Stupider: I am losing my intelligence...

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You're not getting more stupid - that much is obvious from your articulations regarding the condition.

What you are developing is a combination of fatigue and anxiety, though not the kind of "anxiety" doctors often suggest AS/Autism people suffer from whenever they complain of any kind of illness.

What you're clearly dealing with is the same kind of self-fulfilling problem that people talk about in terms of impotence - you've got no standard by which to truly judge your intellect, so you're developing performance anxiety and that's interfering with your ability to actually accomplish the task of reasoned thought.

Consider above all else: the fact that you recognize a problem is proof you're not losing your intelligenc.e

Oh, and if you're really serious about kicking an internet addiction - stand up to compute ... it's amazing how much more active you'll be - plus you'll only compute when it's sufficiently necessary.

Try to treat your internet time as a self-reward for things you know you need to be doing to maintain family relations and a stake in this world.

Aspies are massively susceptible to internet addiction, so you have to fight it any way you can.
Stick to using it for learning and emotional respite from the harshities of life - not entertainment and gaming ... that way lies lost time and life sure doesn't last long.
You don't want to look back on an empty life spent at a computer (unless you're getting paid vast sums to do so, of course).

Well, my first thought was:
It's August! What do you need a brain for? Take a well-earned brake while you can. I forget what 12th grade was like, but I imagine it will be stressful. Go to the beach. Read. Chill.

My second thought was:
Maybe hanging around the house is stressful because these are the very people who know best how to push your buttons?

This one makes sense:

I would like to thank everyone for their advice.
...and no MemberSix, I'm not serious about quitting my internet addiction. I do this because I like to do it. But I do plan to do it a bit less. I need other hobbies. Walking would be a good idea.

I didn't get that one at first.

Been there, done that, it didn't work.
I have plenty of insightful OLD experiences to be re-examined.
I need to recalculate the whole thing, so that I can
achieve financial security and all that good stuff.

I have something to add. I find myself looking up the definitions of words that I've already looked up the definitions of, and that I have already come to understand the meaning of. I find this necessary sometimes so that I am able to make sense of a sentence that I read. I may understand what all the words mean, but if certain words are used together I need to examine both words' definitions. Sometimes I check definitions just to make sure that I remember the definitions correctly. I seem to have lost the brain power to put a series of words with multiple and/or complex definitions together to form one message. I need to break things down and put the pieces together slowly in order to fully "grasp" what is written.

The advice that I've gotten so far is probably going to be helpful, but does anybody have a different opinion or anything to add to an existing theory or suggestion?

Isn't it obvious that I'm trying to keep this thread from dying?
I'm still having the same problem I had when I started this. I've gotten more sleep and it's gotten a little better, but I haven't tried anything else yet...

If you still think there's a problem after all this, maybe you should check it out.
MRI, cat scan, whatever they do when they take you seriously.
You're a young adult, you're articulate...
I admit that I shrugged it off at first, but you know what you feel.
What kinds of tests have you had in the past? IQ test?
Any objective way of measuring and comparing the past to the present.

Unfortunately, at 17, I don't know how you can do it without your parents.
You probably can't sneak off to the doctor and pay the co-pay yourself.