Getting Diagnosed in Late Teens worries

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I should be getting my diagnosis soon and it's really worrying me.

I've made some very close friends recently and am beginning to find that it's easier to talk to people since I moved a year ago. I go to a very small school so we all know each other anyway.
However I'm worried that people are going to be reluctant to talk to me, especially if I end up going to the pupil support within the school and I plan on keeping it as secret as I can.

So I was just wondering what it was like for anyone in their late teens, whether you told anyone or not and what happened if you did.

I think you have to be willing to potentially risk friendships if you disclose. Even though you're still the same person before and after you tell them, they might not see it that way.
On the plus side, it could really help show who your better friends are. On the minus side, some superficial friends (which are sometimes good too) may leave or even decide to become an annoyance to you.

I got diagnosis around mid-teens, and told no one. Still, there were 3 or 4 guys at school who harassed me, so disclosing may only have given their taunting a "theme".

I was included in the school's assistance program and none of my friends/harassers seemed to care about that aspect. But then, some of them were in the program too.

Sorry this is kind of non-advise, but just some things to consider.