I´ve pretty recently got the diagnosis PDD NOS, that is "pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified" and from the assessment I got a couple of written pages written about my diagnosis out of test results and conversations with psychologist.

Before I went to outpatient care because of depression and anxiety I never thought of having an autismspectrum disorder and neither did my mum or teachers when I was younger. I´m now 30+.

The WAIS test shows that all is within the normal distribution and nothing else is specified that really tells me "you have such and such difficulties".

The diagnosis has only made me worried and overly tense and I´m for example afraid I´ll never get a permanent and more qualified employment because of some difficulties I have but aren´t aware of.

I have had jobs, a few friends and so on and what I know of noone has thought of me like being very different or that someone has thought of me as a person who must have a diagnosis. I do not mean to talk in a condescending manner about the AS spectrum, I just tell about my own experiences.

Perhaps someone has some advice or own experience on this?