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autism and sleep

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Hi I am awaiting a disgnosis, and have been thinking about lots of things in my life one is sleep. All my life I have been a sleepaholic, when I was an early teen I could sleep for 14 hours easy, thats what teens did, but I never grew out of it. I have never woken up in my life feeling refreshed, I could always go back to bed, even at 10am after 12 hours. I have thought this was to do with the depression and feeling that when I was asleep nobody could get to be and make me do things I don't want to? However can it be part of autism? Interested on your views as I can not seem to find much online.

Rob

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  • Hi, Rob. I'm also awaiting diagnosis. I find I never wake up refreshed either - no matter how much sleep I get, I'm permanently exhausted. I am waiting for some results from the hospital (I had to go through a few investigations) and I struggle with my mental health too, so I'm not sure if my fatigue is down to autism, an underlying physical health condition, my mental health, or any combination of those things!

    I'll be interested to see any responses you get.

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  • Hi, Rob. I'm also awaiting diagnosis. I find I never wake up refreshed either - no matter how much sleep I get, I'm permanently exhausted. I am waiting for some results from the hospital (I had to go through a few investigations) and I struggle with my mental health too, so I'm not sure if my fatigue is down to autism, an underlying physical health condition, my mental health, or any combination of those things!

    I'll be interested to see any responses you get.

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