No. In rare cases, yes, you can regress, but that's like 0.001 percent of cases. I think often people who get a later diagnosis, and even some younger people, like teens or kids, experience what may seem like regression, but is actually then just being more true to themselves and stopping masking. It happened to me, it can be frustrating, I have things I've lost functioning in, like housework. But honestly I am way happier now than I was pre-diagnosis

It’s hard to say in my case…. Me bipolar is getting exponentially worse, so it feels like my autism is responding to that…. Any advice from bp1/asd combo people would be greatly appreciated….

i used to think ive regressed but ive realised its just ive been slowly unmasking and realising how much my autism really has been affecting me, this is why i find diagnosis fundamental because it helps you understand yourself more and let the mask down and learn how to help yourself more, it gets worse before it gets better. even though i seem “worse” im actually more stress free because now im not supressing myself and im more comfortable in the things i do i.e stimming and acting “childish” because now i dont just feel weird compared to others i feel now that there is an explanation behind it and that’s okay, its just who i am, so dont worry youre doing great you’re just learning more about yourself and loving yourself more, you should be proud ❤️❤️❤️