Hello I'm new here, was officially diagnosed in June this year, im 53 year old female, really high masking with demanding job. I got to point recently i wanted to tell work as I feel like im getting more and more autistic recently, I've read this is a thing that happens. Told my boss last week, she was really supportive, woke up the next day and felt like had hit a massive wall and been off sick since then. My manager did discuss me taking some time off but didnt think I needed this. I feel like im in burnout, I think I'd been having that convo either work in my head for 6 months and actually doing it has tipped me over the edge, ive been so tense about telling them - been there nearly 20 years and they know im a high performer but not quite sure at this point how ill be when i go back. Can anyone relate to this? And burnout is so horrible, hardly been able to function, the exhaustion is intense. It feels like i might be like this forever, my logical mind knows I probably won't be but part of me thinks I've just turned into a crumbling mess.
