u/Jumpy_Resident962

I am currently perusing getting accessed for Autism, because of ongoing difficulties in my life.

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Background: I’ve been struggling with depression and other symptoms since early childhood. I’ve been in therapy for 2 years now and my life has improved significantly since. I received an adhd diagnosis 3 years ago that explained a lot of the problems I’ve been dealing with pretty well, but not fully.

My working theory was that the depression was the primary cause for my suffering and difficulty’s. But now that my depression has lifted and the quality of my life has vastly improved (Im happy and stable the majority of the time), there is still a cumulation of symptoms that does not improve no matter what I do.

This has lead me to suspect and carefully utter to my therapist that it might be the other way around; there is an underlying condition that leads to an always reoccurring depression. I am in no way convinced it must be autism, but the criteria match my experiences in life pretty well and I’d be happy to just be able rule it out.

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So we did a screening and it showed an indication.
But now he said he talked to his supervisor (he’s still in training// NEITHER OF THEM IS A AUTISM/ADHD SPECIALIST) and he said that because I have adhd and am taking medication for it would rule out I have autism. If I truly had autism, Vyvase would not be working for me at all. He also said that he had a colleague with Asperger’s(male) and he was totally different than me(female). As well as I appeared capable of perspective-taking wich autistics would not be able to do.

Now, I take it seriously what a medical professional says, but this sounds dead wrong to me. This pretty much contradicts everything I’ve read so far and I’m confused.

Especially since I don’t consider myself good at perspective-taking at all. If anything, social difficulty has been a prevalent issue and topic in therapy and has been almost entirely resistant to change and exposure therapy.

I am currently perusing getting accessed for Autism, because of ongoing difficulties in my life.

—— skip if you want——

Background: I’ve been struggling with depression and other symptoms since early childhood. I’ve been in therapy for 2 years now and my life has improved significantly since. I received an adhd diagnosis 3 years ago that explained a lot of the problems I’ve been dealing with pretty well, but not fully.

My working theory was that the depression was the primary cause for my suffering and difficulty’s. But now that my depression has lifted and the quality of my life has vastly improved (Im happy and stable the majority of the time), there is still a cumulation of symptoms that does not improve no matter what I do.

This has lead me to suspect and carefully utter to my therapist that it might be the other way around; there is an underlying condition that leads to an always reoccurring depression. I am in no way convinced it must be autism, but the criteria match my experiences in life pretty well and I’d be happy to just be able rule it out.

——- skip to here——

So we did a screening and it showed an indication.
But now he said he talked to his supervisor (he’s still in training// NEITHER OF THEM IS A AUTISM/ADHD SPECIALIST) and he said that because I have adhd and am taking medication for it would rule out I have autism. If I truly had autism, Vyvase would not be working for me at all. He also said that he had a colleague with Asperger’s(male) and he was totally different than me(female). As well as I appeared capable of perspective-taking wich autistics would not be able to do.

Now, I take it seriously what a medical professional says, but this sounds dead wrong to me. This pretty much contradicts everything I’ve read so far and I’m confused.

Especially since I don’t consider myself good at perspective-taking at all. If anything, social difficulty has been a prevalent issue and topic in therapy and has been almost entirely resistant to change and exposure therapy.

EDIT: Thank you for all the answers, you’ve been very helpful!!!

I am currently perusing getting accessed for Autism, because of ongoing difficulties in my life.

—— skip if you want——

Background: I’ve been struggling with depression and other symptoms since early childhood. I’ve been in therapy for 2 years now and my life has improved significantly since. I received an adhd diagnosis 3 years ago that explained a lot of the problems I’ve been dealing with pretty well, but not fully.

My working theory was that the depression was the primary cause for my suffering and difficulty’s. But now that my depression has lifted and the quality of my life has vastly improved (Im happy and stable the majority of the time), there is still a cumulation of symptoms that does not improve no matter what I do.

This has lead me to suspect and carefully utter to my therapist that it might be the other way around; there is an underlying condition that leads to an always reoccurring depression. I am in no way convinced it must be autism, but the criteria match my experiences in life pretty well and I’d be happy to just be able rule it out.

——- skip to here——

So we did a screening and it showed an indication.
But now he said he talked to his supervisor (he’s still in training// NEITHER OF THEM IS A AUTISM/ADHD SPECIALIST) and he said that because I have adhd and am taking medication for it would rule out I have autism. If I truly had autism, Vyvase would not be working for me at all. He also said that he had a colleague with Asperger’s(male) and he was totally different than me(female). As well as I appeared capable of perspective-taking wich autistics would not be able to do.

Now, I take it seriously what a medical professional says, but this sounds dead wrong to me. This pretty much contradicts everything I’ve read so far and I’m confused.

Especially since I don’t consider myself good at perspective-taking at all. If anything, social difficulty has been a prevalent issue and topic in therapy and has been almost entirely resistant to change and exposure therapy.