Stupider: I am losing my intelligence...

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But I don't think it's supposed to get worse at any point....

that happens to me alot, ill be stressed or depressed without noticing o_o; i also dont get alot of sleep, as well as also having felt that im losing my intelligence. it typically starts to happen after the middle of a school year passes, but then im able to comprehend everything once summer happens i think school is just too hectic. early mornings, getting home late in the afternoon, not being able to sleep, not having time to myself, thats probably it. but thankfully thats gonna change soon, i may or may not be going back to high school this coming year

There be your problem right there DJR. Reality TV to the brain like hot pee to a snow man. Ain't nothing that'll melt your mind quicker

I used to be able to delve deep into a book for hours. Back then I was able to read "Infinite Jest" twice without feeling it. And that was only about three years ago. Now the mere thought makes me wince.

Some research suggests that getting too used to reading web content changes your reading habits, attention span, and tolerance for complex syntax. The bad news is that you become less able to read books as proficiently as before. The good news is that the effect is reversible with just more practice.

If there are any researchers out there, I think we're the perfect canditiates for testing the effects of emotion (or lack thereof) on intelligence...

I would venture out into nature, whatever you can - garden actively, wander among trees and woods, the coast and the seashore, look at the sky, find wild flowers and identify them.

You don't actually believe that, do you? Either all TV is bad or all TV is not bad. What makes Reality TV worse than any other kind of TV?

"Either all TV is bad or all TV is not bad"....really!? You truly don't think there's any criteria that differentiates quality from the pulsating multitude of crap on TV? Seems to Omar like you got some explain'n to do.

Reality TV man ain't nothing but over-edited water cooler gossip. A buncha people pre-selected for maximum drama potential and "identification" which amounts to nothin' more than a checklist distilled from hundreds of issues of people magazines and mtv pilots. Them people be as real as a wax museum in Beverely hills, and they're 'bout as interesting as watching your neighbor rake leaves. There's very little to be gleamed...'bout the human condition or whatever nonsense...everything be too over edited and relying too much on pre-packaged gimmicks. You don't see no beggar kid with half his stomach hanging out in the Amazin' Race or some sad sack emptying his bowls to the tune of dysentery on Survivor and Big Brother...what the hell is that... a bunch of people isolated from society try'n to outmanuever each other to become the last one stand'n...aint nothin' but an elaborate ploy to keep Rousseau and Marx rolling in their graves Omar thinks.

The people amount to nothin' more than Z list celebs using and abusin' their 15 minutes to remind everyone why they be better off not around. And dat be the real rub....all this treasure hunt'n, grub eat'n, 50 midgets in a closet shar'n nonsense that's on the air amounts to an extended take of a Springer sketch. Nothing more than expliotin' the vapid and willing to ease the minds of the "average man" or stoke some corrupted notion of the American Dream where "happily ever after" be just a contest away. And all this be tak'n the place of *decent TV, where sometimes, somehow, there actually are worthwhile things being said or shown.

"But Omar" you say... "I don't care 'bout all that...I just wanna escape from this dreary life and be entertained... " Aight, that's fair. If you find the hit-parade of mediocrity b***h'n and moan'n and lying and crying their way into "relevance" (aka the tabloids), then that's fair. But to Omar it be nothin' more than another reason to toss out the remote, along with his respect for fellow man

It could be just that the study is getting harder as is usually the case in any course like the high jump bar is being set higher and higher with each year.

If you really want to lose your mind, try getting just 5-6 hours of sleep every night.

Works for me!

I get this all the time, and it's extremely frustrating.... it feels like juvenile dementia but it is much more likely related to AS some other comorbid disorder.
I have found a few ways to cope with it, but I haven't found any way to fix it yet.
Usually the problem eventually goes away, except in the case that now I've had it for the past year and it has only got a little bit better.

A couple other things I noticed:
Your symptoms seem exactly the same as the ones I got when I was seventeen.
I'm embarassed to admit that I see nothing wrong with the word "stupider", but if you do, you obviously haven't got the worst of it yet.
The most severe cases of this phenomenon always happen during or right after summer vacation. "Use it or lose it" usually applies for most of the difficulty in this situation. If you are used to regular schooling of 6 hours every weekday constantly forced to think at your highest of levels, summer is going to hit you like a ton of bricks.

When I said Reality TV, I was including American Idol and Canadian Idol.
Except for Survivor, I don't watch the kinds of Reality TV that you're talking about.
My other favourite TV shows are House, Lost, and I also liked The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I occasionally watch sitcoms, usually reruns of 90s sitcoms (I was too young to see most episodes the first time) including Friends. Sometimes I also watch shows like CSI, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, etc. I like a lot more TV shows than I have time to watch.

By the way Omar, I found it difficult to take you seriously when you were speaking such improper English. Sometimes it was hard just to understand you...

Classic stress symptoms.

You need to touch base again.

For most Aspies, that means spending a number of days alone .... and I MEAN alone, as in several days and several nights in your own home doing ONLY what pleases you.

The chief source of stress for most Aspies is social contact.
Removing it allows them to return to basal stress levels.

It's every bit as simple as that.

Chronic stress leads to withdrawal and shutdown, to the point that it's possible to become almost totally dysfunctional regardless of how much effort is put in.

Pushing yourself may seem laudable, but for Aspies it's actually counter-productive because they're having to push themselves to achieve reasonable function, all the time, anyway.

When this kind of thing happens to you, you need to take your foot well and truly OFF the gas until such time as good functionality returns.

And as much as anyone may hate it, it's the only thing that works.
It's a physical constraint that can't be altered.

Take some time for you to become yourself again.

Oh, I love that last sentence! With your permission, I'm going to take it as my personal motto.

Oh ... well ... yes .... be my guest.
It is yours to do with as you will.