AuDHD diagnosis and CBT sessions

[Overthebow]

I’ve been diagnosed with ASD and ADHD. As part of the ongoing support, I’ve been signed up to weekly CBT sessions aligned to the diagnosis, which will be for an initial 6 weeks and possible more if needed after that. Has anyone else done this and also should I tell work about it so I can get paid time off? I’m unsure whether to tell them about the diagnosis or about the CBT sessions, but also I do want the time off to do it as I think it’ll be quite draining. Has anyone had experience of these CBT sessions and what they are like?

I don’t have any advice on the work aspect, sorry, but I’ve read somewhere, on here I’m pretty sure, that there’s a school of thought that CBT isn’t much cop for ASD. I’m not sure if that applies to ADHD too but when I’ve got some energy I plan
on doing some research on it as I was diagnosed last week and it’s on the suggestions of possible next steps.

I hope it all goes well for you and that it’s helpful.

I'm going to try it and see if I'm ok with it and if it's helpful. I haven't done well with other therapy in the past so it's possible I won't be able to engage with it, but might as well try it. I'm also worried as it's on zoom rather than in person and I know I will struggle with that as I don't know the person but will see how it goes and I just won't book the next session if I can't do it.