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Autistic Exhaustion

Luftmentsch

I’ve been getting strong exhaustion after work and at the end of the week. I’m under quite a bit of stress at the moment. Still, I’m slightly worried. I went to my GP a while back and he did various tests to test for things like thyroid issues and there wasn’t anything physically abnormal, although my blood pressure is a little low. So I think it’s probably autistic exhaustion and maybe low blood pressure. Still, I wondered if anyone gets the following when autistically exhausted:

  • Tiredness (obviously)
  • Light-headedness
  • “Headrush” feeling like getting up too fast with low blood pressure, but for a prolonged period and without obvious triggers
  • Headaches
  • Faintness, sometimes curable by eating (low blood sugar?)
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  • How much physical activity do you do?

    The human stress response (on a purely physical level) is fight or flight. Stress is greatly reduced by physical activity because our bodies feel like it has been dealt with (by being successfully escaped from or beaten).

    When I was going through a mentally and emotionally destroying period of my life, I started swimming. 5 days from every 6, I swam a kilometre. It gave me both the strength to deal with the day and the weariness to sleep at night.

    Just a thought Blush

  • in reply to Alice

    Not enough! I've been very busy in recent months and exercise has been the first thing to go to make room for more urgent tasks, which is not good. I need to get back to that, even if it's just brisk walking to start with.

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