Pre assessment certainty you are on the spectrum?

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31 Oct 2018, 4:01 am

Before the assessment how certain were you that you are on the spectrum? Did it fluctuate ? Periods of being quite certain punctuated by periods of nagging doubt.



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31 Oct 2018, 6:47 am

It fluctuated but never became a nagging doubt. What's worrying you about not receiving a diagnosis?



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31 Oct 2018, 7:27 am

domineekee wrote:
It fluctuated but never became a nagging doubt. What's worrying you about not receiving a diagnosis?


I'll say straight off I'm a professional worry wort. I just happen to believe I fit NVLD better, but that is hardly recognised in the UK. I'm worried that if the assessment is negative other avenues as to neurodiversity won't be explored. I've done the AQ 50- 37 and AQ 10- 8. I've also got my sister to score me on the RAADS -R- 163.
I'm well aware though these are possible indicators not proof. The biggest indicator is social interaction difficulties. The other criteria are less certain as to whether they apply enough in my opinion .

At my last psych appointment I mentioned ASD . My stepdaughter chipped in,who has worked with autistic people as part of working for a care agency, to say she thinks there are signs. The pdoc asked various questions . He also did a finger test. My stepdaughter had said I was the clumsiest person she had met . After the finger test he said I was quite dyspraxic.

The end result of the appointment was that he offered ASD + schizophrenia as most likely diagnoses.

The issue is seeing things as just being typical of me and not proof of anything . For example when asked I said I was average when it came to emotion recognition. My stepdaughter chipped in to say "Hold on a minute" and give an example where it was faulty.



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31 Oct 2018, 7:42 am

This thread may not be for me, but I'm going to reply regardless.

I've never been assessed, but I'm sure I'm on the spectrum. I've head stories on this very website of people visiting various doctors and being told they are/aren't on the spectrum: some go to 3 or 4 doctors before getting a diagnosis. Some get diagnosed, and are later told by other doctors that they're not on the spectrum. Who's right, who's wrong?

Legally, you need a diagnosis to "make it official." But doctors aren't infallible priests, and their judgement isn't the HOLY word of God. They all have opinions of their own and they may contradict one another.

If you think you're on the spectrum, and you've done the proper research, then you probably are ONE of US.



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31 Oct 2018, 8:53 am

Not diagnosed, but a lot of the features are definitely there



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31 Oct 2018, 10:25 am

convinced myself beforehand that I just had GAD and was very introverted etc to the point of feeling a little embarrassed that I was going for an assessment. Getting a diagnosis ended up being a little surprising.



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31 Oct 2018, 12:11 pm

Kinda 60-40. Sixty being that had aspergers, and 40 not. They concluded that I had it.