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I had my ADHD assessment on Monday! I didn't get a "I now declare you diagnosed with ADHD" moment, but the psych did refer me for ADHD medication so I think I can consider that a diagnosis. There's a 6 month wait for the titration team to become available though.
Within ten minutes of starting the appointment the psych started asking me autism screening questions and asked if I'd had an ASD assessment (no) and if I wanted one (yessssss). So she's referred me for that too apparently! Which is the only way I'm ever gonna get an autism diagnosis on the NHS, so I'm thrilled.
I'm also incredibly curious if there was anything that tipped her off, or if ASD screening is something they do as standard. Did I ping her autiedar? Am I that obvious? I'm intrigued.
So this is all a) good, b) incredibly validating and a massive relief, and c) a Lot to process. Having all sorts of feels right now, starting with "oh crap, now I need to renarrativize my whole life in light of this information". Might write more about the emotional side of it when I'm less exhausted.
Within ten minutes of starting the appointment the psych started asking me autism screening questions and asked if I'd had an ASD assessment (no) and if I wanted one (yessssss). So she's referred me for that too apparently! Which is the only way I'm ever gonna get an autism diagnosis on the NHS, so I'm thrilled.
I'm also incredibly curious if there was anything that tipped her off, or if ASD screening is something they do as standard. Did I ping her autiedar? Am I that obvious? I'm intrigued.
So this is all a) good, b) incredibly validating and a massive relief, and c) a Lot to process. Having all sorts of feels right now, starting with "oh crap, now I need to renarrativize my whole life in light of this information". Might write more about the emotional side of it when I'm less exhausted.