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Fluctuating Symptoms

NAS82692

Hi there

I am just wondering if anyone could tell me whether the symptoms of autism can fluctuate dramatically? My son was exhibiting many symptoms last year which now seem to have disappeared. The same thing happened when he was a toddler. Has anyone else had experience of this?

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  • YES! that has always happened to me.

    wich also made my diagnosis process harder because my parents thought I was faking it.

    but things like always loving a texture or food and then suddenly hating it so much it makes me want to crawl out of my skin.

    or being really social and talking a lot for months and then suddenly going non verbal.

    it's normal! (I think)

  • in reply to May24

    That's so helpful, thanks so much for sharing. I don't think my son has been faking it but sometimes I feel like I'm going mad because he seems absolutely fine now whereas last year he was really struggling. He is due for an assessment soon and I didn't know what I should say. If the assessment had been last year I would have been very confident in listing off all the symptoms/behaviours whereas now I am not sure what to say, for example, he couldn't bear wearing a tie but now it is not an issue at all.

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  • in reply to May24

    That's so helpful, thanks so much for sharing. I don't think my son has been faking it but sometimes I feel like I'm going mad because he seems absolutely fine now whereas last year he was really struggling. He is due for an assessment soon and I didn't know what I should say. If the assessment had been last year I would have been very confident in listing off all the symptoms/behaviours whereas now I am not sure what to say, for example, he couldn't bear wearing a tie but now it is not an issue at all.

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  • in reply to NAS82692

    no problem!

    I can imagine how stressful that's being for you with his assessment coming up, but in my opinion you should write down/explain those behaviors and explain that them fluctuating had happened before, and just be happy that at the moment things seem to be easier for him. 

    maybe he'll stop liking wearing ties again or maybe he won't and that's okay! 

    I used to hate wearing bracelets when I was younger but now I love making my own kandi bracelets and usually have my arms full of them.