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Originally Posted by Deejay14
What would be the point of the diagnosis at your age. You are obviously very successful at school and you have made it this far in life. Most services for autism are geared towards young children and those adults who would not be even able to contemplate college. A diagnosis on a record would just hold you back. People have their own idea of autism which may not remotely describe you.
By all means check out therapy and learn/practice social skills if that is what you need, but the label/diagnosis is not as significant as it would be if you were in elementary school.
Are there other young adults at your school who you know of that has this diagnosis? I ask because you will only be in therapy 1 hour a week and the rest of the time during the week is you practicing what you have done in therapy. As you no doubt know it's going to be work for you and someone else who is s similar will have some understanding.
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How would a diagnosis on my medical record hold me back? As far as I know, medical records are not disclosed except when there is risk to self or others or a legal action requires it. So I doubt it would affect me getting a job or education or anything essential like that. Or do you mean it would give me an excuse to not do anything about my difficulties or to feel sorry about myself?
On the note of diagnoses, I already have a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, so ASD wouldn't be a first (even though it's different). In fact, I think my episodes of depression might have been "caused" by an underlying ASD. If that is the case, I would want to know. I don't want to rely on antidepressants for my entire life. I think there is still risk of me going back into depression once I'm off antidepressants because the underlying issue of not being able to form relationships very well is still there.
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