My therapist finally told me I was autistic after I pestered him about what was causing some of my issues. I kinda suspected all along. but now it's driving me crazy. I keep focusing on what thoughts are autistic and aren't autistic, which drives me crazy because I can't tell. and it driving me crazy might in turn be a symptom. but I can't know for sure. which drives me crazy. It's an endless, vicious, painful cycle
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Hi there @666
I'm wondering the same question as asked above, how did the therapist come to that conclusion?
Is it a therapist or a psychiatrist because from what I know and understand a therapist is not allowed to diagnose.
Were you put on any medication? So sorry you are going through all this, you don't deserve it.
I'm wondering the same question as asked above, how did the therapist come to that conclusion?
Is it a therapist or a psychiatrist because from what I know and understand a therapist is not allowed to diagnose.
Were you put on any medication? So sorry you are going through all this, you don't deserve it.
he is a psychologist. what happened was I told him I thought I might have borderline. so he pulled out the dsm-5, and showed me how I didn't quite have borderline. Then he pulled out the dsm-4, and showed me I was a perfect fit for mild aspergers, which doesn't exist in the dsm-5. all cases of asperers are now just autism, as I understand it. And no, I haven't been put on medication, though I'm already on an SSRI for my depression
Well ya know what? The fact is, there's a long scale of autism and it's symptoms and there's a whole lot of very high functioning people who use their street skills quite well as adults. You too can be one of those folks. You do have some thinking to do on a broad scale to get your shit together and I realize that but don't let a diagnosis dictate who or what you can become. You're you and that's plenty.
@Innocent Forever I could try but I think they would still over react
sorry 666, i feel as if i’m sneaking in on this conversation. i rarely comment on posts. i just want to mention that as far as diagnoses go, i have a few and i’ve been told that they are all not conclusive - so maybe they are not really diagnoses. one i reject altogether and one i was told i was close to but not actually there - BPD like you mentioned above. This makes me wonder about diagnoses in general. then when reading explanations of various disorders there seems to be so much overlap and room for interpretations and mistakes. maybe you should consider what they say you are as merely speculation on their part. for myself today i decided to not quit everything like i have been saying all over SF in the past several days because my care coordinator at my new insurance company in giving me a list of therapists also provided one place that turned out to not be a therapist but a place that does psychological testing and diagnosing. it is run by a psychologist (phd) so as mentioned above, do i trust or not? but anyway i will hopefully get to go there and find out the big “so what” and get a better idea of what i am in terms of letters. I will tell you how it goes. but i am wondering if you have gone through any psych testing and what the results were and by whom performed etc. I am hoping my results will be helpful for you. i have never come across a testing place like this and i would recommend it but i already know you are in a different geographical location!! but if there is one here there may be another elsewhere.
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