Taking the tests is only the first steps, do your research and find out more about it and relate it to your childhood growing up trying to get as many situations for the different diagnosing criteria. Watching some YouTube videos has been mighty helpful as well to better understand certain traits could manifest themselves. If you find yourself relating more and more and fins that a diagnosis might prove useful/enlightening go route, but you're not obliged either to seek one. I started where you are now a couple of years ago and it's been quite enlightening to finally understand myself better and the comments/remarks that have been addressed to me on several occasions.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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Just scored a 179 ... I probably erred to liberally in a number of my answers, but it's not that surprising.
186 here. Already diagnosed with ADHD, so lots of overlap, but I definitely connect with a lot of things I see around about autism. I should set another appointment with my doctor for ADHD and see if he can properly test me or something. I'm like 4 months without my meds anyway, so I know I need to setup an appointment anyway.
I just don't want more "you are broken" things floating around my head. It's bad enough already.
You're not broken, you're just a way. Redheads and lefties aren't broken.
I see lots of doctors all the time, but I haven't seen one for myself in over two decades. I wonder more often if I have ADHD, or if it just seems like that due to other underlying issues.
Pretty sure I'm on the Autism spectrum, though, since my work desk monitors are lined with post-its about how to communicate with other humans.
I just don't exactly what to do with this info, I mean, I'm in my thirties now, I'm far of having a secured life, but been having a good time in the recent years, despite all of the set backs and so on, I believe I reach a point where I can stand strong and face whatever situation i am presented with.
But knowing the results makes me wonder if maybe I should "adjust" my view of life or maybe grab some reading about the subject, there's a chance that I would come across something useful to improve life quality.
Or maybe I just need to keep going as I have, I'm not sure.
I absolutely feel you. I'm doing really well in terms of what society would consider good, but it's absolutely falling upwards. I'm really good at my job, but the setbacks are constant outside that world and I 100% relate to everything you said. Just feels like everything is always falling apart and my best efforts will never be enough.
I felt the same way when I was diagnosed with ADHD, and I still have no idea what to do with that info other than feel "not enough" for anybody.
I don't have any answers, but what you're feeling is the same as me, so don't hesitate to DM me (if that's a thing on here) and vent. I'm always in need of a good vent too.
Completely agreed. Over time that feeling of not being enough, or not be a good companion for my loved ones have been slowly going away. Now, I´m gonna seriously been looking for a doctor, haven´t visited a psychologist since I was 10 or so. It is time.
For sure, I´m going to take your word in that, I really appreciate it. Please feel free to do the same, I got you!
Please get medically diagnosed.
One of us! One of us!
For real though, autism is a wide spectrum and it's not always obvious. Some of us only find out way later in life, I only found out like 2 years ago at age 34 and it was illuminating. Looking back on my life with this new information just made my entire life make so much more sense in a way. It has helped me understand and accept things about myself and others.
Knowing you have autism won't really change much but at least you'll understand yourself better and here you have a community of like-minded people where you can feel at home. Once I had that realization, I also realized most if not all of my close friends are also neurodivergent. I let some of them know of my suspicions, some I did not. Two of them actually just got their official diagnosis! I didn't bother getting mine, I don't really see the point as there is no doubt, I'm autistic AF.
Heh. This happened to me. Same story. Turns out I'm autistic as fuck. Lol
Next steps in research I think would be a deep dive into your childhood behaviors, embrace-autism.org articles, and start looking around your local area to find out if there are neuropsychologists who will screen adults for diagnostic testing and if they take insurance
Welcome! Here are bunch of self-assessments you can take while you're in the maybe stage: https://embrace-autism.com/autism-tests/
The sidebar also has a few resources for those of us that are recently realizing the autism