Daisy100 wrote:
Hi
I am new here. Im 58 years young, and i dont have a firmal diagnosis yet. I now know i have an ASD. After all, we know ourselves better than anyone, dont we.
I have been treated by my GP for anxiety and depmost of my adult life, but still i have struggled in so many areas of my life. In approx 2019 i decided i wanted to experience life free from antidepressants before i die, so i started reducing my dose of VENSIR XL, a slow releasing antidepressant. My starting dose was 150mg and my current dose is 95mg per day. I still couldnt work out why i felt so dreadful. Overwhelm, brain fog, melt downs etc. I gained access to my medical records in December 2022. I wanted to try to make sense of my behaviours and feelings and how i was feeling. Looking through my notes, i was reminded that my then GP referred me for urgent advise to the CMHT, as sge described that i showed consistant symptoms now and in childhood of an ASD. This was not folllowed up and i forgot about it. I have now been in touch with my now GP and requested an assessment. I am now thinking that my symtoms of an ASD are more apparent due to my reducing the dose. This was highlighted at the begining of Hanuary 2023, when i discovered my partner lied to me. I dumoed him and then had a terrible melt down which i am still suffering.
So im wondering if i have an ASD and i am feeling like this, it may be that it wouldnt be good for me to exoerience life without antidepressants. Perhaps this is the reason why i have functioned as i have throughout life despite regular meltdowns. But what medication is good for treating an ASD? I understand no one pill suits all, as an ASD affects us differently, but i am curious about where to go from here while i wait to see a medical proffesional.
I have been switched from one AD to another most of my life. I cant remember which helped most. At age of 6 years doctor wrote in my notes, if doesnt settle prescribe Valium; mother says is bad tempered and moody. My medical notes over the past 40 years question bipolar, hypochondria, borderline personality disorder, dysthymia, major deppresive disorder, but no formal diagnosis.
I am exhausted physically and mentally
How things have changed to think a Dr would consider prescribing Valium to a 6 year old. Valium and other benzos do work great for anxiety, but tolerance and dependence are real problems.
As others have said there is no medication for Autism, only for the commonly ocurring co-morbidities like anxiety and depression.
21 Mar 2023, 10:36 am
