Do AS symptoms progress with age?

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I feel life is easier now than when I was younger. I certainly cope with the things that life throws at me me a lot better. Maybe I don't have any hang-up about being different any more. When I was younger, being labelled as different was about the worst thing.

I don't think the underlying AS has changed, just my way of dealing with it, and also maybe the attitudes of the more mature people I interact with these days.

i agree with this. i moved in with my bf about a year ago and i have found that i long for the days where he used to live in another city. he knows im weird and i love him for that, but he keeps trying to impoes his solutions/help for me and it has worn me out... and all i can do is tell him to leave me alone and go sit in our room with headphones on to keep me from just screaming drivle at him when anything goes wrong.

since finding out about AS, ive tried to explain it to him... cause up until now, ive not really had a way to verbalize why i feel the irrational feelings i have... like why touching me a certain way sends me off the rocker or why it's just best to leave me alone sometimes... he just cant do it... HE has to make me feel better.

and in response to the AS thing... he's ignored it. i think the whole autism thing scares him. he just tells me not to dwell on things and does his best to cheer me up when im in one of my moments.

and i just cant tolerate it. no other way to put it. i scare myself cause somewhere i know he cares for me but most of me is screaming I DONT CARE, LEAVE ME ALONE... but then, i dont know what i'd do in this town w/o him. all "my" friends are his friends... and i know i would wind up alone with no one. and that scares me cause ive been there before and i get really bad when im alone. in my undergrad; i went for like 3.5 weeks with no one even speaking a word to me...

decisions decisions...

My most obvious symptom of my AS is in my sense of smell: some odors, esp. fragrance and chemicals, become so overpowering that I have trouble breathing. This symptom has definitely gotten much worse over the years (I'm 62)

I'm hoping that my sense of smell will diminish with age

It's swings and roundabouts, my short term memory has started to fail quite badly, that has helped no end with my obsessive behavior, but as I deal with more and more mature people, I find that they expect more from me in return and are less forgiving of any quirks, but more mature in their critisism.

As I get older I can cope better most days, but it seems that I have so much more to cope with.

I have only been diagnosed 3 months (I am 36) though I suspected, understanding what my behavior is has helped no end, but now I feel limited by AS, where before I was limited by my oddness.

I don't think the symptoms get worse as we age. I just think the problem is losing one's safety net when leaving home. We had family & familiar people like neighbors and schoolmates to give us structure. Aspies can be very sensitive and moving into a new town, new home, new school and all new people is overwhelming for even the most assimulated Aspie.

If its any consolation I moved out West almost 8 yrs ago and am still getting lost in this small town. But I have in past year learnt some new shortcuts on roads I didn't know existed. Creature of habit even with traveling. I still don't feel secure driving on the interstates much or far out of town if its driving into a major metropolitan area.