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I was recently given a provisional autism diagnosis…. Is that technically considered a diagnosis? Like is it reasonable to just say I have autism?
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Anonymous 10h

How did you get a provisional diagnosis?

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Anonymous 2h

if you feel like it fits, then sure. autism diagnosis as an adult doesn’t really impact your life besides the comfort of knowing.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10h

Diagnostic testing with a psychiatrist. She gave me the provisional diagnosis as I have OCD and generalized anxiety disorder, as well as hearing loss, so she couldn’t fully determine if my childhood personality was from the hearing loss or autism, and my present day symptoms from the anxiety, but did say I met the requirements for autism so 🤷‍♀️

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