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01 Aug 2008, 11:48 am

If head banging would cause someone to lose his or her autism, I'd been normal many years ago. Unfortunately, the only cure for autism is a bullet to the brain, but then the side effects are horrendous for family members.


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01 Aug 2008, 11:52 am

im sure a lot of the variability has to do with general stress... ive had easier times in life and im sure a lot of my "aspie responses" just were never really elicited.


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01 Aug 2008, 3:31 pm

cyberscan wrote:
If head banging would cause someone to lose his or her autism, I'd been normal many years ago. Unfortunately, the only cure for autism is a bullet to the brain, but then the side effects are horrendous for family members.


Haha yea me 2, i think i became worse from headbanging so much actually.

I was really bad growing up, then i when i was like 13 i started becoming higher functioning, I still stimmed a lot, headbanged regularly, and still couldnt talk for anything, but actually did try to socialize and was put in some regular classes where i met my friend whos still my friend today, and then my brother suddenly got killed in a car accident when i was about to turn 15, boom back to lower functioning lol i stopped socializing altogether, all my achievements like being able to handle restaurants without melting down or actually answering the phone properly was gone, I regressed imensively and I disappeared, then slowly but surely when i was about 19 i started improving again, I actually tried socializing, even got a job through the disabilities resource center at six flags, thats also the time I got my license, then my father died when i was 21, boom back to start A lol. So I think any type of event can trigger the person to regress or improve. I was completely in my own world most of my life. Now I'm trying to socialize again for my boyfriends sake, i can't socialize for long, probably maybe two hours or so, then im completely low functioning lol, its like my brain is like "yep im done for the day, i did my job, see ya later" and im like wtf, and stuck completely disappeared from the world for the rest of the day lol.

I never ever heard of actually losing your autism though, you either have autism or you don't! I know you can improve to the point your autism doesnt hinder you anymore, or something can trigger you to regress into a more autistic state to the point it hinders you from everything.


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01 Aug 2008, 3:49 pm

Seems to me that it'd be impossible without rewiring big chunks of the brain... and if you succeeded, there'd effectively be a different person walking around with your body and memories.


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01 Aug 2008, 4:05 pm

QuantumToast wrote:
Seems to me that it'd be impossible without rewiring big chunks of the brain... and if you succeeded, there'd effectively be a different person walking around with your body and memories.


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01 Aug 2008, 4:31 pm

There are also some studies that show mercury poisoning can cause people to have "autism like symptoms" it's called amalgam illness, google it.



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01 Aug 2008, 4:44 pm

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Asperger's seems to be quite stable in comparison to Autism.


What do u mean? Could you explain your thought more extensively? Thanks 8O


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01 Aug 2008, 7:43 pm

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is a dead autistic still autistic?


No. As far as we can tell, all dead people are equal, and identical too, since they no longer exist :D :twisted: :)


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Asperger's seems to be quite stable in comparison to Autism.


Can't think why it should be. I guess as more kids get diagnosed these days as a matter of course, more of them will fall nearer to the NT/AS divide. Who's to say which of them cross it, and when? :wink:



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01 Aug 2008, 8:55 pm

If someone bangs their head a lot, that would probably make there autism worse. Just my opinion. Dawn



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01 Aug 2008, 9:07 pm

My autism has always been uneven. I have low-functioning and high-functioning areas.

Compulsivity: Low-functioning, improves with medication.
Early socializing (meets-and-greets, small talk): High-functioning. Sometimes people I've just met refuse to believe that I have Asperger's.
Middle socializing (turning acquaintances into friends, holding on to them): very low-functioning.
Deep socializing (relationships): very high-functioning.
Looking normal (tic control, manners, gait, and poise): middle-functioning.
Emotions: very high-functioning. I don't understand the icy logical mindset of some aspies I come across.
Abstract thought: very high-functioning.
Having normal interests: middle to low-functioning.
Obsession with detail: low-functioning, improves with medication.
Organization or lack thereof: middle-functioning.

So I have lost autism in some places, sort of. But I still have plenty.


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02 Aug 2008, 3:25 am

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Whahahahahahahahaha-haaaa!!

You're kidding, right?



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02 Aug 2008, 2:20 pm

Ishmael wrote:
Ha! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hahaha! HA! HAHA!
Whahahahahahahahaha-haaaa!!

You're kidding, right?


Some days I feel more autistic than others...


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