Is this possible? According to my grandad I didn't have trouble learning to ride a bike, and problems with learning to ride a bike seems to be one of the main signs of dyspraxia... I know no one can diagnose me over the internet, but I want to know whether pursuing a diagnosis is a waste of time? I've suspected for years that I have it. Not severe dyspraxia, but bad enough dyspraxia to cause me suffering.
For any TL;DRers who want to tell me to go to to my GP, I've done that before. She knows what dyspraxia is but I don't think she knows anything about it. I was like 'do you know what dyspraxia is?' and she was like 'it affects coordination?' Well, yeah, but a bit more in-depth knowledge might help, and seeing another GP would take forever as it takes about 3 weeks to get an appointment at my surgery. And I'm currently seeing an autism and neurodevelopmental disorder service for an autism assessment, but the psychologist I've seen seems to think ADHD is more likely than dyspraxia, and I can't use up appointment time talking about dyspraxia because I need a decision soon about whether I'm autistic so I can tell Student Finance and the uni I want to go to and stuff.
This is gonna be a bit of a run-on disorganised post because I have other stuff I should be doing and I don't want to take too long making it tidy. Apologies in advice for any incoherencies. I'll separate stuff into bullets so it's a bit more readable.
*It took longer than normal for me to learn to walk, be potty-trained, tie my shoelaces, differentiate left from right and tell the time.
*I was appalling at sports and P.E. at school, although I'm a girl so I think that possibly caused me less problems than it could have done.
*I can't wink properly (and only in one eye can I partially wink... I'm 20 years old btw) nor click my fingers properly
*I can't whistle or blow balloons at all.
*I never learned how to skip with a rope or do handstands or headstands
*I am never going to try to learn to drive because I think it would be a waste of everyone's time.
*I can't read maps or follow directions (unless they consist of like two steps lol) and I don't know the difference between east and west.
*I have executive function issues, although I'm not sure to what extent they're caused by mental health issues... I am very disorganised and forgetful. My short-term and working memory are particularly bad. I will often turn on the kettle to make a drink and then forget I did it.
*I'm always struggling with everyday practical stuff, e.g. on Wednesday I was unable to close a taxi door... the driver had to close it for me.
*My social skills aren't great. I have no friends at college and everyone thinks I'm weird. I don't actually have any friends who live in my city who I ever see
*I won't go on. Lmao
In spite of all of this, my verbal IQ is above average, or at least it was when I was 13 and I had my IQ tested. I don't want to describe myself as intelligent because there'll always be people who will say I'm obnoxious for doing so, and I'm not particularly keen on the concept of a general 'intelligence' tbh. But I'd definitely say that the issues I have aren't what would be normally expected from someone with my level of intellectual functioning.
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