm a dead battery, honestly my alexythemia is worse than ever before.
 
I was diagnosed with depression. They even tried to tell me I was bipolar, but I noe know what is wrong but not even my husband wants to believe me about believe I am high functioning autistic. I know I am, but I have no one to talk to about it. Hopefully I can find people here who understanf me.
 
AmyMous said:
I was diagnosed with depression. They even tried to tell me I was bipolar, but I noe know what is wrong but not even my husband wants to believe me about believe I am high functioning autistic. I know I am, but I have no one to talk to about it. Hopefully I can find people here who understanf me.
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I was never formally diagnosed with autism. However I was formally diagnosed with chronic clinical depression, social anxiety and OCD. All comorbid conditions to autism.
 
Thank you for your post. If zi did not watch the ztV show Survivor, I never would have realized what my symptoms were caused by. I always thought that I was at fault for the terrible relationships I had. Many peopel abused me emotionally and i always blamed myself . Now I can finally see why that happened.
 
Welcome to AutismForums, @AmyMous. I hope you enjoy your time here. Please let us know if you have any questions about how things work on the site.
 
Hi @AmyMous, there are quite a few of us here who discovered our autism late in life. It makes for a very different life trajectory. Depression and anxiety - if a psychologist sees what you are experiencing, this is often the first, go-to diagnosis. I was lucky to encounter a young practitioner who saw through this to suggest I look at autism. The result was epiphany. We can relate.
 
I am so glad that I am not alone with this. Since my mom died when I was 10, I had to grow up too quickly. I think my mom might have had this as well. I had so many bad relationships. I got used by people a lot. My psychologist diagnosed me as bipolar. I am not bipolar, but it is nice to know what is different about me and why.
 
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