Do your abilities shift around or stay the same?

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My abilities are almost never the same. I don't mean there aren't tendencies. There are. Like my ability to stay within the realm of understanding words ranges from none at all to something below the average. But within those ranges everything is always changing around. When I made videos, I had to wait until I could shoot, then wait again until I could edit, and so on. Most of the time neither were possible. I feel like a spaceship that has to wait for a "launch window" before I can blast off and do something. It can be deceiving too and makeme look both more competent and more incompetent than I am. Someone who only sees me when I can't draw or paint will see me as a lousy artist. Someone who sees my videos and articles and art and all kinds of other creations will think I can do all of these things all the time when maybe I can't do them most of the tine but seize onto the tiny part where it will. But every ability is always bouncing up and down within it's own area. I can be capable of complex ideas one moment and another moment be devoid of any complex thoughts or most simple ones even, just be sort of blank for awhile. Nothing stays all the time ever.

I know people like this and I know people who are the opposite with absolutely rigid abilities that never change. I'm just trying to find out which is most common here.

Every 18 months to three and a half years, I become a completely different person. I even change names because I 'forget' the one I am using at the time. Before I was DXed AS I had no idea what was up. Now I don't know if it is the autism or what.

Do you think it is the autism?

Merle

I don't know what that'd be, I've never known anyone who does that. What I'm capable of changes a lot but I still feel like me. Maybe a massive overload and crash could do something like that but I wouldn't really know.

I'm not really sure how to vote... I don't really know how to pinpoint it, but I know what you are talking about.

... some days, it feels like my abilities are still the same, but nothing is "clicking" quite right. Some days, I literally can't comprehend what others are saying and I just know I'm having a really "off" day... some days I'm keeping up and guiding the conversation.

Some days I can clean my entire house with no problem and other days I'm running around trying and not finishing things... other days I have absolutely no clue where to even start, so I just sit there thinking about cleaning.

I can remember a lot of things I need to do all of the time, but just cannot make myself do them the majority of the time, but once in a while that day will come around where I just zoom from one thing to the next with absolutely no problems.

Some days I can't cope with even the smallest change, and some days things will change constantly and I do just fine.... some days I can talk to others with absolutely no problem, and some days I can't bear being around others.

My abilities change rapidly and without warning. Sometimes I can speak a few sentences in a row, other times (perhaps just minutes later), I can't get even sounds out. Sometimes I can clean the house, other times I can't figure out where my body is in space well enough to get from sitting downstairs to laying down upstairs. Sometimes I can fully understand others' language, and other times I can't sort out one word from the next and it all sounds like mush.

I wouldn't mind the switching if I had some warning, or even a way of knowing when I was going to be how.

i've been wondering about this too. it's strange. sometimes i can do something really well--at others, not at all. it's true for almost anything (except vocabulary and spelling, which are generally good.) but art work, the ability to put paragraphs together, learning a foreign language (inconsistent abilities within same language), making sense of verbal instruction, sense of direction (always poor, but sometimes less poor.)

well... you get the picture. :)

My savant abilities tend only to grow. I don't really have fluctuations in understanding language, or doing my Autistic savant art - and certainly not riding horses.

If I get fatigued, it tends to be because I am seriously overworked - there needs to be at least 10 of me to handle the workloads I am given. When I get so many projects, its because others say "You can do it." Thanks, everyone - but I would rather be riding more horses. The more I ride, the sharper my savant abilities become. The more fatigued I get, then it is important to keep the interruptions within my control and not just allow others to randomly bombard me - fatigue makes me more distractible. But then again, sometimes on a litigation schedule, I can go up to 4-5 days with an insufficient sleep schedule before I have to take some downtime.

I do get sensory overloads, and flashing lights and loud noises of certain kinds can trigger TLE sensory overloads, but these situtations can easily be avoided if others have some clue what they are, what to look for, and what to do. I do have to get up a little earlier than most people to go thru a wake-up time - mostly to adjust the senses to the overstimulation that goes with sleep to wake cycles. But that doesn't necessarily concern anyone if I have the right work environment.

I would not say my ability to learn foreign languages is less than before - but I do need to do it in certain ways that work better for me than others.

I do have ups and downs with the pain levels, but typically where I have worked for lawyers, they give me free rein to take a short 15-20 min nap if I need it - sometimes I don't. Most of my really good employers understood my Autistic savant needs as what it takes to produce my abilities - and thats why they hired me and have tried to keep me around.

I don't necessarily work a rigid type schedule - a lot of variety helps me a lot. The harder, more challenging, and more complex, the better for me. I don't really fit the ordinary work-model, but I also have a genius Autistic savant brain and is more efficient than others - the trick is to make the work environment and tools I need available. When that happens, the skies the limit for what I can do.

I probably produce more and of higher quality than others, but again, IF I have the right employer who is willing to give me what my Autistic savant condition needs to incubate my significant abilities.

It isn't rocket science - it only takes an intimate understanding of my particular brain condition. Unfortunately, far too many just don't understand how to engage the performance capabilities of an Autistic savant.

i think my abilities stay more or less the same all the time but whether i do something well (or poorly) would depend on my motivation and concentration. i have adhd so i have the inability to focus (except when on ritalin) - so i am always thought as scatty or lazy even. yet i know myself very well what i am good at and bad in.

My abilities stay the same but I find I lose motivation for them. A nice cup of coffee and a good kick up the rear (mentally) gets me going. You know, if I need to do something but don't want to I just force myself to do it.

My ability to quantify the level at which my abilities shift around fluctuates wildly...

Same.

External environment can make them worst or more noticeable, but that's due to the external and internal conflict.

However, my abilities stopped at around the age of 11/12, as that's what I could handle in life; anything older and I faltered.

Nope, my abilities stay pretty much the same.
My interests, however, change very often.
Currently I enjoy my Pokemon.