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Fatigue

HP35

Does anyone else struggle a lot with fatigue? What are your strategies for managing it?

I'm asking here because I'm fairly sure it's related to autism. Social activities and any kind of sensory discomfort or pain tire me out much faster than they do my NT friends. However, it's also getting worse with age. When I was in my late teens, I could focus for hours, but these days I find myself having to take breaks during the day (I work from home) where I lie down and basically do nothing, sometimes even fall asleep, for an hour or two.

I sleep well, eat well, supplement B12, and exercise outdoors daily.

Has anyone managed to optimise their environment/routines to overcome this?

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  • Before I worked out some of my allergies, I was overwhelmed with fatigue. 

    Sugar and inflammation was the first thing to get sorted and this made a night and day change. Eventually I had to cut out gluten and grains. I'm now on a FODMAP diet and try to mind the sugar. << about 30 years of getting myself sorted. 

  • in reply to JuniperFromGallifrey

    Over the last two years I've run systematic dietary experiments, starting with only eatng rice and water and then adding one food at a time to figure out what I tolerate and don't. I managed to put together a nutritionally adequate diet and have been on that for at least six months now. It is great no to have the digestive problems I used to, and I've gained weight right up to the middle of the healthy BMI range, but I'm still tired. Maybe less tired than I was before I started the process, but still tired compared to when I was younger. And specifically more brain-tired. It's harder to focus.

  • in reply to HP35

    What's your biological sex and age?

  • in reply to HP35

    okay yes, i wish my periods would just bog off now too!. sorry to hear it's so hard to get hold of what you need, i hope you feel better soon Cherry blossom

  • in reply to dopamineplz

    I feel much better overall since I started on progestins, rather than estrogen-based BC. I am thinking of switching to a synthetic androgen (danazol) instead, but it's harder to access and expensive so I don't know if I'll keep it up. It depends what dose I end up needing to keep my cycle suppressed, as that's the priority for me. I would rather die than menstruate.

    I suspect T would help because obviously my levels are way below where they should be as a male, but that's gatekept so hard I don't know if I'll ever get it.

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  • in reply to dopamineplz

    I feel much better overall since I started on progestins, rather than estrogen-based BC. I am thinking of switching to a synthetic androgen (danazol) instead, but it's harder to access and expensive so I don't know if I'll keep it up. It depends what dose I end up needing to keep my cycle suppressed, as that's the priority for me. I would rather die than menstruate.

    I suspect T would help because obviously my levels are way below where they should be as a male, but that's gatekept so hard I don't know if I'll ever get it.

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