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Autism and Getting Older

Muckworm

Hey People!

Me again, I hope you don't mind because I have another question.

Do you think as you get older your autism gets worse?

As a teenager I was really bad but then in my 20's I learned to handle it better but I'm finding that as I get older I meltdown faster, get sensory overloaded much more quickly and cope less than I used to say 10 years ago.

I seem to lose it much more often these days than I used to and I'm finding myself going out less because of it. I have seen my GP who has ruled out depression or any other mental condition so it must just be autism.

What do others think?

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  • I was diagnosed with having some sort of neurological disorder at 8 years. Follow that at 17 I was officially diagnosed with Aspergers/ADHD after a rage caused my expulsion from the first secondary school I attended. I found rages and mood swings got worse through my teens to early 20's. As did my sensitivity to light, sound and touch. I managed to learn to control the rages and moods and cope with the other aspects of the condition.

    I'm 32 now and the last three years I've been slowly losing the ability to control myself. After a spectacular run in with a supermarket security officer. I've been sign off work and have two mental health workers visit me every week. My sensitivity to light, sound and touch has returned. And I try not to leave the house for fear of raging.

    There is a possiblity that some people might suffer other affects or their ability to control be diminished as we age. There isn't (in my exp) that much info for adults with Aspergers most of the info I have found has been aimed at parents with AS children.  

    Personally I hope that it doesn't get worse with age. Or that this is some sort of phase as (barring serious illness/disease or acidental death) I'm not sure I can cope with another 50 years of this. 

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  • I was diagnosed with having some sort of neurological disorder at 8 years. Follow that at 17 I was officially diagnosed with Aspergers/ADHD after a rage caused my expulsion from the first secondary school I attended. I found rages and mood swings got worse through my teens to early 20's. As did my sensitivity to light, sound and touch. I managed to learn to control the rages and moods and cope with the other aspects of the condition.

    I'm 32 now and the last three years I've been slowly losing the ability to control myself. After a spectacular run in with a supermarket security officer. I've been sign off work and have two mental health workers visit me every week. My sensitivity to light, sound and touch has returned. And I try not to leave the house for fear of raging.

    There is a possiblity that some people might suffer other affects or their ability to control be diminished as we age. There isn't (in my exp) that much info for adults with Aspergers most of the info I have found has been aimed at parents with AS children.  

    Personally I hope that it doesn't get worse with age. Or that this is some sort of phase as (barring serious illness/disease or acidental death) I'm not sure I can cope with another 50 years of this. 

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