I did go through that, Until now I did not know it can happen to every autistic.
Chain of events let me to what is described as slipping 2nd mask down. My ex left me, bullying at work, disciplinary for being disrespectful, while it was a meltdown, I cut contact with my family because of their nagging, and felt guilty about it, feeling stuck in a toxic workplace, because I couldn't get any other job, and they were forcing me to work 45h a week all the time, those were major events in the chain.
I called in sick at work and extended sick leave 3 more times. I couldn't leave bed for 2 months, i live because i have that food stockpiling trait that's so often ridiculed, otherwise odds are I would starve to death, my flat looked like rubbish bin by then.
Few times I managed to stay out of bed for a moment during that period and I switched on my PC few times and discovered that forum, and I was reading a bit. 8 months later I was informed that I'll have assessment if I'm autistic next month. and by then it was 4 years on a waiting list.
I'm over that and fully recovered, learnt a lot about mainting good mental health.
It's just a warning for you, so you break the chain before it happens, if there is a lot of bad stuff happening in your life now. I would just quit a job back then if I knew about it.