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What to except when being diagnosed with Autism

Thank you everyone. I don't need the diagnosis for insurance or SSI but I feel I would benefit from therapy to assist with social things, depression and anxiety. Sometimes my anxiety is so bad I run out and find a quiet place to cry or rock and space out until I am okay again. I had a really bad issue at the fair last month. I went on a Tuesday at 4pm... so when I figured the least amount of people would be there. I was right there was maybe 30 people visiting the fair at that time but the carnival workers got me. I literally speed walked myself straight to the car while freaking out (covering ears, rocking, finger flipping if that is a thing) and went to the car and cried and hid. I barely remember the walk to the car. My friend came and found me but I didn't even tell her I was running away I just disapeared. And all that happened was the carnie asked me to play a game... then the next one did and he touched my arm and I just freaked out.
 
Christina Renee said:
Hey guys
I am 27 and I have always been different and perceived the world in a way that was not neurotypical. I have been reading a lot lately about High Functioning Autism and Aspergers and it seems like every page I find myself going "oh that's me" or "wow so that's why I do that" and so on. I truly believe that I am on the spectrum but I have a lot of anxiety about being diagnosis... for one it involves face to face talking with a stranger. I am pretty good with talking about topics but I am not good at talking about myself.
I am in the USA (Indiana more specifically) and I am not sure what my first step would really be to get a diagnosis. More importantly I have no idea what to expect which is the main reason why I haven't done it yet.
Can you guys help me out? What type of questions or tests do they give you? It freaks me out that I could quite possibly be taking the most important test of my life and I have no idea what to expect.
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Hi there, I posted about this, I've just started my diagnosis process, 23 years old in the US. Because we are adults we don't have to shy away. I gave the guy a list of things that made me think i had it and he said it was very helpful, and he had me take 2 autism quotient tests before coming in. It's a 3 session process and he specializes in working with adults with autism. That will be the hard part, but email or call around to specialists in your area and find out who will deal with adults and set up some sessions. say you are after a diagnosis, it's not frowned upon, especially if you're a girl.
 
I'm in the UK but when I had my diagnosis it was with two consultant psychologists. They were very kind and nice to me and there was no pressure. :)
 
Christina Renee said:
Hey guys
I am 27 and I have always been different and perceived the world in a way that was not neurotypical. I have been reading a lot lately about High Functioning Autism and Aspergers and it seems like every page I find myself going "oh that's me" or "wow so that's why I do that" and so on. I truly believe that I am on the spectrum but I have a lot of anxiety about being diagnosis... for one it involves face to face talking with a stranger. I am pretty good with talking about topics but I am not good at talking about myself.
I am in the USA (Indiana more specifically) and I am not sure what my first step would really be to get a diagnosis. More importantly I have no idea what to expect which is the main reason why I haven't done it yet.
Can you guys help me out? What type of questions or tests do they give you? It freaks me out that I could quite possibly be taking the most important test of my life and I have no idea what to expect.
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I'm in a similar place, actually. A couple years back I had an epiphany that I didn't seem to see the world in the same way as everybody else, and have since come to strongly suspect I may have Asperger's/be on the high end of the spectrum. No real idea, though. I never got a proper diagnosis, either... A bit too self conscious to talk about my suspicions with my family or a doctor. I don't know if I'm really autistic...
 
ImAnAspie said:
Just go in there, let the professionals do what they know how to do best, try to relax and BE YOURSELF! If it's meant to be, it will be!
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I've been 100% myself in front of my therapist, and he thinks I have Asperger's; he's quite sure of it, in fact. But I've always been afraid of being 100% the way I am in front of certain people - at work for example (trust me, I would've been fired ages ago). So many people on this site recommend to just be myself - but my doc is trying to get me to improve my social skills and mannerisms so that I can cope better in the NT world. I seriously have no clue in terms of which advice to take here. So many people have such a hard time tolerating the real me...
 
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