If you could ask the person who diagnosed you any questions what would you ask?

[heyitsalice]

I know this might sound oddly specific or stupid but I have my last (of three) session with the two professionals that diagnosed me. It's for them to give me some feedback and for me to ask questions.
The thing is I feel numb and overwhelmed at the same time. I feel like I don't have any questions and at the same time that I have a million of them and I don't wanna lose this appointment because it's my last one and I don't get to see my primary psychiatrist until March
What would you ask?

 

[mysterionz]

Idk if the professional that diagnosed me as autistic at age 5 is still around working as a pediatrician.. a five year old can’t literate as well as an older teenager

 

[Progster]

I'd ask him to give me an analytical breakdown of what exactly it was that lead him to the conclusion that I'm on the spectrum.

 

[Ella Spell]

- My ADOS score, out of curiosity. All my report says about ADOS is that I was well-above the cutoff. All the other tests were reported with graphs, T-Scores, and percentiles.

- Actually, there's no score for my "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test either except it says I did extremely badly on that measure. Verbally, she told me it was the lowest score she'd ever seen.

- Could I please have a prescription for NC headphones so they'll be covered on my insurance as an assistive device? I can get this note from my GP but would prefer it from the Neuropsych.

- What are you going to do with my 188 page spiral-bound Developmental History between now and the end of time?

- Do you see any evidence that I have Tourette's?

 

[Mr. Stevens]

I didn't really have any questions either, @heyitsalice. I was basically confirming what I had expected for years. And I certainly understood Autism well enough as a kid, just because I studied myself and knew how to manage myself.

Yet, I did wonder where all this would lead or how/if life would change. I guess I'm still wondering, but we can only go forward and see. What I have learned is that there really are very few supports out there. And if I tell someone I'm Autistic they either don't know what that means; seem to treat it with polite disbelief; or talk to me like I'm a kid.

 

[autism-and-autotune]

I know this might sound oddly specific or stupid but I have my last (of three) session with the two professionals that diagnosed me. It's for them to give me some feedback and for me to ask questions.
The thing is I feel numb and overwhelmed at the same time. I feel like I don't have any questions and at the same time that I have a million of them and I don't wanna lose this appointment because it's my last one and I don't get to see my primary psychiatrist until March
What would you ask?

I'd want to ask the doctor...well, I don't know what I'd ask. It took about a month for my results to come through, for which I blame no one--if anything, I'm grateful that it was a thorough investigation.