Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone experience periods of dizziness, sleepiness and sore throat as part of their autism fatigue?
I've experienced autistic burnout since the end of 2020 and was starting to recover but in the last year or so I've kept having what I had assumed were viruses- I'd have a few days where I felt dizzy, very sleepy (this feels different to the fatigue I experience the rest of the time and leads to me spending most of the day asleep in bed) and had a sore throat. This has happened at least 10 times in the last 10 months and is having a massive impact on my life.
I've had 5 GP appointments and two blood tests (the results for which came back completely normal) and the doctors don't know what's wrong. I've now been referred to the hospital but it's going to be months if not years before I get a hospital appointment.
If the repeated periods of dizziness, sleepiness and having a sore throat aren't autism fatigue symptoms, has anyone experienced this for other reasons? I know even medical professionals can't diagnose people online, it would just be great to know if there any other conditions that would be worth me looking into.
Thanks for your help.
Slight flu like symptoms can be a sign of depression or tiredness, but it could also be many other things, diabetes, vit B12 deficiency, all sorts of other vitamin deficiencies, thyroid, fybromyalgia all sort's you really need to see your doctor and have some blood tests done. The chances are that it will be something fairly simple that can be easily threated, none of these things can be done online, you actually need a consultation for them to order the tests.