Hey @Yan I get the scepticism, and in general I agree with you as a lot of things get over-medicalised. But autism is a bit different. It's not a symptom from bad routines more it's neurodevelopmental, meaning it's wired in from birth for a person. There's actual brain imaging research behind it, Also I'm not self-diagnosing here. I'm doing a full assessment psychiatric consult, developmental history interview, personality testing, and ADOS-2 ( standard tool run by two clinicians at the same time). Also it's not about medication most autistic adults never get prescribed anything. For me it's simpler than that. I spent my whole life feeling like something was off but not knowing what. If there's a proper explanation for that, I want it. That's all.
But thanks again for insights!
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