That is absolutely key, and often the most difficult part—especially for anyone with any degree of neurodivergence—to the point I almost gave up trying to advocate for myself.

Even with my (reportedly? I don't know how these things are measured to be honest) lesser degree of neurodivergence many meds side effects affect me differently.

If you can find a provider that already has experience diagnosing autism in adults, they might be the kind of provider whose opinion on the specifics of the side effects you might want to seek.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey towards ease of being, fellow person.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, and you really hit the nail on the head there - far too many medical practitioners don't understand autism and neurodiversity in general, and worse, trying to bring that fact up just makes them more antagonistic (even with an advocate by my side, it's quite pathetic really). It's probably one of my biggest hurdles in getting the care I need, and why I'm putting off looking again.. But I will, at some point.