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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadCatLady" data-source="post: 15195" data-attributes="member: 7960">Thanks for your message.  I'm not sure when I wrote mine but it feels a long time ago.  I still need to write to Psychiatry UK and request they correct my report and ask given I'm the only one giving evidence and I have significant very early childhood trauma how they can possibly say there is definite evidence of early childhood autism.  I have since been back to the CMHT and received a very genuine apology for being effectively fobbed off with autism as an explanation for everything when I wanted help with trauma symptoms unrelated to autism.  Once n finish the pathway programme I will be getting trauma therapy.  So I have 2 experienced clinicians who identified autism but never thought how traumatising the diagnostic process would be for me!  They've learnt something and I might be the first person they've seen with such a severe reaction but probably many wouldn't say anything.  I saw my GP for an HRT review and didn't even have to argue my case about continuing it this year.  He agreed now is nit the time to stop!  CMHT have suggested I start Venalfaxine which I'm absolutely dreading as I've reacted so badly to all the SSRIs.  I described how they made me feel, literally like walking on the moon to my mentor and she said it sounded like proprioception issues.  I can't start until the end of this week after I've finished work and done a good shop (on past experience I won't be safe to drive).  My GP said the side effects shouldn't persist over a few days.  They never eased off before and I had terrible nausea, agitation and insomnia.  I sleep brilliantly at present so am not looking forward to sleep disruptions.I'd be very kind to yourself now. I think a lot of my shock was because I'd never initiated it or known I was neurodiverse.  And also I'd spent a year trying to get help and this was their endpoint and it wasn't the answer I needed.  Our society is in a strange place.  We claim to be accepting of neurodiversity,  it there is a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding out there,with people thinking they understand when they don't really. Thus is why NDSA is so powerful with it's positive view and only being informed by ND people.  Good luck.</blockquote>

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