There’s some significant comorbidity between ASD and anxiety disorders, so it wouldn’t be too surprising.
true, but there’s also a lot of comorbidity between anxiety disorders & depression and the amazing fuckton of life issues i’m experiencing atm, so it’s probably that. and, not for nothing, but in the decades of therapy i’ve undergone, none of my psychologists or psychiatrists have ever thought to wonder if i had ASD. that’s not to say that i don’t, but one would think that, if i did, one of those many, many doctors would have thought to, at least, test me for it.
I think it really depends on whether you think there’s any benefit that could come from that. In whether you believe having an official label to describe the problem and receiving treatment for it would be worth it for you, or if it would be getting a diagnosis purely for the sake of having the diagnosis. And that’s something only you can know for your own situation.
true, but there’s also a lot of comorbidity between anxiety disorders & depression and the amazing fuckton of life issues i’m experiencing atm, so it’s probably that. and, not for nothing, but in the decades of therapy i’ve undergone, none of my psychologists or psychiatrists have ever thought to wonder if i had ASD. that’s not to say that i don’t, but one would think that, if i did, one of those many, many doctors would have thought to, at least, test me for it.
perhaps i’ll ask again, though.
I think it really depends on whether you think there’s any benefit that could come from that. In whether you believe having an official label to describe the problem and receiving treatment for it would be worth it for you, or if it would be getting a diagnosis purely for the sake of having the diagnosis. And that’s something only you can know for your own situation.
Well, what I seek is answers and relief from my symptoms, not “labels” really. That’s my motivation, if that’s what you’re wondering.
Ya know, perhaps it’s best to just trust my doctors on this one.