My Diagnosis Fear

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Nah that wasn't what I mean. That was me trying to clever and funny. Heh, really doesn't do much to support the claim of a good sense of humour, eh?

Think about this, if you dont have faith in the doctors getting it right, then you would not be certain with a diagnosis, would you? You wouldnt be any further ahead, really.

By the same token, if the doctors do get things wrong sometimes, then them saying there was nothing wrong, could be inaccurate too - and therefore you could still use it as a tool to understand yourself equally well.

That part is easy. The tricky part is if you need help of some sort.



Heh, that might get you a diagnosis alright. Probably not the one you want though!

sounds familiar!

I'll be getting my referral to a psychiatrist. I don't know when, though. Probably should've asked. I assume my GP will get back to me or a letter will be posted or something.

She asked me if I wanted to try some anti-depressants for my depression. I said I may aswell give it a go. I'm regretting that decision. I really don't want to take them. But I've got 28 of them and another appointment in 4 weeks to see if they've done any good. I refused anti-depressants last time and she seemed glad that I did. Was I supposed to refuse them again? I wish that had occurred to me at the time.

I really don't want to take them. It's Citalopram, by the way.

Sweet Pea hugs

I think it is wise to beware doctors who say "you can't have autism, you have a sense of humor," or "you can't have autism, you can make eye contact," or...you get the idea. Not all people with ASD have all of the symptoms. If someone eliminates ASD based on the absence of one well known symptom, I wouldn't have much confidence in their opinion.

As for the anti-depressants, they scared the hell out of me when they were first offered to me. Since then, I have taken many different types. There are people here who have horror stories. I don't. The current combination of Zoloft and Welbutrin is working pretty well.

I come from a family of depressed people. Both my parents self-medicated with alcohol. Both my parents stopped drinking. My father eventually started taking Prozac and it changed his life. My mom was always afraid of psychiatric meds, never took them, and was depressed until the day she died.

That's my fear too. That they'll say I'm just looking for an excuse. Last time I talked to a psychiatrist that I thought I had AS he said even if I did it's just a label but he told me to bring in papers from school suggesting that I might have it from my school records. I got transferred to a different psychiatrist and the whole AS thing went away but I'm bringing it up again when I go to my next psychiatrist appointment.

If its any help, I saw therapists and psychiatrists for 30 years without a diagnosis other than depression/anxiety. Before I was diagnosed with AS I had never heard of it (like many people, I was unaware of a spectrum and thought autism was either/or) in that way, I guess I was lucky as there wasn't the wondering about it. The doctors are human and not perfect.. a second opinion might be in order.