Misdiagnosed

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I'm satisfied and my diagnosis makes sense , it was the missing part of my jigsaw.

My OCD tells me different

That 'missing part of the jigsaw' makes sense to me, and it's the main reason why I would ideally like to have a diagnosis.

I did look into the matter a few years ago, and came across an official statement by one of the high priests of the ASD industry (Baron-Cohen) to the effect that Aspergers (ASD Level 1?) diagnoses are now only given in this country if the subject has significant impairment of his or her functionality, or something of the sort.

What the heck does that mean? I can 'function' perfectly well, as all I do is ride around on trams and buses, go to the supermarket, sit at home playing around with computers and surfing the net, etc. I'm perfectly capable of supporting myself financially, but struggle with basic stuff like keeping the house in order, keeping myself in order, planning anything, etc. If I tried to have relationships with other people or pursue a career, I'm pretty sure I'd crash and burn, on past experience.

Does that mean my functionality is 'significantly impaired' or not?

https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-a ... checklist/

Babybird,
I've posted this many times but maybe it can help you to have those "aha!" moments. I've tried showing it to female NT friends thinking that the descriptors likely apply to everyone, and they didn't relate with it at all.

In my case I wasn't identified ASD until last year and I'm like naturalplastic. I agree with it completely and wish I had been assessed sooner, rather than spending my whole life wondering what was wrong.

Not misdiagnosed here -- but in so many ways it could've been due to my country's current level of knowledge.
If there were any single mistake on my diagnosis process at that very times, that could've been the case.

At my teen years, I already explored the doubt of diagnosis myself. There isn't just any other way around it.


I'm not any less autistic, just because I couldn't seem to relate to circumstances common to autistics as a human.

Could've been misdiagnosed as something explained fewer stuff than whole, or some co-morbid that may not even lasts or exists. Could've imagine such life.

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As a child, I was misdiagnosed as hyperactive and given Ritalin. Nobody knew about Asperger syndrome in the 1960s and 1970s.

After my diagnosis I did wonder if my assessment therapist was 100% correct. I had little doubt, but after living my entire life up to that point without a diagnosis, there was a little part of me that wondered: "Can I be 100% certain? I want to be 100% certain."

I don't doubt it at all anymore for a number of reasons including the fact that I solidly fit the diagnostic criteria in every category and have since my early childhood. Also, my PhD assessment therapist works exclusively with adults with autism and is schooled in giving assessments and after my assessment she very kindly said that although she and I could keep our scheduled followup appointment to review her findings, there was no need to do so. She explained my scoring and the fact that in layman's terms I scored "off the charts" to which there was no doubt whatsoever in her conclusion of my diagnosis.