Questioning my Diagnosis

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I might have autism according to my psychologist. I have done a few tests online and she might have a point.

Me and my mother had a massive argument yesterday as my diagnosis might not be right and I blame the NHS for misdiagnosing me for years.

I am not sure if I should continue taking antipsychotics, as I have been mis treated,

I have been up much of the night worrying about this.

If they have got it so wrong and I have gone through so much social pain with no support then I should be very angry that this wasn’t considered sooner.

I honestly don’t know what to think. I have lived with Schizophrenia for years with no one questioning it, and now someone is paying close attention, it turns out I may be autistic instead.

I don’t know what to do. The waiting list is 20 months where I live for an assessment. If they have got it wrong they need to fix it much faster than that

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Since the cause of schizophrenia, and autism, is unknown, pdocs focus on symptoms to make a diagnosis.

What were your symptoms before your diagnosis of schizophrenia? Did you have any hallucinations and/or delusions? Any paranoia? Any delusions of grandeur, persecution or inference?

I’m trying to figure out why you were diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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I was hearing voices, having visual hallucinations, I had delusions about aliens and was very paranoid that I moved cities and changed my name. I thought I was a shaman for a long time. When I am at my worst people cannot understand what I say because my words get mixed up even though I think I am talking properly and I get angry because no one can understand me

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Do you still have those symptoms, or have they went away?

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They went away but have come back a lot of times

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Me too.

I try to avoid or cope with stress.

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The psychologist is concerned that my social anxiety and stress is a root problem that needs addressing, as I should gradually get better but things are staying the same

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I have social anxiety too.

I don’t like too much stimulation. I had to give up driving.

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I am the same as you are.

I am clueless when it comes to being social. I upset people at work and I never really understand what the problem is and I get so stressed about it and it goes over and over in my head and I cannot escape it.

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Well, I hope you get the right diagnosis and treatment. Just try to keep the stress low and have ways to cope with social anxiety.

I’m going to try to go to bed (2:17 AM). Nice chatting with you.

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It’s very possible to have both! I have both diagnoses myself

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But my psychosis thinking about it now has been driven by my difficulties with other people.

I am not blaming anyone as it’s my own issue, but I can link my psychotic episodes to the extreme stress and anxiety I have been put under by being unable to live properly in this world.

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Several of us here have both , e.g @Moon @shutterbug me and no doubt others . I fully understand your frustration and anger . It took 27 years after Asperger’s was an official dx for me to get the dx .

If I had not moved the likelihood is I’d still be without a dx for it . The plus point for you is that you’re still young enough that if you are on the spectrum things can , with proper help and support, improve for you .

Whatever your dx should be I hope you can get good support and treatment .

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She’s trying to find an argument to ween you off meds. During interviews, play along the quiet dinosaur monosyllabic part. Play some ■■■■■■ guitar like a country rockstar at a bar nobody has heard of, then go back to ■■■■■■■■ dinosaur mode. You just might get weened off. However if this is too difficult for you to achieve… then you probably are not ready to ween off them.

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I can ween myself off meds. I don’t need her to diagnosed me with something else to achieve that.

I have been mis treated and the meds are poison for me as I don’t need them

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It is a terrible situation.

The wait for an assessment here is 20 months.

I cannot wait that long, now I know something may be up I will obsess over it continuously

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I can neither confirm or encourage that you should or should not. I can however inform you, there is word of certain policies being spread about court mandates forcible medication in certain parts of “Britannia”.

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I have come off meds lots of times and it has never gone to court. Mainly because I have always folded.

Now I know their diagnostic practises are flawed I have a solid argument to proceed

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Don’t throw fists without reason.

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What does that mean?