Hi I’m new to this forum I’ve recently been referred to get a diagnosis.

[Peaceandquiet]

Hi..
I’ve recently been referred for an autism diagnosis and I haven’t spoke to anyone about it.
My GP appointment was so weird and I came away feeling upset with him and anxiety with no one to talk to.
I felt he didn’t want to ask me anything really and just went off this questionnaire and more or less told me he was certain I would be on the spectrum but I was dealing with life so what’s the need for a “label”
Towards the end of this half hour strange appointment he said he would refer me but it wasn’t for me pushing for it but really me not understanding why he was telling me these things without understanding me.. I was expecting him to be asking me how I was feeling about all sorts of different things..
how did everyone else’s GP appointment go when they were referred?

 

[Rodafina]

Hello and welcome. That’s unfortunate you had such a bad experience. Perhaps you can hang out here with us and read our experiences and share your own and get some of the understanding that you were looking for. So often health professionals do not seem to have the time it takes to really understand what it feels like to be autistic. But we sure do!

Let us know if you need any help settling in and finding your way around the forum.

 

[betazoid]

Welcome!

Would definitely second everything Rodafina said above. This can place can be a great resource for info and support.

Personally I was lucky enough to get to talk to GPs that were helpful and didn't go off on self-indulgent tangents the way yours did. I'm sorry you had to deal with that, it was totally unnecessary. Unfortunately GPs are just humans like us, and not all of them are particularly great at their job. There are some great ones out there if you can be lucky enough to find them and stick with them.

Good luck!

 

[tree]

 

[Xinyta]

Welcome, @Peaceandquiet

Glad to have you here~ As for your GP. Alot of medical professionals, especially in the past few years, tend to be like that. They are very by the book and/or only see you as a number. It's typically all about the money and not the patients for GPs, and various other doctors, like this. Which is unfortunate you delt with one that is that way. Though the silver lining in it all is your diagnosis. We can be a part of the next step in your journey, to help you go the right way~

 

[Kisa the tea]

Hello and welcome to the forum! I'm sorry to hear the appointment didn't go well. I hope you find a better community and resource in us. Let us know if you need help with anything!

 

[Sablerose]

Just wanted to say hello and welcome

 

[Neonatal RRT]

Hi..
I’ve recently been referred for an autism diagnosis and I haven’t spoke to anyone about it.
My GP appointment was so weird and I came away feeling upset with him and anxiety with no one to talk to.
I felt he didn’t want to ask me anything really and just went off this questionnaire and more or less told me he was certain I would be on the spectrum but I was dealing with life so what’s the need for a “label”
Towards the end of this half hour strange appointment he said he would refer me but it wasn’t for me pushing for it but really me not understanding why he was telling me these things without understanding me.. I was expecting him to be asking me how I was feeling about all sorts of different things..
how did everyone else’s GP appointment go when they were referred?

Well, you went to a GP. That's usually how it goes. Most medical professionals do not know much about autism, let alone autism in an adult. Feelings? No. A GP is trained to give you a prescription for a medical condition.

A psychiatrist is interested in your feelings. A psychologist is interested in more the testing and diagnosis.

 

[Tom]

Welcome!

 

[Nitro]

 

[tazz]

In the UK, the GP's role is to do a quick check to make sure that a specialist assessment is appropriate, to avoid the long waiting list for the specialists getting clogged up even further with people who almost certainly do not have autism. So it's normal for it to be a fairly quick, checklist-based process. The detailed assessment comes later.

Edit: sorry, forgot to say hi and welcome.

 

[VictorR]

Hi! Sorry about your experience.

You're not alone in that most GPs have limited exposure yo the field, and in most cases, they're just doing the referral, and so ensuring that a referral is appropriate is their main task.

That being stated, I do recognize that some ways of approaching things are better than others.