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Does Burnout Ever Completely Stop?

Roy

It’s something I have been thinking about lately, I don’t know if all autistic people suffer from burnout, I realised I’m autistic about 4 years ago, I had always suffered from tiredness but this total exhaustion started, I did disappear down a rabbit hole with researching autism,

I’ve lost interest in everything, even things a cared about passionately. 
I feel like a zombie who just exists, not happy or sad, just existing. I had blood tests about 2 years ago and all normal. It was mentioned at my assessment that I should think about therapy for PTSD, I’m wondering if I should have sought an ADHD Diagnosis at the same time, my mind never rests.

I’ve been in this exhaustive state now for 3 years, I have cutdown on work a bit, but even when I’m working I have no interest.

The only way I can describe it is, getting of a long flight and it’s a the start of that day, you are exhausted and waves of anxiety then just happen all day. Almost disorientated.

I’ve tried vitamins, but no difference, I had a spell where I couldn’t even get up in the mornings, I get up now because I have to. I try to watch tv in the evenings and just fall asleep, I then go to bed at about 9pm and sleep till 7am.
Has anyone else dealt with any of this? 

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  • I know how you feel - I was in this stage at the end of my career for quite a long time and I found 2 thinks made a huge difference to me.

    1 - I started to see a therapist who really understood autism and they taught me better coping mechanisms and how to evaluate the things that were dragging me down so I could decide if they were worth keeping in my life.

    2 - I retired from a long career in IT and moved on to be my own boss working on property renovation. 

    These things gave me the ability to cope better and shape my life to be what I wanted much more. I even chose to retire overseas back in 2022 so I have avoided a lot of the more recent financial stresses of living in the UK.

    Now I work when I want, live in a place where the cost of living is cheap and the weather is good and have a great quality of life.

    A good therapist is not cheap but is well worth the investment in my opinion.

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  • I know how you feel - I was in this stage at the end of my career for quite a long time and I found 2 thinks made a huge difference to me.

    1 - I started to see a therapist who really understood autism and they taught me better coping mechanisms and how to evaluate the things that were dragging me down so I could decide if they were worth keeping in my life.

    2 - I retired from a long career in IT and moved on to be my own boss working on property renovation. 

    These things gave me the ability to cope better and shape my life to be what I wanted much more. I even chose to retire overseas back in 2022 so I have avoided a lot of the more recent financial stresses of living in the UK.

    Now I work when I want, live in a place where the cost of living is cheap and the weather is good and have a great quality of life.

    A good therapist is not cheap but is well worth the investment in my opinion.

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