HyrrokinAura

I haven't been able to buy your book yet but hope to. Do you have any advice for people who cannot seek formal diagnosis due to cost, but who might have to ask for accommodations in the workplace? In my experience accommodations are made grudgingly or not at all, and can lead to the ND person being demoted or fired for asking the company to do something outside the norm. I have enough trouble just getting someone to hire me & don't want to seem like a troublemaker because I need a more isolated /quieter place to work (in the positions I qualify for, the Holy Grail of work from home is rarely offered.)

Oh, the NPs I've seen in the last few years desperately want this to be anxiety or depression. The last one referred me to a clinic that not only didn't take my insurance, but didn't do autism assessments at all - AND the referral specifically said anxiety medication, not autism assessment (I never agreed to going on medication and have told her I won't be doing it.) So she refused to even refer me for the correct thing.

In my experience, MH personnel just want to throw whatever random drug at me and never bother to talk about side effects, etc. The last one suggested some drug I can't remember and said "It will help you sleep, it's basically just Benadryl." Well, I've taken Benadryl and it didn't have side effects listed like "spontaneous lactation" so I kind of feel like maybe those two things aren't the same, are they, Nurse? I think I'll just get actual Benadryl! God, it's so frustrating.