Babybunny424

Hi. I have some autistic traits so I’m interested that you mentioned this treatment transformed your own autism. Can you elaborate on that - what were those autistic traits/symptoms like for you before, and what are they like now? Do you think it made it worse/better or just different? Thank you for sharing.

Thanks. A lot of what you’ve described sounds very similar to what I experience in myself, so this is very interesting to hear. I’m sorry that it didn’t have the effect on your fibro pain that you had hoped for.

I’ve also recently been diagnosed with BPD (last year - I’m now 23). I had psychiatric assessments when I was about 14/15 which couldn’t come to a diagnosis, they acknowledged a significant level of autistic traits but didn’t find it enough to continue considering autism as a diagnosis. Although OP says she had very good social skills, whereas mine are quite messy and probably at least in part a combination of camouflaging/masking methods. I think my inability to trust and feeling like I have to “perform” aka camouflaging/masking plus all of my poor responses to trauma/poor distress coping methods led to the BPD diagnosis over autism, though I’ve finally found a really lovely psychotherapist who I’m starting to build trust with, she’s suspecting autism now too so we’ll see. Sorry that was a ramble.