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Autistic Exhaustion or Something Else?

Luftmentsch
over 1 year ago

I feel exhausted after work. OK, many people, ND and NT do. It often feels like autistic exhaustion and I can't do anything else that day and sometimes not the next either (I work two days a week). But over the last few months (I'm not sure when exactly), "exhausted" has become light-headed, dizzy, faint and generally unwell, although articulating more precise symptoms than "unwell" is hard. Sometimes it persists into the next day.

Has anyone else experienced autistic exhaustion like this?

Unfortunately, there are a lot of other potential suspects to eliminate:

- dehydration (but it doesn't always go after drinking).

- low blood sugar (but it doesn't always go after eating).

- low blood pressure (I do have low blood pressure, but this doesn't seem like a normal 'standing up too fast' headrush and lasts a long time).

- medication side-effects (entirely possible, but I haven't changed meds for a while, so it seems strange that it would just start).

- sleep issues (I'm being investigated for a sleep disorder, so it could be tiredness related to that, although sometimes it persists after sleeping).

Thanks for helping!

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  • 2 months ago

    This is just another example of why post diagnostic assessments after a diagnosis of adult autism are so vitally important, are critical and are crucial in order to identify appropriate support needs, even more so in the case of adult autism diagnosis - this is the very reason why adult post diagnostic assessments must become both a basic legal right and entitlement for people with autism and a basic legal obligation on all statutory bodies tasked with autism, whether NHS or private that these must be provided in all cases - how can a person diagnosed with autism later in life possibly expect to have any meaningful quality of life and to move forward with their life - any side debates on whether or not autism is a disability is not constructive and is unhelpful, as it is distracting and diverting attention away from the central issue, which must at all times be our primary focus, that in in order to have properly functioning lives a post diagnostic assessment immediately following a diagnosis of autism (or as soon as possible after diagnosis) is both essential and is vital 

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  • 2 months ago

    This is just another example of why post diagnostic assessments after a diagnosis of adult autism are so vitally important, are critical and are crucial in order to identify appropriate support needs, even more so in the case of adult autism diagnosis - this is the very reason why adult post diagnostic assessments must become both a basic legal right and entitlement for people with autism and a basic legal obligation on all statutory bodies tasked with autism, whether NHS or private that these must be provided in all cases - how can a person diagnosed with autism later in life possibly expect to have any meaningful quality of life and to move forward with their life - any side debates on whether or not autism is a disability is not constructive and is unhelpful, as it is distracting and diverting attention away from the central issue, which must at all times be our primary focus, that in in order to have properly functioning lives a post diagnostic assessment immediately following a diagnosis of autism (or as soon as possible after diagnosis) is both essential and is vital 

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