For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it?
For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it?
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Long story that played out over months... Went to the doctors with depressive episode. Got diagnosed burnout. But from what??? So... I dug into researching psychology. Turns out, I inherited the family 'tism and could trace anecdotal evidence back 4 generations. Nobody ever bothered to investigate before. Presented my findings to my therapist and her reaction after listening to it all was (paraphrasing) "You didn't KNOW?".
So, yeah... No 'officially on paper' official diagnosis yet. I don't plan on getting one, because it turns out, the main cause of my problems isn't Autism, it's ADHD on top (that one got official a few months later), but now I am doing better with that under control and unlearning all the masking I did.
Yesss! I didn't realize how much ADHD was affecting me until I got medicated. It became a whole new world. I'm happy you're doing better with it under control.
I didn't know my mother, and my father was classic Narcissist PD. When I looked into my family history, the only telling thing I could find was that my mother smoked cigarettes throughout the entire pregnancy.