Is Your Autism Consistant?

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I get kind of the opposite of unbearable slow motion.

Sometimes, everyone seems to be moving unbearably fast, and I am moving slow, and too out of phase to interact with them in the way I want to, nor even to interact with objects unless they sit very still for very long. It feels at these times like everyone's on fast-forward and I'm slower than molasses in January.

Same here.



Exactly. And, talk about a condition that's hard to explain to people! Try telling an NT, "I can either look you in the eye, or listen carefully to what you're saying. Which would you prefer?" And watch the look you get after saying that!

Natural shifts in brain/body chemistry. You just try and roll with it. You can probably take medication for that, but that's just trading one set of unpleasant effects for another.

Well, I don't know, but I found it interesting to learn that when you begin thinking about something in particular, the vessels in that part of the brain dialate, so that more blood can flow through there, making your thinking easier about that topic. So, maybe that has to do with not being able to recall something at a certain moment, when you know you know it, and that you'll be able to think of it later. I sometimes have that sense, sort of like that webpage bulletin "under construction" . Like my brain is saying, "Not just now; come back later."

In other words, our brains "warm up", in a sense, and once the blood vessels in the area we're using are fully dialated, we're at maximum efficiency for thinking about those thoughts. I found that fascinating. So, it's actually medically proven to be good to take your time when thinking; you get better results than when you rush. That's also probably why we have to "concentrate" on certain things: because the blood has to get largely to that area of the brain before we can do our best thinking.

If you have timeline of my life, I definitely changed a whole lot. I was SEVERELY Autistic until around Grade 2, Modrate until around grade 6, and I've been in a High Functioning state since.

I find that I tend to go in phases. If I'm stressed, my functioning level drops for about a month - then I've be really good for about a month, then it goes up and down like a roller coaster for a couple weeks, then it starts again

Yes, definitely.

If I go through a "social" phase, it will wear me out after a short time & I will want to retreat & spend time alone.

Actually this is one of the main difficulties I have with fitting in with NT's - they do not seem able to deal with me "drifting in and out" of their social circles. They seem to think like "you're either in or you're out", I can't just show up at the times when it suits me.

Constant.

I had a period of marked "improvement" in primary school; post-that, and I returned to how I was prior to primary school. Day to day and whatnot, I'm constant.

External stressors can exacerbate one's ASD, i.e., anxiety from stressful life events.

No,it stays the same [lfa],but think it depends on what way look at it.
Am have always had times when certain things have got worse,but don't say it's because Autism is getting worse,it's the setoffs that are,eg,having staff that are not reliable, new staff being introduced to routine,having specialist appointments to deal with,when it gets to warmer weather-people start coming out more,using lawn mowers again,using electric saws etc in garden sheds...

I find that when I have not been around other people for a while, i tend to feel less "abnormal" than I do when faced with constant onslaught.

Also, there is a big difference between likesay me alone or with my parents at the "fancy grocery store of horrors"...and me there with Flakey...Alone, I am very stiff and nervous and my stress is very high and the experience is exhausting..

...When I am there with Flakey, I am more relaxed and silly...and i talk more...and read the lables on the shelves out loud and stuff. I may be more annoying to other people, but I find that I am alot less worn out by the experience.

So little variables...such as who I am around can seem to affect me....as well as my brain chemistry at certain times of the month.....and whether or not I am taking my supplements...and maybe some other internal/external factors

In the great scheme of things...I seemed to regress when I hit public school...and went through a dark phase that seemed to progressively get worse, till I hit adolescence, when it seemd as though I gradually emerged from a tunnel into some semblance of "normalcy"...that was not very "normal"....

Days? What days? I can go from high to low functioning in minutes. It normally depends on what class I'm in, for example, in Math, I'm fine, but rather bored, so I tend to delve into my obsessions. In Bible, I have to draw to keep concentration ((if we're not singing in that class.)) In Gym I have to stim. Constantly. Weather it be singing, or twirling, or stretching, or possibly playing with my gloves or hat or something ((I make fidgits out of my own clothing.)) English I just keep my head down and do the work. Computer Applications I'm bored and have no issues with anything ((I'm in that class as we speak.)) And in Science, I just listen to the teacher and do the work, sometimes stimming, sometimes delving into obsessions, sometimes looking in my textbook.

Pretty much, depends on what's going on around me weather I might be high or low functioning, I'm at my best in Computer Applications, but my worst in Gym.

But all the same, everyone has those days. Everyone. Even NTs.

I faint when I'm in Gym, so I don't have to do it anymore
I'm miserable in subjects I dislike and have no contration whatsoever in the class, but if I like a class, I'm like a superhuman when it comes to my contration :D:D

I guess there are some things about AS that fluctuate or show up in different ways at different times, but it's pretty constant. I was more obviously different when I was a kid. I learned to blend in better, and to deal with some things more effectively. The way I experience it is basically the same, though.

Yeah, consistent, though can get worse. I have rough patches.

if it was consistent, I could control it...

up days and down days. I'm just so gun-shy I tend to minimize some interactions, or rely on stock phrases and conversations to even things out.