Late Diagnosis of Neurodivergence: What Was Your Experience?

I found the actual diagnosis pretty stressful and I had a hard time communicating everything to my doctor (I only had one chance to tell them everything they needed to know) which felt like a lot of pressure. So for me, I spent a lot of time writing down literally all of the symptoms and experiences I had that led me to believe I was autistic. So I wrote it down, and it helped me have a way to communicate with them. I tried to tell them as many of the things as I could during the actual meeting and ended up sending them an email of everything else I forgot to mention. I hope that's helpful! Having the information written down was super helpful for me

There not much preparation needed. I was tested using methods definitely meant for kids, but in the end I got the answers I was looking for. It may feel mildly patronizing but it’s not the worst thing.

Honestly not much I was diagnosed young and I have a close friend that also has autism but hasn’t been diagnosed yet his now 27 and was put if for a diagnosis at 20 so I don’t want to give your hopes up but I feel your not going to be diagnosed for a very long time