Assessment today

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I had my assessment appointment this morning. It was ok. The dr seemed to feel that he had a lot of information about me already which may make it clearer to diagnose, and so instead of needing 3 appointments, I only needed to attend this one. He said that it was slightly complicated by some childhood abuse I suffered, but he seemed to indicate that he thought I was autistic. He said he will send his draft report to me within the next two weeks, or perhaps earlier and then I will be invited to a further appointment to discuss the findings and what to do next. I feel very mixed up about it all. I need to see it written down to try to start processing properly I think.

Thanks to everyone here who has offered me support and advice in the last years whilst I got to this point.

Good luck! Hope you receive the assistance that you deserve!!

I wish you well. I hope whateven answer you get it is helpful

Thank you

Ooh. Interesting.

Do you have an approximate wait time for your assessment Mountain Goat?

One and a half to two years.. They did say that I needed to be assessed urgently, but they are not allowed to because they do not know how urgent the other peoples cases are.

Last edited by Mountain Goat on 05 Oct 2019, 3:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.

It’s such a long time. Mine was 14 months after triage appointment- did you have a triage appointment? Or was your last contact with GP?

Congratulations, Oakling.

Last contact with the GP... Though, I went i to an open drop in day (Once a month) just because I was in a bit of a state at the time.
I don't know what a triarge is. I don't think they do triarge. They did say the assessment will be spread over three days.

Thanks Isabella!

I find it confusing that there are so many different routes to diagnosis. Even in my own county, there seem to be differences.

Triage is a kind of pre assessment. In my case I was referred to the local adult Asperger’s service and then a month or so later attended an appointment with a junior psychologist (or was it trainee? I can’t quite remember), who went through the various questionnaires I’d completed and asked a lot more background questions. It took about an hour and a half.

Glad the wait is finally over, Oakling. All the best.x

I am not sure. Unless this bit is the first part of the actual assessment?

Thanks Juliette


MG- yes perhaps that is how it will be for you.

Maybe. Waiting is not easy is it?