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An assessment can be very helpful even if you don't meet the criteria for ASD, because it gets you to think about your personality. It's revealing. I finally had the words to describe some of my personality traits that I couldn't vocalize. Identifying those traits can really improve psychotherapy.
I was diagnosed with ASD at the age of 34 by a psychiatrist. She interviewed my mother and had us fill out questionnaires about my developmental history. Since I am a woman it took longer to get diagnosed, even though ASD was suspected back in 1994 when I first went into psychiatric treatment for 'depression'.
Getting diagnosed really helped me heal and it answered so many of my questions. It explained why I always felt different. It also got rid of my personality disorder diagnosis that I never agreed with.
ASD is much more than communication troubles. What other ASD traits so you have besides communication troubles?
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Dx: Didgee Disorder
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