I say 'diagnosed' because I am slightly sceptical of the diagnosis. However.
I have one child with ASD, and the other has ADHD. I felt I had a lot of ADD traits, which I've struggled with all my life along with depression. I finally reached the top of the list for an assessment recently; the doctor I saw felt I didn't reach enough of the childhood criteria for a diagnosis of ADD- but proceeded to do the screening for ASD. That, he felt I did meet the threshold for.
I've got some doubts and am struggling with feeling like an impostor. I have read some books on autism in females previously - more to understand my daughter and other female family members who are more obviously autistic than I feel I am, really.
There is a local resource centre that has groups I think but I'm not sure I want to go there, especially as they have specialist LGBT+ groups (I am firmly gender critical).
I haven't told many people- just my partner and daughter, and randomly an autistic woman I know when we happened to be talking about autism and it felt disingenuous not to IYSWIM.
Can I ask (particularly if you were diagnosed late in life), what you found useful? I would like to try to work out whether I should take it seriously, and if so what this means for me, and what I can change in order to cope better. I need to function better as a parent amongst other things as I feel I am failing my kids.
Thanks in advance.
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MrsGhastlyCrumb · 10/04/2024 08:09
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