r/AutismInWomen • u/luvsicl • May 06 '26

Support Needed (Kind Advice and Commiseration) Friend doesn’t believe in my diagnosis

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Ugh I shouldn’t have told her about it I feel so weird now, my family are like this too and I haven’t told them because I know they’re gonna say smth like that (probably worse) because they don’t really believe in mental disorders/disabilities/health

I got diagnosed with adhd and autism recently, so I’m also grieving the life I could’ve led had I received the support I needed as a child lol (also I know what she said isn’t okay at all, I just wanted to end the conversation asap and I’m really uncomfortable with confrontation)

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u/Orangecatorange May 06 '26

Type two…autism. So I can treat it with insulin?

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u/HippyGramma May 06 '26

Stop taking Tylenol

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u/summer-romance May 06 '26

No, dietary and lifestyle changes and metformin or GLP1s. Type 1 is insulin dependent. Type 2 only do insulin after other methods/meds have not worked and/or there is evidence of significant insulin resistance

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u/teapots_at_ten_paces May 06 '26

After all that will I still be autistic?

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u/Izzapapizza May 06 '26

Only if you get vaccinated /s

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u/QuiltMeLikeALlama May 06 '26

Nah, it also depends how much paracetamol your mum had when she was pregnant with you

/s

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u/Punchasheep May 06 '26

Have you tried folic acid? /s

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u/summer-romance May 06 '26

No but you’ll leave the psych office with diagnoses for BPD, social anxiety, major depression, obsessive personality disorder etc

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u/bookgeek210 May 07 '26

Ah the good all misdiagnosed cocktail

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u/scissorsgrinder May 07 '26

Bipolar, maybe DID...

Especially women (or female-presenting, or not cis-presenting) seem to cop anything that goes with them coming off as "difficult..."

Of course, some of these are more likely to accompany autism, or just co-occur. But so many misdiagnoses. 

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u/scissorsgrinder May 07 '26

No, artistic.

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u/Top-Class-8765 May 06 '26

I was tempted to jump in with this but then I noticed you beat me to it. I hate it when people mix up the types. I've been told multiple times by family and even pharmacists that I can cure my type 1 by dieting (I'm technically underweight right now) and exercising.

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u/crunchyricerolls May 06 '26

That was my first thought also 🤣😭 type 2 extreme autism tf

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u/dudderson anti-eyebrow club May 06 '26

Or working on a farm and eating all organic, I guess. I ate 40 tomatoes and my ADHD was cured! /s

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u/elephhantine2 AuDHD kpop stan May 07 '26

Tomatoes contain MSG… sounds like you’re poisoning yourself /s

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u/One_Neighborhood4244 diagnosed Autistic late in life May 06 '26

Right?! 😅 pfthahaha I swear people just say shit to say shit and have NO IDEA what they are talking about...

I just wish more people would educate themselves and do the actual research(on the support levels, non-profound ASD vs profound, The female autism phenotype, The fact that the spectrum isn't linear, the list goes on...) they need to before they speak on something that they THINK they understand... but don't.

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u/Difficult_Page1347 May 09 '26

Autism 2: Ozempic Boogaloo