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Does anyone else sleep loads?

NAS71377

If I am working full time, I find the only thing that helps me recover from overwhelm is sleep. If I am tired I literally cannot process information. Does anyone else sleep loads? I've always slept too much as my coping mechanism. 

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  • Yess,ive always slept loads, didn't realise this could be an autistic trait,Currently waiting for a diagnosis so I'll have to bring this up.

  • in reply to NAS71368

    is it an autistic trait ?

  • in reply to aidie

    I've come across links between fatigue (including sleepiness) and autism before.

    I'm aware of a seemingly decently strong link between ADHD and sleepiness.

    There have been studies looking at ADHD and sleepiness - such as:

    "EDS [excessive daytime sleepiness] was relatively common in adults with possible ADHD. ADHD symptoms, especially inattentiveness, were associated with the formation of EDS in this population."

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28366340/

  • in reply to aidie

    Yes, I kind of know that feeling. I know quite a few people find the after lunch period quite difficult from a work perspective.

    It's tough when/if it does switch one's brain into struggling to perform. It can feel a bit like when a phone gets to low charge and starts getting really slow and sometimes apps start crashing.

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  • in reply to aidie

    Yes, I kind of know that feeling. I know quite a few people find the after lunch period quite difficult from a work perspective.

    It's tough when/if it does switch one's brain into struggling to perform. It can feel a bit like when a phone gets to low charge and starts getting really slow and sometimes apps start crashing.

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