Medication or Other -- is there anything that helps?

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(If this is a repeat post or in the wrong sub-forum, I apologize. I looked around for some time and couldn't find anything relating to my question.)

To make a long story short, I've had a bad time of it this last month. My Aspergers is really "bipolar"... I'll go through months of being fine, then in the space of a day or two, drop back down to near-incompetence. It can last from a week to several months. Can't sketch, have a hard time writing, and sometimes I can't even comprehend words on a page. At the moment, this "drop" is making things extra-difficult because I've just started back on my self-directed homeschooling, and I was trying to get through my last year before things got bad again. Go figure, they got bad just after I started up the schoolwork again.

So my query is, is there any medication -- natural or prescription -- that you find helps the symptoms of Aspergers and related disorders? At the moment I'm trying L-theanine, but I've been on it for 5 days and haven't noticed any change. I'm kind of leery to go back on prescription meds, but at this point, if it'll help I'm all for it. Also, are there any specific types of therapy that help more than others? The only mental health resource I have is the local free-of-charge Mental Health Clinic, which is fairly good but I'm not sure if any of the therapists are trained in the sliding scale of autistic disorders. I've been there several times in the past for anxiety therapy, but not for my Aspergers or depression.

Thanks!

I go through those periods too. It seems to last from about October thru April, but I think its just called Winter in Seattle. Anyways, I have never really taken any prescription meds for anything (although maybe I should). I generally just do what everyone else does: drink a ridiculous amount of coffee (like AT LEAST 5 cups a day).

5-HTP or l-tryptophan can help with anxiety, sleep, depression.

AS is not being fine and then near incompetence. Nor is it near incompetence. It's a shame so many people here think they're incompetent. Are you sure too many demands aren't being put on you?

A good walk every day alone is good. Also if you want to try prescription drugs a very low dose (5mg) of Abilify helps me to be more social, happy and still concentrate well on work and things, but some people get side effects (I didnt).