If you fail to think of an answer in the moment, tell them what you told us.

I’m terrible about thinking of things in the moment so but I want to be able to accurately explain some of the weird stuff I do.

It can also be a segway into explaining some of the weird stuff that might not otherwise come up. You are advocating for yourself whenever you see your doctors, make sure you tell them all the things you think they should know, even if they don’t ask.

The way my assessment was done was less about the questions and more about my actual behavior and how everything impacts my life, but that might be partially because I was diagnosed originally at 5, and then again at 32 since my records had been lost. So it was more of a confirmation of what I already knew. Apparently the assessments aren’t all the same.