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Monthly burnout

Lisa-Jayne

Hi all, great to have found this community.

I am trying to find anyone in a similar situation who can offer help/advice.

My son is 18 and has for the last 2 years experienced what we think is burnout, this happens every 4-6 weeks, he will become withdrawn and very anxious, stop interacting with friends and family and can’t attend college, this will last 7-10 days. He then wakes up one day and has the energy and mental space to start a fresh.

Having googled and googled it seems to burnout.

Sadly he was prescribed anti depressants to try and stabilise his moods,  which resulted in an overdose and involvement with the mental health crisis team.

I am looking for any help/advice/hope that this might stop or improve.

Many thanks

Lisa

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  • Has he been diagnsed with any neurodivergent condition such as autism?

    If he is 18 then I would have hoped school would have picked up on this.

    There are quite a few free online tests if he is interested in finding out if he probably is autistic, and this would open the doors to knowing more about whether this is autistic burnout or something else.

    I woulf think that speaking to his GP would be the logical way forward but if you can get him to take the test online then it may give a good starting point for the conversation if he is indicated as autistic.

    If it isn't indicated as autism them it may be worth considering a therapist to try to get to the bottom of the causes here and develop a strategy to improve things.

  • in reply to Iain

    Many thanks for the reply Iain. Yes apologise he has an Autisim diagnosis. 

    We have hit a brick wall with the GP as he has never heard of anything cyclic like this before.

    Since the overdose we have had the mental health team involved but as he has periods of been absolutely fine (which he is currently) they are discharging him from the service, so frustrating but understandable.

    Yes we certainly need to develop a strategy to improve things, I’m hoping it’s something he eventually grows out of PrayPray

    Have a great day Iain.

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  • in reply to Iain

    Many thanks for the reply Iain. Yes apologise he has an Autisim diagnosis. 

    We have hit a brick wall with the GP as he has never heard of anything cyclic like this before.

    Since the overdose we have had the mental health team involved but as he has periods of been absolutely fine (which he is currently) they are discharging him from the service, so frustrating but understandable.

    Yes we certainly need to develop a strategy to improve things, I’m hoping it’s something he eventually grows out of PrayPray

    Have a great day Iain.

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