What complications do you have due to AS?

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Myself:

Major depression
Anxiety disorders
OCD
ADHD, to be diagnosed the coming Tuesday.

I don't know when the hell I'm going to resolve all of this lol...maybe never lol... I hope I will oneday tho

Dyslexia, ADHD, OCD, a childhood full of problems & lots of bullying at times because people did not understand me witch caused lots of other mental issues like major psychotic depression(I'm over that thou) major anxiety issues, other emotional problems(like mood swings, anger ect) & being very dependent & having very little confidence in myself. I also am having problems in finding a girl-friend because of all this.

Depression, but my pills make me happy.

Ah, nothing?

I mean, I have other disorders, but they aren't a complication of the ASD.

It's easy to say "anxiety" (bad fear for no reason), but it's due to things from the ASD (like change of routine or something), so I guess...stress?

More commonly under "outcomes"

Inability to form relations in person
inability to work with people
inability to live independently

I get by, and I'm doing very well considering I have verbal autism.

I've said it before: depression is just an intelligent response to aspergers...

How are we (the adult diagnosis set) supposed to deal with the news that our whole lives have been lived under a massive misconception?

Still, I suppose the lousiana prawn fishermen are as poorly served by reality.

Pretty much anxiety, and the fact that I have a hard time forming strong friendships with people. Most of the time I can only seem to gather acquaintances.

Social anxiety! I was at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles for those outside of the US) yesterday, and I felt like I was so different that everyone must be staring at me, although I could hardly bring myself to see if they were. And all the forms I had to fill out and sign with a shaky hand, and having to remember to pick up my sweat shirt AND my bottle of sugary grape-cranberry juice that I keep for diabetic emergencies AND my purse... 3 items are a lot to keep track of! Hey, I'm not complaining, it was just a trip to the DMV, but it was a lot to me, and when you add up all the little things that cost a lot in life... well that amounts to a real complication, if you ask me, because without AS these things would not have been any concern at all. The good news is that I aced the written test (was renewing my driver's license). But really, my sister would not ever have thought to mention a DMV visit other than in passing, and I had to go home and decompress from it for hours.

Nothing that has a clinical label, as far as I know, apart from occasional stress and mild depression, social anxiety. But I seem to hang on in there without shrinks and pills, and at my age I suppose I'm out of most of the mental health dangers, having got this far with barely a meltdown to my name.

Social Anxiety
Mild Depression
Do not like to be touched
Do not like to be looked at
I forget people's faces if I have not seen them in a few months
ADHD (Diagnosed)
I talk too much
I am clumsy
I stagger when I walk
Poor direction sense
Large loud machines make me nervous
Anger and rage issues
Memory Problems
I talk too loud
I mumble a lot
I only get 4-5 hours of sleep even if I go to bed early
I could eat the same thing everyday without getting sick of it if my family let me
I do not drive or take busses

Some ADHD traits without official title though. No I'm not self diagnosed ADHD or anything, I just have traits.
Phobias, auties/aspies seem to be more susceptible to having phobias, makes sense really considering all the extra anxiety we already have naturally.
Stupid anxieties that I become obsessive about.
Tantrums and anger outbursts thanks to my faulty emotion regulation.
Wanting to curl up and die whenever I'm with a group of people and feeling too uncomfortable to speak.

i'm not sure what would be considered a part of AS and what a "complication" ..
depression, anxiety, sleep problems ..

here's a good one:
i sometimes stumble (from standing still) and almost fall over for no reason, and i'm concerned my employers will think i'm drunk.

probably not what you had in mind, but i find it kind of amusing ..

I have sleeping problems and sometimes, depending on the situation, anxiety.

Social anxiety
Depression
Not liking to be stared at
Talking too loud
Not liking crowds
Sensitive hearing

Social anxiety is the big one for me. Then, stemming from that, there's an excess of stress in my life and a sorry lack of friendship.

Fortunately, it hasn't really held me back career-wise, though it did take me up until last year to become properly independent.