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63 All About AuDHD Diagnosis

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Almost all of us consider formal diagnosis in our AuDHD discovery journey. Whether it's ADHD-focused for medication, or Autism-focused for validation or accommodations.

Knowing why you want the diagnosis goes a long way in figuring out what to pursue. The main options as I currently see them are:

  • full formal neuropsych testing
  • provisional diagnosis with a shorter screening test
  • a formal letter requesting accommodations from your provider
  • self-diagnosis
  • community diagnosis


This episode talks about

  1. The upsides and downsides of diagnosis in general
  2. My personal diagnosis experience (two full rounds of neuropsych testing)
  3. Options to approach decision-making for yourself
  4. How to get started if you do want diagnosis


Questions from the longer decision-making process in the episode are in the Transcript Doc


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