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Older Diagnosed Peeps, what made you pursue your diagnosis?
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I self-diagnosed and can't find any reason to get a formal diagnosis... Like you, I wish I had known decades ago. :( Will keep watching this topic just to see if anyone can provide a compelling reason to get a formal diagnosis.
For me, it was really only to know and also to have that when it comes time to talk to my youngest about it (fast approaching....). But the learning I have been doing for a while, so the diagnostic makes no difference, really. Oh wait, there was one interesting bit, doing an IQ test again to see what difference 30 years make from the first one I took (when I was trying to understand why the hell I was so "weird", but it led nowhere back then).