Can your aspergers get worse?

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First of all, i've never been oficially diagnosed, but, after many people said i had aspie traits, just to show them wrong, i took many tests and all agreed i had some mild aspergers. Now, 2 years later, i took them again, and the results are a more definitive asperger: from 102 of 200 to 122 of 200, and a AQ from 32 to 37. Is this usual?

Sometimes when you hear of symptoms or traits you will sub concisely act them out. i will do this for sicknesses and diseases and not realize I'm doing it.

The one sense in which my Asperger's might be getting "worse" is that I'm realizing that more and more of my Asperger's traits are GOOD things, and there are quite a few social "skills" (such as lying to get someone into bed, manipulating people, etc.) that I'm better off without. In other words, I don't try as hard to be "normal." If there's even ONE person out there who APPRECIATES a given difference, I'll roll with it!

Most sensory issues have lessened as I've grown up. One thing, not specifically linked to Asperger's/autism, that's gotten worse for me is a delayed sleep phase. In childhood I'd usually be asleep by midnight (still later than I'd have liked given that my parents enforced a 9:30 PM bedtime on school nights), but now I'd be lucky to be out by 3:00 AM! The most extreme a night owl I've ever been is to sleep from about 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Yes you can get worst. A year ago I was going out, fit; talking to girls; approaching groups and taking great care of my health. I became overwhelmed at work, began gaining weight and went down hill. Before I knew I had Asperger's I had more hope in general; after my diagnosis it was kind of a nail in the coffin. I'm trying to come back from it now however yes you can get worst. It depends on how much you work on socializing; and improving yourself. The more that's going on in your life and the more disconnected you become from others, the worst Asperger's will become.

Yes, i wonder too if my Aspergers has gotten worst.

Could someone help me out here ! !

After i was recently diagnosed with Aspergers/Autism, i started to do a flashback to see if there were any connection since childhood with all my weird behaviours or traits.

I did these when i was younger in primary school.
a. I use to bite my teeth in my sleep and i could wake up the whole household.
b. I remember chewing on aluminium foils.
c. I was always fidgeting with things since childhood.
d. I use to tap on the desk/table.
e. I remember taking apart the alarm clock to see how it works and then putt them back
together. It belonged to my parents.
f. I had lots of temper tantrum and fought a lot with my siblings and neighbour's children.
h. I was very mischief and stubborn as well.
i. There were times i would shut down.

As a teenager friends would always tease on my behaviour as being childish or immature.
I don't remember having any weird body movements or bad eye contact but then i started to listen to music and i use to play them very loudly locked in the room, whenever i was in one of those moods. I did this very often as i was growing up. Perhaps my way of distressing. I don't remember tapping on tables but i was always fidgety. I would also dismantle my racing bicycle and then put them back together. As a teenager, i started to show some OCD'ness because i would arrange and rearrange my stuff and my room was well organized. In high school i made friends and socialized and there were times i would show my shyness or silent behaviour as well.

In my adulthood now, i have started to look back and i noticed some of the repetitive body movements.

a. I have noticed that i don't seem to have a good eye contact when talking to someone.
I keep looking away while talking. I tend to do selective eye contact.
b. I tap whenever i am at a table. I do this so often when i'm alone and i try to create a music
by tapping. perhaps i should pick up to play drum.
c.. I shake my legs and wriggle my toes very often.
When i am sitting, i tend to spin the chair left to right or i rock front and back.
d. When i am standing in a queue, i sway side ways until its my turn or until something
distracts me.
e. I have also noticed that i could not sit still not even a minute unless i am distracted.
I also tend to keep moving while sitting and talking with someone at the table.
f. I also pace up and down when i have to wait see someone in the office.
g. When i am having a drink alone in a bar, i tend to tear up soaked coasters into tiny pieces
quietly. I also do it with friends around.
h. I am unable to make small chat and i don't socialize very much.

Does anybody else has experienced this. It's strange that i have Aspergers in my adulthood or could they have misdiagnosed me for something else. Sometimes i wonder if i have ADHD or ADD.