RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
March 21, 2017 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2017 at 12:32 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Glad you finally got the diagnosis you need though, Esq.
At 19 I was told I likely have ASD but I was also told that the priority was to focus on my Bipolar Affective Disorder.... 6 years, several different meds and a suicide attempt later they tell me I don't have bipolar disorder and it was a misdiagnosis... despite 7 years of medication for it... and now I'm on waiting list for an ASD assessment that I'm told could take up to a year of waiting before I get assessed.
If I do have ASD it would explain my whole life from about age 5... so if I'm 29 by the time I get the assessment that's 24 years late.
If I don't have ASD it's back to square one and at least finally getting some CBT which I've been trying to get since June last year (I was told if I do have ASD then CBT won't work and I'd need specialized therapy).
Thank fuck for doctors but they certainly ain't perfect.
And when it comes to an inability to handle simple tasks I can totally relate to that. I still struggle with making a bed and folding clothes despite being shown about 5000 times. I struggle to focus on anything practical but I can waffle on about philosophy and logic to my heart's content.
At 19 I was told I likely have ASD but I was also told that the priority was to focus on my Bipolar Affective Disorder.... 6 years, several different meds and a suicide attempt later they tell me I don't have bipolar disorder and it was a misdiagnosis... despite 7 years of medication for it... and now I'm on waiting list for an ASD assessment that I'm told could take up to a year of waiting before I get assessed.
If I do have ASD it would explain my whole life from about age 5... so if I'm 29 by the time I get the assessment that's 24 years late.
If I don't have ASD it's back to square one and at least finally getting some CBT which I've been trying to get since June last year (I was told if I do have ASD then CBT won't work and I'd need specialized therapy).
Thank fuck for doctors but they certainly ain't perfect.
And when it comes to an inability to handle simple tasks I can totally relate to that. I still struggle with making a bed and folding clothes despite being shown about 5000 times. I struggle to focus on anything practical but I can waffle on about philosophy and logic to my heart's content.