Are as-symthoms..

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more evident in childhood or lately? What do you think?

BTW WP is great.

Im going to as-tests in june

How it was about you?

I would suspect in childhood, since coping mechanisms to blend in would not have been likely to be adopted yet.

I would definitely say childhood, for the reasons velodog mentioned, and also because Aspies identified in childhood will likely receive therapy which will improve language, social skills, etc., so as they get older, I would assume that outward symptoms would be lessened.

I think they change over time. They may seem more evident in childhood than in adulthood because adults have learned to adapt to some degree.

I think for most, it's evident in childhood as the coping systems aren't there yet. However, I don't think it's uncommon to regress, so that while you seem to be coping better, you might as an adult return to near your childhood state. It's certainly going to be evident in childhood, but it may or may not go back to that in adulthood, I believe.
I know for me it was worst in childhood, then better (I think, at least, not an objective judge) in high school where I learned to cope, and it seems now to be not quite as good as it was in high school/first year or two of university.

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If we think at what time as-symthoms are most evident childhood, puberty, age between puberty and adult(it's so annoyng Im so bad in english, but I try to do my best) or adult?

For me it's puberty and age between puberty and adult I mean now, Im 22. And most evident now. Im obsessed with things now and Im doing very badly in socially.

It's very possible I don't receive as-diagnosis as I can't prove that I had evident as-symthoms as a child. And I will bring that to specialist be'couse I want to be honet. But I can relate to a lot of things here absolutelly. As I sad in my other post I think I have this Autism Broad Phenotype or just as-traits in that way that it is hard to give me for sure as-diagnosis. But most important is to get to know me better and my autism assotiated stuff like sensory issues and my bad balance and social problems, routins etc. And if I don't get a diagnosis( I believe I don't based on my childhood, ofcourse I had some as-symthoms, stubborness and stuff, in childhood as well but in a very mildly way so I think it's not a diagnosis for me. I think they say we are not sure so we give you this as-traits and depression diagnosis. But I really believe I have Autism broad phenotype or just asperger traits, meaning I have some autistic stuff but not for as diagnosis troughout my life.

And on the other hand if I say in the test I just want to know if I have or not they may not to give diagnosis but if I say I WANT that diagnosis they may give.

No, I think I'll be honest and not strongly on some opinion so i let them to figure out if I have or no.

No, I've learned how to pretend to be more normal as an adult. The traits I had as a little kid are still there, but they were much more pronounced back then. Growing up, you learn how to take things less literally (most common figures of speech have been learned at this point), learn how to identify sarcasm, if you're a reader you learn many of the other subtleties of language as well. I think the adult me is pretty much the same as the kid me in most ways, but I've had more time to learn a few useful things to help me adapt.

It's common for people with AS to spiral downhill in the high school/early adult years due to greater social, academic and vocational expectations of them (I'd say this is more likely to happen in reality). It can "feel" worst here, but one isn't usually any worst, rather it's the environment that has changed.

With classic yes younger... But AS in my case people just thought it was ADHD or I was just weird etc... maybe I'm just biased cause I notice it now more since I've been dxed and now know a name to my certain behaviors... not really sure actually. Good question I'll have to think about it some more.

I don't know.

I look back at stuff I did as a child/teen/student and cringe now because it was so strange &/or naive - but at the time I was completely unaware that there was anything weird about it.

Obviously I knew I was "different" in some way, but I had no clue whatsoever about how obvious it must have been to others.

As an adult, I have different issues - as a child, my OCD (& maybe aspie) father controlled my life so much that my executive dysfunction would have been completely masked. It only became an issue once I left home.

Now that I understand about AS, I think my symptoms have got worse again, but maybe they were always there & it's just because I have become more aware of them.

I'll experience many swings in my mood over a week span... and a lot of those times it's just so obvious something's either up or I'm being eccentric or whatever.

But yeah, half the time it's not obvious to others at all.