My son is 4 and he has a rare genetic condition and has been diagnosed with autism.
My two year old is on the ASD pathway.
My husband has the same rare genetic condition as my son and has asked for an autism assessment as he feels he shares a lot of the same traits with my son and I agree and fully support him on this.
However, I have a diagnosis of CPTSD and Cyclothymia. I've always felt different and struggled immensely throughout my life so I was on medication and receiving therapy. The medication doesn't work so that's been stopped and I was having a therapy session and the therapist mentioned autism and if I thought that maybe I might be on the spectrum.
I thought about it and went to the doctors and filled out the form as honestly as I could and I've been accepted for an autism assessment but like what are the chances the whole family is autistic?
Ive been researching autism along with CPTSD and cyclothymia and there is a lot of over lapping symptoms and it can be misdiagnosed.
But I don't know I just feel really weird about it and wondering where I should go ahead with it or not.