Should i try to get diagnosed?

[lunarious]

Hi,

This is my first post. I am in my 60's and have just requested an Autism and Adhd assessment from my gp.
I feel i would like the validation of an explanation for my lifelong difficulties.
But, I am also concerned that being diagnosed might be used against me , especially as i get older, and that people might make decisions on my behalf with regard to care or health or housing as I age, on the grounds that i am autistic.

I would like to know if anyone else has any experience regarding this.

Cheers!

Hi, i thought just now a neat reply to you

Being diagnosed is "following The Law". If you are 60 you might earn more by not following _______? Maybe you want to have Peace. I didn't get Peace when I was diagnosed, i was submitted until Defenestration by Force violently for more than a decade and still.

But God is Merciful. So maybe this will reach you in Public Space. Because we are not supposed to be afraid Publicly. Though Hellspersonell with me are dirty and Inferior, Publicly/Privately.

 

[Cloudy Stuart]

I second what Shamar said. There is a kind of a riddle around the process of diagnosis. I would say the riddle solves itself as a situation where you can trust medicine and you can trust yourself and then much of the anxiety and doubt fades away. I would say also that I was able to adapt better when I visited local autism groups. I think I needed to meet others with the condition face to face. I did not become a permanent member, I called in to each group only once to talk with people there, with people on the spectrum and in some cases their parents. I think if I was mulling over the pros and cons of diagnosis then those groups would have helped me gain insight into how diagnosis might help me. It may be that it all comes down to groups in the end. I used to feel on the outside of all groups. Diagnosis helped me understand that through local groups and through forums such as these I did have a group of my own.

 

[lunarious]

I second what Shamar said. There is a kind of a riddle around the process of diagnosis. I would say the riddle solves itself as a situation where you can trust medicine and you can trust yourself and then much of the anxiety and doubt fades away. I would say also that I was able to adapt better when I visited local autism groups. I think I needed to meet others with the condition face to face. I did not become a permanent member, I called in to each group only once to talk with people there, with people on the spectrum and in some cases their parents. I think if I was mulling over the pros and cons of diagnosis then those groups would have helped me gain insight into how diagnosis might help me. It may be that it all comes down to groups in the end. I used to feel on the outside of all groups. Diagnosis helped me understand that through local groups and through forums such as these I did have a group of my own.

Right.

It is said Truthfully: "Loneliness is better than bad company. But we prefer good company."

So why are certain females attracted to bad guys? This is a rethorical question.

 

[vergil96]

It all depends. I'm in an entirely different age group, but paper diagnosis was of no need for me too. I was just about to graduate from university and the students were treated like adults. If you did what you were supposed to, you were fine. I'm not sure how it would work in my job, it's not a corporate job and I have a lot of autonomy - requesting accommodations by submitting your diagnoses isn't how things work here, you don't need it approved by anyone how you do your job, what matter is if it's done. But if you can't get it done, you'd not get your contract extended. I also don't need to apply for financial assistance. So a diagnosis in my case would be only for information or validation. From what I gathered, I wouldn't gain any new information from a diagnosis. And to me personally, it doesn't seem validating, diagnosis seems to fit a different profile of strengths and weaknesses than mine.