How can I deal with being misdiagnosed by my psychologist?

[Gymnastxo96]

Back in August of 2025 I did phycological testing at a phycologist that I go to and they said my full IQ was 76 which I don’t understand because I type just fine and have good grammar and could type full sentences. Many people say you sure your IQ is 76 because I type just fine and have good grammer and can communicate well. And my adaptive behavior score was 57 which is pretty low. Why would they misinterpret that too? Why would they misinterpret the results and think I don’t understand medical decisions and they recommend medical guardianship. Why would they misinterpret my results? Now people think I am mentally challenged because of this. Are they wrong for misinterpreting the results to make me worse then I seem? Keep in mind I do have high functioning autism so do you think my autism played a role in how I did in the IQ test or you think I was completely misdiagnosed and it could be something else?

OP, it's legal for me to drive. Totally legal.

However, I am nervous, and prone to panic. I therefore don't drive as it's safer for me and for others. I am aware of my own shortcomings so do the right thing.

You seem not to be. At all.

Nobody is disputing that you have rights but that’s doesn’t mean it’s in your best interest to behave in a certain way

And what about the rights of the unborn child @Gymnastxo96?

Any baby you conceived would also have rights, not to mention needs, which you don't seem able to understand.

You have the right to have sex. That does not mean that all the men you have sex with aren't taking advantage of you.

You're clearly very vulnerable. Are you insisting that your boyfriends always use condoms? Your sexual health is very important. It seems to me that the kind of men who are willing to have sex with a childlike woman are the kind of men who wouldn't hesitate to put all their sexual partners at risk of STDs.

I know everything about pregnancy and what it entails. I also use condoms most of the time. My sexual health is so important too

I know everything about pregnancy and what it entails. I also use condoms most of the time. My sexual health is so important too.

But do you know what raising a child for the rest of your life entails?

Most of the time isn't very clever.

Yeah I do! It’s taking care of them and giving them food clothes and everything thy need and to take care of their emergencies.

Yeah I do! It's taking care of them and giving them food clothes and everything thy need and to take care of their emergencies. I am very high functioning and understand what it means to have a baby.

Behave a certain way like what?

Really? How so? You don’t think I am mentally challenged right? Because I am not. I am autistic.

You keep saying you are very high functioning. Respectfully you clearly aren’t.

You aren’t understanding the points people are making. It’s concerning how vulnerable you are and how little you acknowledge it

If you are determined to claim that you are high functioning then nothing we can say will help. Prove what you are capable of by being independent and responsible.

OP, your answers are repetitive, seemingly copied and pasted to each poster without actually engaging with their specific points. I don't think continuing this thread will achieve much.

I have autism and ADHD and an above average IQ and fully functioning. So that in itself doesn’t mean you struggle.

You are 15/20 years behind your physical age, you write like a young teen and you have a lower than average IQ.

You claim that you have a partner/don’t have a partner/want a partner/never had a partner/had lots of partners. Do you not get how you are coming across?

Knowing a list of things that adult life or pregnancy or having a child entail is really NOT the same as being able to do them all responsibly and well. Just like using condoms 'most of the time' is not being fully responsible for your sexual health.

You can't just decide to act older to show everyone how independent you are. It will be clear from your everyday, normal behaviour how mature you are, you can't just suddenly change it or fake it.

You haven't said how you are going to afford to live independently if you only work part time, it's another thing that shows you really aren't ready to move out in my opinion.

You also haven't said why you and your boyfriend aren't official when it sounds like you've been having sex for a good while.

And you have been arguing with strangers for about 24 hours and still haven’t taken anything on board

It's all memememe and mymymymymy and I don't think you have a clue about living an independent life, let alone about rearing a child.

You can make changes, not 'acting older' (ie your age) to impress some man, but real ones involving learning skills, but I don't think that you have the insight into how things really are to do that.

With respect, your IQ score shows you have significant cognitive challenges.

What are your answers to these questions which I posed further up:

• Are you in a committed, long term relationship with a man who also wants to be a father?
• Are you in a financial position to support a child? (they are very expensive!) Could you do it on your own if your partner left or couldn't work?
• Are you able to look after yourself and a child safely? Being independent is just a first step, having a child is doubling the work and also making it much more important. Forgetting to eat a meal, for example, just means you will be hungry and eat more at the next meal. Forgetting to feed your baby could make them very sick.
• With your disabilities, will you be able to cope with sleep deprivation and having little to no downtime for days and weeks at a time? It is stressful for everyone but harder when you have difficulties.
• If your child inherits your diagnoses, are you able to advocate for them? Can you communicate well with psychologists, teachers, doctors and social workers?
• What is your knowledge like of the things you will need to know- safely feeding your baby and putting them to sleep, car seat safety, basic child development? Would you be able to help them with homework and read with them regularly?
• You mention your Mum has been concerned about you being taken advantage of and that you have dated lots of men. Do you understand that after having a baby, you cannot be bringing lots of men into your home and will be very restricted with regards to going out?

Personally, I don’t have a problem with those sentences and understood them as I read them.
I agree bits of them are not expressed with absolutely conventional grammar but that’s far from unusual.
I’m unsure how you’re wanting to contribute to this discussion.
Do you have a positive message for the poster?

When you have a child you are not having a baby. They are a baby for such a short time. You are having a baby, toddler, child, teenager, young adult, adult. You have described looking after their physical needs. What about their emotional, spiritual, recreational, etc, needs?

You have said you are going to work to act older and show you can be more independent. It sounds like you are planning to engage in 'masking', which is what autistic people do to fit in sometimes. To do that for any length of time is exhausting and can lead to autistic burnout. It's better to explore your limitations and capabilities that allow you to be you and true to yourself. You don't have to live a fake version of yourself.

Hi OP, I wanted to comment on your thread because I felt bad for the amount of posts on here that are trying to catch you out or confuse you.

I have a 22 year old daughter who is autistic and has a moderate learning disability. She doesn’t understand her limitations unfortunately and requires a high level of care. I personally would never want her to have children. Not because I don’t want her to be happy but because I know it would fall on me to raise the baby.

You have so much to enjoy in life, such as a relationship with someone, hobbies, friends, holidays. All those can be fulfilling. It is great that you want to be independent and the fact that you have a job and are able to do daily living tasks is really positive and something to be proud of as I know how difficult these things can be.

It seems you may have difficulties that align with the test scores but that’s not a bad thing. You are who you are and that makes you unique and special.

I don’t know your family or your mum but as a mum myself of someone with difficulties, I would assume it comes from a place of wanting to protect you. Your mum will know how hard it is to raise a baby and she doesn’t want your life to be more difficult than it needs to be.

You will be ok. Accept your limitations but also understand that it doesn’t make you less of a person, it just makes you, you!

I did have a positive message - that the OP should check that her perception of reality aligns with that of others, as it appears her perception may be skewed and critically appraising her own situation might be helpful.

I find this reply quite inappropriate.
Are you trying to help OP or tell us something about yourself?
OP is asking for advice.

Perhaps you might like to say this in helpful language which can be clearly understood?

The OP has received a great deal of advice on this thread, and her posts amply demonstrate that she is unable to comprehend any of it, or benefit from it.

What advice have you given the OP?