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  1. zozie

    When being social ruins your special interest

    Hi all, it's been a long time. I hope everyone here is well and I apologize for my absence. When I started school in January things were really great until I got overwhelmed with assignments. I did well that semester, though I cut out a lot of stuff in order to do so. This summer term has been a...
  2. zozie

    It's official: Me and my kids are diagnosed autistic

    Just got back from that award-winning doctor, who actually saw both my older and younger kid, and me, and he and his team diagnosed us all. The whole thing took four hours, including the ADOS-2, and we felt seen as people. They offered some great resources. So now it's official. I can get the...
  3. zozie

    My son is up for an ADHD eval next week ...advice?

    Hey all, My 14-year-old is going to be evaluated for ADHD next week. Any advice or thoughts? He does well in school if he has an extra study period but totally crashes after the school day and I'm worried that his good grades might work against him. That said, he basically failed every class...
  4. zozie

    Finally Saw A Decent Doc - ASD Assessment Update

    Well, nearly 2 months after my first, rather wretched assessment process, I finally saw a young PsyD student (nearly done) with extensive experience interning at a private clinic assessing autistic kids and adults. The clinic in question just won an award for their research on autism diagnoses...
  5. zozie

    Theoretical Psychology

    Hi all, It has been extremely busy over here so I've been less active in the forums than usual. Did you know that there's such a thing as a "theoretical psychologist"? I did not until my General Psych professor announced that he was one. Theoretical psychology challenges the mainstream methods...
  6. zozie

    Internal Meltdowns/Shutdowns (even as a child)?

    Hi all, I am having some trouble finding research and personal narratives about internalized distress from childhood onward. So, a natural tendency towards silence, not one borne of masking. A loud expression of distress is one feature of autism I have never resonated with. My distress feels...
  7. zozie

    Assessment Results Are In! Spoiler: It's (apparently) Not Autism

    So I just got my assessment results. The doc said I have Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, noticeable sensory processing difficulties, and that my need for control in situations via information gathering and "needing to know" what social situations mean is rooted in a trauma that...
  8. zozie

    Can't Describe Feelings in Spoken Words?

    Does anyone else have trouble describing feelings verbally? I've heard of alexithymia but it's often described as crying for no apparent reason. I have a flat affect, and physical expression seems stuck. I feel deeply inside, but it's usually an image, like a tidal wave, and I can't seem to...
  9. zozie

    ASD Assessment Time

    Today I had a 2-hour phone interview with my assessor to gather a clinical history and I feel like I forgot a lot of important things. Tomorrow I have a 4-hour in-person assessment, with the assessor talking to my mother for a more detailed early-childhood history. I hope the assessor calls her...
  10. zozie

    My ASD assessment is 2 weeks out.

    Hi all, I'm one of the lucky ones, only having to wait 4 months for an ASD assessment. How did those of you who got assessments manage the pre-assessment panic? What if they tell me I'm fine and it's all in my head? What if they don't understand masking? What if they are biased against adult...
  11. zozie

    Late diagnosis: How long to unmask?

    Hi all, I'm 40 in a few months. I've been referred by my therapist for an ASD assessment. While I wait to be seen, I've begun experimenting with letting my body do what it wants to do and not letting ingrained social expectations get in the way. Taking off the mask. Sometimes this feels like a...
  12. zozie

    My doc referred me to a specialist and I keep thinking...

    ...what if the specialist finds that I don't have autism? What do I do then? This is a fear my teenager, referred by their own doc for assessment for autism, also has. What do we do if we know, or at least very strongly suspect (because no other pieces fit including our early childhood), and...
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