Late Diagnosis of Neurodivergence: What Was Your Experience?

work on unmasking in front of a doctor and explaining your symptoms in a way that makes it sound as if you haven’t self-diagnosed

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.

So for me, I don't even have the spoons to try and get diagnosed due to how difficult it is for Adult Females to be recognized to be on the spectrum especially when I'm "Socially Masked" very well most of the time. So I just continue my life knowing I'm on the spectrum and having therapists that treat me as such. I hope it goes well for you and you get the diagnosis and it helps you 🙏

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