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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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  • Interesting question, I have been wondering the same thing myself.  Same pattern as Muckworm; hard time as teenager, improvement 20's though I would describe myself as being very emotionally immature, up till about 35 I was coping but after that things have gone rapidly downhill (I'm 41 now).  I don't know whether it because of getting older or higher levels of stress, moving to a large city where there is a lot of noise and sounds that bother me.  Anyway it's definitely getting worse and I have also been raging a lot in public, today I also raged at a supermarket security guard.  i definitely need to avoid public transport.

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  • Interesting question, I have been wondering the same thing myself.  Same pattern as Muckworm; hard time as teenager, improvement 20's though I would describe myself as being very emotionally immature, up till about 35 I was coping but after that things have gone rapidly downhill (I'm 41 now).  I don't know whether it because of getting older or higher levels of stress, moving to a large city where there is a lot of noise and sounds that bother me.  Anyway it's definitely getting worse and I have also been raging a lot in public, today I also raged at a supermarket security guard.  i definitely need to avoid public transport.

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