I see a lot of people speaking out against AI, but...

I see a lot of people speaking out against AI, but I have been using it since my Autism assessment.  I wanted to understand how I feel and why, and the physical ways it's been manifesting.

I have been reading about Autism for years, trying to understand how/if I fit into the category of Autistic.  It all felt very unclear.  Getting the official diagnosis made me feel very validated and hopeful that my future could be less hard than my past, but I had a lot of questions and no immediate outlet for them.

A lot of you will say this is stupid, but I gave AI the completed assessment from my doctor.  I asked it to explain some things to me.  I asked about how specific past situations in my life might fit with that assessment.  Why did a thing go the way it did?  Why did I feel this way after the things that happened on X day?  Why don't the suggestions from other people ever work for me?

It has brought me a lot of clarity and understanding.  I now know what a dopamine crash is, as well as how to prevent it.  I now know that due to my scores on certain parts of the assessment, that I am highly rigid and also probably struggle with PDA as well as Executive Dysfunction.  I now know that "going for walks when switching contexts" doesn't work for me because it's not that simple - it's choosing clothes, putting on sunscreen, choosing where to go, then dealing with more input in a different environment; basically, it's MORE WORK TO DO.

AI has recommended that I nap for 20-30 minutes between tasks and honestly, even if I don't sleep - just laying under my weighted blanket and relaxing and not being perceived helps SO MUCH.  Specifically, going to my bedroom to rest is what works.  Couch naps are "junk rest" and do leave me feeling more crappy, so I'm done taking them.

I'm not saying that I am using AI in place of therapy - I'm not.  The minute I got my results, I emailed my therapist to see if she could provide the type of therapy that I need (and I'm waiting to hear back).  But this has been very eye-opening and helpful while I wait.  I have to learn to manage this sooner rather than later.  I am not ok.  I go through cycles of being ok, but then I crash, and I have to stop that because as I age it is taking more and more time to recover.  I literally can't live like this anymore now that I know without doubt that I'm built different and that there are better ways for me to exist.

Again, I don't think that my usage of AI is frivolous.  I know very well that it can be telling me what I want to hear.  But I am also a very skeptical person and if it says something that doesn't make sense, I challenge it and / or do other research.

I don't know.  It just feels nice to have a direction for now, and the tips it's been giving have been very helpful so far.  I will eventually learn to manage myself on my own, but for now I'm using every tool available to me.  Even AI.