Autism and viruses

Does anyone ever feel particularly anxious when they have a virus, like with a temperature or chills, fatigue and lack of interest in anything? Routine goes out the window and you struggle to do the things you would normally do so perhaps that plays a part. I just know it feels like I’ve been taken to another universe or world where nothing really feels real or normal until a few days or until full recovery. I don’t know if this sort of detached anxious feeling is common in people with autism?

Parents
  • You need an illness plan, mine includes heinz tomato soup, toast and marmite and a load of comfort reading as well as the usual paracetamol and various herbal concoctions, and lots of tissues.

    Maybe you could make up a box of stuff to use when unwell, getting a box out may change your feelings of routines being broken, because theres another routine right there.

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  • You need an illness plan, mine includes heinz tomato soup, toast and marmite and a load of comfort reading as well as the usual paracetamol and various herbal concoctions, and lots of tissues.

    Maybe you could make up a box of stuff to use when unwell, getting a box out may change your feelings of routines being broken, because theres another routine right there.

Children