Autism diagnosis in adulthood tied to increased burden of psychiatric conditions

[silverdoe]

Female, severe eating disorders, depression, CPTSD, self medication. I’ve completed uni but can’t function on my own or work. Got my diagnosis at 28.

[mrclean]

Wtf, that's literally what happened to me. Just that BPD and bullying led to excessive drug use

[jacekiser]

Yep! I only found out I'm autistic last month (I turn 35 in Feb.). It's a relief to finally have an explanation for who I am, but if I let it, it really pisses me off. I've gone my whole life feeling like an unsolvable riddle and a weirdo and being judged and ostracized for my autism and ADHD. It would have saved me a lot of stress and grief if I had known a long time ago.

[thegamerfromskyrim]

I'm late diagnosed as level 2 support needs and my god has it been the hardest thing to find medical professionals that understand my needs, especially since so much support seems to be aimed at children and those diagnosed before 22. I still can't find any doctors in my area that work with autistic adults. Even finding a good place to get my diagnosis was hard because the place my insurance covered didn't specialize in adults so I had to pay 2k out of pocket to get diagnosed and the place I went to was one of 4 places in the entire state that specializes in adults

[NutyRiver]

Omg thank you for including the sample bias in the video. I think that’s an important thing to do that a lot of people miss out on when making social media calls to action.

[EllaPup]

This hits home. I was diagnosed with autism about a month ago. I had learned about autism and had told my parents and therapist that this could be me. Nobody took me seriously. I was borderline autistic as a toddler, and have had crippling anxiety and more recently depression for all of my life. I’m still a child, but I don’t feel I received the support I needed when I was young.

[Catlily]

I was diagnosed with 14 psychiatric diagnoses in a 30+ year period before being diagnosed with autism at age 47.
Most of the diagnoses were wrong but a few of them fit.
I am glad the younger people can avoid some of what I had to go through.

[jillthetree]

wow. You're giving me a voice, a loud voice, with kindness and compassion. thank you for being such a strong advocate

[jessicacorrine]

💜✨🌻 I so very much appreciate YOU and all that you do to Advocate!!

Keep Rockin, Sis! 🎸🤘🏽🎶

[benjidoerr]

I just found out two days ago, by researching it myself. I'm glad I caught it now, but boy do I have issues from not being understood for 19 years. Don't know why they chose 21, I'm fully supporting myself right now as a 19 year old (and two thirds, happy 2/3 birthday to me)

[ckilbarger]

High school teacher of 10 years here.
Early diagnosis and early intervention matter so much!

[GDCilia]

Omg, I was diagnosed 2 years ago at 17, and I have GAD, SAD(Social Anxiety Disorder) and other related disorders, I have a bad relationship with food as well, so this is definitely true.

[lunariedawn]

Welp.. I was diagnosed with autism really early(I was maybe 10 or so), but because I was considered so "high functioning" - or maybe there were other reasons, idk - I didn't actually get all the help I needed. And if I did, there would always be something that happened that would stop the treatment and nothing would replace it and I was left alone until things got worse.. which has just kept repeating so now I have this really big fear of medical professionals ending my treatments and leaving me to deal with everything on my own.. and it's still happening and it's not great.. but working on it😬

[JacquelinElizabethWrites]

The algorithm chose violence this morning.

[bee]

Yeahhhh, I was diagnosed at 23, and developed CPTSD and AVPD cause of not knowing why I was always socially rejected. :(

[sarahb.]

I was diagnosed at 48. And I have anxiety × CPTSD. Plus celiac × food allergies. The corn allergy is really tough.

[JonBrase]

FYI: You have an extra zero in the subtitles for the sample size of the study.

[k.a.u.]

I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid, depression and anxiety as a teen, and in retrospect I definitely have autism instead of ADHD because of the way medications affect me and general behavior and symptoms. I still haven't been officially diagram because my psychiatrist wanted to make sure that I had continuity in my medical record so I would be sure to have my academic accommodations. For similar reasons he medicated me for bipolar depression but didn't officially diagnose me. I'm still not sure if I want to pursue diagnosis for everything I probably have.

[xXAlexOrWhateverXx]

I was diagnosed as a child, but no one told me what being autistic meant. So I learned it all as an adult.
I also have been diagnosed with anxiety and I suspect I have issues involving psychosis. A silver lining from the information in this video is that I know I’m not alone in my experience.

[ariannadorsey]

I haven't been diagnosed yet, but this totally makes sense. If I was diagnosed as a kid, I would have just had autism. Though, as I got older, I got diagnosed with ADHD, depression and anxiety, which depression and anxiety I only have because of my ADHD/autism symptoms. I generally am easy to make happy and only become depressed/anxious due to my situation.

My doctor said that, based on my symptoms with tics, I would officially have Tourette's. That developed on its own from nowhere, no one else in my family has it, and I slowly watched as my condition worsened to what it is now. What's really strange about it is that I noticed some of my tics oddly mimic some of my stims, my habits, or mimic a side of me without a filter (since I sometimes curse due to my tics, but I do not curse on my own).

And I totally get the part about eating disorders too, because I have gained a bit of weight since I was a child, and it's because I've started viewing eating out as a comfort, as I often associate it with happy moments and spending time with family. It's become a problem.

It's sad how it feels like this is the final piece yo the puzzle that I really had all along, a puzzle that really was one piece until other pieces were added to make it even more difficult.