u/Tantica_

Hello! Long story short, all my life, I felt something was wrong with me. For some time, I started to ask myself if I may be neurodivergent. I tried to open up to my psychologist about this, but I was immediately shut down. I was told I can't have ADHD because I didn't fail in medical school, and I've had decent grades so far (even though I always feel behind others at studying and my grades are significantly lower, despite the effort I've put in, not to mention I dread to study at a subject that I really lack interest of and during studying I tend to daydream a lot).

I was told I can not have autism by my psychologist because I am not deranged by every sound (even though some sounds, like laughing from other people, can be quite annoying to me).

Anyway, I went to a psychiatrist when I was at a low point during the end of the semester. I went there cause I needed answers. I felt something was wrong with me, and psychotherapy didn't help me anymore.

So, I did the tests. First, DIVA-5. Then the CAARS-S:SV and RAADS-R.

Now, for the DIVA-5, I got:

\- for the attention deficit a 1/9 in childhood and 5/9 in adult life

\- for hiperactivity/Impulsivity 3/9 in childhood and 6/9 in adulthood

Now, the lower score in childhood may be because of my strict childhood, with parents that monitored every step.

But at the RAADS-R, I got a definitely higher score, and it seemed more evident that I may be on the spectrum. Now, I am not sure if I can say that I am autistic just because of these tests, or I need to do more research and testing in order to get an official diagnosis.

Truth is, finding out that I may be high functioning autistic felt a bit disturbing but also relieving because this may answer to my never ending questions "Why am I so weird, why I always feel out of place, why it's always so hard to read people, why I always feel behind other people, why I always feel tired after socialization, why am I so sensitive to criticism and failure, why I suck with attention especially now when I am an adult...why...and why..."

My question is, should I ask my psychiatrist to do other tests, like the CAT-Q?

Hello! Long story short, all my life, I felt something was wrong with me. For some time, I started to ask myself if I may be neurodivergent. I tried to open up to my psychologist about this, but I was immediately shut down. I was told I can't have ADHD because I didn't fail in medical school, and I've had decent grades so far (even though I always feel behind others at studying and my grades are significantly lower, despite the effort I've put in, not to mention I dreading to study at a subject that I really lack interest of and during studying I tend to daydream a lot).

I was told I can not have autism by my psychologist because I am not deranged by every sound (even though some sounds, like laughing from other people, can be quite annoying to me).

Anyway, I went to a psychiatrist when I was on a low period of the semester. I went there cause I needed answers. I felt something was wrong with me, and psychotherapy didn't help me anymore.

So, I did the tests. First, DIVA-5. Then the CAARS-S:SV and RAADS-R.

Now, for the DIVA-5, I got:

\- for the attention deficit a 1/9 in childhood and 5/9 in adult life

\- for hiperactivity/Impulsivity 3/9 in childhood and 6/9 in adulthood

Now, the lower score in childhood may be because of my strict childhood, with parents that monitor every step.

But at the RAADS-R, I got a definitely higher score, and it seemed more evident that I may be on the spectrum. Now, I am not sure if I can say that I am autistic just because of these tests, or I need to do more research and testing in order to get an official diagnosis.

Truth is, finding out that I may be high functioning autistic felt a bit disturbing but also relieving because this may answer to my never ending questions "Why am I so weird, why I always feel out of place, why it's always so hard to read people, why I always feel behind other people, why I always feel tired after socialization, why am I so sensitive to criticism and failure, why I suck with attention especially now when I am an adult...why...and why..."

My question is, should I ask my psychiatrist to do other tests, like the CAT-Q?