Please answer if you have been diagnosed when an Adult!

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Yes, I guess I would need it too look back on, it is hard though when I have no idea what they will be asking me. Its like when I went to the ER after I hit my head, I had three people come up and ask me the same thing, when the finale lady came up and asked "So what happened?" I just reached in my purse for the list I created on the way and handed it to her and told her I did not want to talk to any one about it anymore. I shut down after a while of repetative questions and voices. If I did not have it on me I think I would have screamed for her to go away.

I figured they would be doing something like that too. That makes me more nervous. I just wish the test wasnt so far away cause it gave me way too much time to think about it. I start questioning myself. I guess thats another reason I make the lists, so I do not give up and cancel it. The more I remind myself the reason I fit ASD, the more I can keep myself distracted with the other thought of seeing something that might not actually be there. I tend to second guess myself more than I want too. I believe this could be the most important thing in my life after years of wasted medications and therapies ment for something else. I can finally get answers and I need a constant reminder, the lists do that for me.

You could do what you feel like doing. They will categorize what you do and what you do not do no matter what. It is all part of who you are.

Good Advise. I need to learn to just go with myself sometimes.

I wouldn't really sweat any of it, man, just answer their questions how they come to you.

Good luck on your psychological journey. I hope you keep us posted.

Thank you, I will.

I used a Samsung tablet for my list of prompts.

Less hassle than paper, for me.

I would say do the "preparations" you need to feel as much at ease as possible, and apart from that, just bring whatever personal research and notes you have on your condition.

I had my first diagnosis appointment last week (next one is in a few days). Except answering some questionnaire (AQ and another thing) that they had sent me in advance, I did not "prepare" for it but I came with 8 pages of notes about my life and my symptoms that I had written in the last few months when researching autism and if/where I may be on the spectrum. The psychologist was very pleased to have such material and found it very useful.

I supplied test results written on a tiny scrap of paper and turned up open to forensic examination by the consultant. My photographic memory supplied answers to the questions asked.
Beforehand I had to prepare for meeting people I didn't know and sitting in a public waiting room.

Talking and meeting this guy will be the hardest part.

Good to know! From what people keep telling me, its very like AS people to make lists and such to prepare for something so it may only help prove my diagnosis lol. I have an awful memory in stressful situations, think a lot of people do though, just most people dont think talking to someone about something like this is stressful.

"Whenever two people meet, there are six people present:
Each person as they see themselves, each person as they see the other, and each as they actually are."
- Robert Burns

That third term seems hard to define in any lasting way, especially as it has to be slanted to counter the bias in each perceptor to come up true.

I love reading what you write but I must say you are a bit more intellegant than I am. I understand half of what you say haha.

I thought I was referred to a psych for anxiety because the medication that my GP prescribed wasn't working. There were a lot of questions and a surprise diagnosis. Just be yourself, answer questions as best you can. Take your lists but you might consider your ability to shuffle papers and connect to their content in a high stress situation. Plus you want the person seeing you to have time to do what they need to do.

Even so, in the end you have to do what makes yourself feel comfortable.

Hope this helps