so, I’ve decided to come back and continue writing. I spoke to Beth about it this morning and she said she doesn’t mind at all. Partially because we have a new development, or at least I have which Beth and I are both a tad excited about.
Drumroll please……….. I have now been diagnosed with autism also! And ADHD!
So, it’s a little different now. And I can start talking about my own discoveries about myself. Plus, I’ve really missed writing on here, I love it. And it has so many memories of the last 20 or so years.
I have been thinking for a while that I have ADHD. I spoke to Beth’s social worker about this because I have been wondering if Beth has it too. She was diagnosed with depression many moons ago and has been on anti depressants for quite a while but she’s still pretty miserable a lot of the time, and very anxious and has obsessional tendencies that rule our household. So I was keen on getting some new assessments done as she hasn’t had a specialist overseeing everything since she had a paediatrician. Rachel sent me some assessments for reports to take to a psychiatrist and we are currently doing the ones for Beth. One from my perspective and one from Beth’s. She did one this morning and I had to stop myself looking over her shoulder because she sees herself very differently than everybody else sees her!
I did mine with the social worker last week. My ADHD one came back as something like 99% which didn’t surprise me! I was a bit more surprised about the autism one, which was a last minute decision. Not as high as the ADHD but certainly there. I think though that behaviours that I considered were consistent with ADHD were actually more autistic behaviours. So it was quite the discovery! Reading a bit about the characteristics of women with autism it was quite obvious really! I have read them in the past and thought ‘that’s like me!’ but because Beth is fairly extreme in her behaviours I didn’t relate to a lot of it for her and I stopped looking them up. After all, she is what/who she is no matter what. So it’s interesting to read it in the context of me!
