AuDHD diagnosis today! 🎉
Joining the diagnosed AuDHD club today!
I learned about ADHD at 35, started to suspect autism at 37 and was going with self-determined autistic as a label. With so many stories about assessments being extremely expensive and assessors not acknowledging that adults or women in general can be autistic, I never planned to get formally assessed. But then some people on Reddit talked about Prosper Health and they took my insurance, so I went for it! Yes, the most impulsive thing I’ve done lately is get an autism assessment 😅
It was a very good experience for me. I think the past year of following this sub, watching videos, and reading books made answering the evaluation questions easier. I had picked up “So You Think You’re Autistic” by Samantha Stein last year and I went back through my answers to the prompts before my meetings. Otherwise I probably would have forgotten all my struggles and gone blank. I also wrote up a summary in advance for sensory issues because that’s a long list.
I feel like this is the only place I can share this news and I so appreciate this sub for everything I’ve been learning!