I am 28 years young and at first the docs said when I was just 12-13 years old that I either had bipolar or schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. I had anxiety my entire life and its been diagnosed as severe generalized anxiety disorder and its related to my autism. My autism was diagnosed at 5 years old and had it all my life. There was few years that I didn't appear autistic but in the last 5 years some of the behaviors that I had as a child is coming back on me. The reason why there were a few years that I had almost no autistic symptoms except the lack of social skills is because there wasn't much stress going on in my life. Everyone was healthy and our financial situation was nearly perfect. I was re-diagnosed as schizoaffective disorder at 23 years old. There were a few years that I was nearly symptom free in all my disorders except the severe anxiety and sometimes depression. I am on SSI payments and can't work or drive. I am an artist though which makes hardly any money after all most artists starve.