How do you cope with exhaustion?

I was reading an article about autism and exhaustion earlier today! I have mild chronic fatigue, which may actually just be autistic fatigue. I hate it, because it's meant all through my 20s (I'm now 30), I was unable to do the stuff my peers were doing, because I was tired all the time - and still am. I can only work a couple of days a week. I cope with it by really pacing myself and rationing what energy I do have, and having at least half an hour lying down per day, usually in the afternoons - I can't nap, but I like to do a guided yoga nidra relaxation. I need a huge amount of down time, and so spend a lot of time by myself doing things like reading or knitting.

Here is the article I mentioned:

medium.com/.../if-fatigue-was-in-the-diagnostic-criteria-of-autism-being-tired-all-the-time-might-suck-slightly-b5267d690967

I was reading an article about autism and exhaustion earlier today! I have mild chronic fatigue, which may actually just be autistic fatigue. I hate it, because it's meant all through my 20s (I'm now 30), I was unable to do the stuff my peers were doing, because I was tired all the time - and still am. I can only work a couple of days a week. I cope with it by really pacing myself and rationing what energy I do have, and having at least half an hour lying down per day, usually in the afternoons - I can't nap, but I like to do a guided yoga nidra relaxation. I need a huge amount of down time, and so spend a lot of time by myself doing things like reading or knitting.

Here is the article I mentioned:

medium.com/.../if-fatigue-was-in-the-diagnostic-criteria-of-autism-being-tired-all-the-time-might-suck-slightly-b5267d690967

That's a good article, my experience has been very similar - particularly going to the doctor about tiredness over and over and never getting a proper diagnosis or anything that helps, and the digestive problems.