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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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  • MadDOG4780 said:

    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.  

    If you have found that there isn't alot of information for adults on the spectrum, then write some! No one could possibly know better than you what it is like being in your possition.

    Write down the things that cause you problems and way you work around them, just a suggestion.

    Also regards to the maturity and age theory, I watched something on TV once that rang true, and that was we all have our own individual maturity levels which are nothing to do with age. We feel like we are at a certain 'age' and dont seem to grow out of it for quite some time. I felt like a was 12 for years, I'd now say I've matured to  around 20 ish. I'm actually 30 (and i got asked for ID in Morrisons a few weeks ago lol) :)

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  • MadDOG4780 said:

    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.  

    If you have found that there isn't alot of information for adults on the spectrum, then write some! No one could possibly know better than you what it is like being in your possition.

    Write down the things that cause you problems and way you work around them, just a suggestion.

    Also regards to the maturity and age theory, I watched something on TV once that rang true, and that was we all have our own individual maturity levels which are nothing to do with age. We feel like we are at a certain 'age' and dont seem to grow out of it for quite some time. I felt like a was 12 for years, I'd now say I've matured to  around 20 ish. I'm actually 30 (and i got asked for ID in Morrisons a few weeks ago lol) :)

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