Published on 12, July, 2020
I’m not after any medical advice or help with prescription medication. I realised I’m autistic about three years ago and went into a long burnout, probably about 18 months long. I then contracted covid three times and have gone from insomniac to not being able to stay awake, I can sleep for 10 - 12 hours and wake up tired, I’m constantly tired and could quite happily sleep in the daytime. That’s not possible as I need to work. I don’t do anything in the evenings anymore and can quite happily go to bed at 8pm. To be honest I still have little interest in anything.
I don’t know if autism is overwhelming me more and I’m realising that so much of my life and struggles have been autism related or if I still have the affects of covid. I’ve had blood tests and all normal.
Is there any vitamins anyone can recommend, not weird foods as I couldn’t eat them. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Hi Roy
I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling with this (I'm having the opposite issue at the moment, but I think it's "just" stress related, due to some things that are going on at the moment).
You mentioned having had blood tests, with normal results. Did they include checking your B12 and folate levels?
Tiredness can be a symptom of deficiency.
Both my partner and I have regular B12 injections via our GP, having both shown low, out-of-range results on blood tests. We also take daily B12 supplements (although deficiency is not always necessarily diet related, so these may not be making any difference). My partner struggles particularly badly with tiredness when getting towards the end of a jab interval.
More info here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficiency-anaemia/