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Shutdowns & Meltdowns

JT

How to they appear in you?

I find I suffer migraines from over stimulation, mutism when I'm surrounded by too much verbal input, or I then can't sleep overnight.

If I have too much nervous energy for an interview, an unplanned trip somewhere new or journey I'm concerned with then I develop gut issues (diarrhea etc).

Are these responses typical in ASC I wonder?

  • myself, hmm, i think meltdowns/overwhelm, i AM undiagnosed and still learning terminology, they begin with kind of, head spinning, "noise ball" confusion, a kind of "panic?" verbal outbursts, agitation, anger, frustration, i can end up either having a go at random people, or "head slap" myself/headbutt something

    shutdown for me, hmm, very similar feelings to meltdown, but behaviour is different, almost, if not dissociative 

  • in reply to Paigey

    Thanks for responses, good to hear I'm not alone in this

  • in reply to Desmond79

    Hope your ok now? Take it easy, rest up. I get those more often than I'd like they can be super debilitating!

  • Yep, gut issues here as well. Not nice! I also get edgy, extreme anxiety sometimes frustrated as well. And then there's the extreme energy drain. Wish it wouldn't happen, it's very annoying.

  • I had a Migraine on Thursday; bedridden until 4:40 pm then. 

  • Yes. You're not alone with this. I have the same gut issues, today my gut is feeling tight, sickly and a little upset. Uh! Hate it.

    We all experience this differently a little like we all have asd but it's different for everyone. For me I experience shutdown/meltdown in two ways, one where I feel sick and faint, get very hot and will usually end up needing 5 minutes on the floor to get my breath back and calm down.

    The other way I experience this is with aggression. I just totally lose it and will lash out, sometimes run away because I'm so scared and want to get away from everything and everyone. This is the most extreme one and doesn't happen all the time thank god. It had caused a lot of issues especially with the police.

    I try to avoid meltdown and shutdown at all costs. The after effects such as extreme anxiety and exhaustion aren't pleasant.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Thanks for the reply, sorry to read of your struggles. I myself don't seem to ever lose control or act out anything, but my body seems to have internal responses without my control, migraines, shivers, muscle spasms, IBS, ibd, tinnitus, nausia... it's an ever growing list

  • In a word; yes. Boy! Tell me about the gut issues, lol. Ouch

    As for shut/melt down more generally, we all experience these differently in different contexts. I'm more inclined to shut down; the body is in the room but the brain is parked three streets away, I can't talk or talk much and if I do, don't make sense, and I'm taking nothing in and often can't remember what was going on around me.

    But medical context, from which there is no escape can provoke 'bolt' or wall thumping effing and blinding type meltdowns, which bang out of nowhere. And I promise that's not a behaviour I'd in any way choose.

    Mercifully, outside of a surgery a meltdown is rare and I'd be more inclined to be found intensely sobbing and rocking behind locked doors.