Old age!

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I'm now in Portland, Oregon.

Thanks auntblabby. Nothing to envy though, walking a lot will keep anyone spry.

I walk a lot [and ride my trike up and down hills] and still I am not spry.

Well then, you are probably too young to be spry, wait until you're older.

40's is middle age (and as people are living longer they say it's the new 30) but as you are 23 that explains your outlook (when I was 15 I thought 20 was ancient!)

The biggest thing that now scares me, is that I have read alzheimers/dementia is much more common in aging autistics.

OH! THAT is just GREAT. one more dag burned strike against aspies.

In my case I got diagnosed

At 50 I have just started bicycling for the first time since my teens. A 30 km round trip each week for fun and fitness.
Also I mow and weed my 1/2 acre, and have just rotary hoed a 15 metre square veggie patch.
And collected and helped saw 4 tons of wood for the fire.

And planted 100 trees for Landcare this week.
I also care for my partner who has degenerative medical problems, and work part time.

I can still dance for a couple of hours if my partner's band has a gig.
(Although the late hours aren't as much fun as they were)

I have osteoarthritis and sometimes have to slow up when it's painful.
We are sorting and planning for our real old age in 20 years - landscaping for ramps and slopes, hand building for future stairlifts etc.

Our plan is to offer self contained free accommodation in exchange for 2 days a week gardening, housework and shopping.
But first we have to acquire building materials and make it.

Don't be afraid of aging. It's the same as youth, but with more contentment and a bit slower.

and more aches and pains, dust and disorder.

So true.
It seems very unfair that by the time you finally get the hang of everything, the warranty runs out on your body parts.
My partner's band jokes that they are the only group whose drug of choice is anti-inflammatories.

ever consider astaxanthin and curcumin? both are potent natural anti-inflammatory compounds.

It was my waning total energy that led me to seek a diagnosis at aged 57. It was taking more and more of that total to simply get through my slim work schedule of only 30 hours a week. I had a meltdown at my doctor's office with tears and me repeatedly crying out, "I can't fix this!!" It got me a good dressing down from my doctor, but at least got the ball rolling. About nine months later I was diagnosed with Asperger's.

I've since retired, but decidedly prematurely. I have fewer financial resources than I might have hoped. Better poor than desperate though. Being retired, I actually enjoy a little socialization in the form of volunteering at my local hospital and grocery co-op, meeting a friend for lunch once a month or so, and taking in nature hikes and talks. My calendar is noticeably fuller, not so much because I have more time but because I have the energy.

I do worry about one day having to go into a nursing home and being repeatedly and helplessly wheeled against my will into the common room for a day of forced noise and distraction. I can just hear the aide saying, "Now, now. It's good for you to spend time with other people. Don't be so silly." What a way to end one's life that would be.

By the way, at what age exactly does one become spry? I may qualify.

^^^
at whatever age most folks are senescent, but you are not.

Also the stupidity of your youth (such as smoking) catches up with you.

But then, lets face it, the alternative to growing old is not a desirable outcome.

We all know that warranties are set so that the warranty will run out before the part wears out.

Cheers

Yeah definitely losing the mental energy. That was a big help as a kid. Just dont have that anymore.

My home is my prison more or less.. I wouldn be surprised if i end up like in that movie with Sean Connery, "finding forrester"

reminds me of another long-ago thread where loner hermit aspies were wondering how long it would take before their deceased bodies [locked inside their apartments or trailers or such] were discovered by somebody.