I went to my primary care doctor first, and they referred me to a specialist for testing. The evaluation lasted all day and honestly left my brain feeling exhausted. I'm not sure how they test adults, though, since I ended up being evaluated at a children's clinic because I was kind of in that in-between age where I wasn't quite considered a child, but wasn't fully treated as an adult.

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My therapist referred me, I honestly didn’t know what exactly the test was for until after lol but it was a lot of questions about like emotion recognition and how you communicate and stuff like that

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Also want to know

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Tell primary care doctor I’m anxious —> referred to a pmhnp and therapy —> treat anxiety for a year —> pmhnp and therapist both suggest adhd —> referred to psychiatrist —> psychiatrist says yeah but also notices autistic traits —> referred to psychologist for full assessment —> diagnosed autism

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Tldr: was different as a kid. When I was 6 I told my mom that I couldn’t understand kids my age or socialize, then got tested at school, then again at a private practice for a second opinion.

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went into a ward bc i tried to off myself, while i was there the main doc said i seemed autistic (the evening after he butted in on me playing solitaire by myself and asking to play with me so i had to set up a whole different game) and scheduled an apt for me for 6 months later. took the test, was diagnosed p much on the spot.

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