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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is 18 and has for the last 2 years experienced what we think is burnout, this happens every 4-6 weeks, he will become withdrawn and very anxious, stop interacting with friends and family and can’t attend college, this will last 7-10 days.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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  • in reply to Bunny

    Thank you ‘Bunny’ that is fab information Pray I will take a look at all the links provided.

    I will look forward to the book been published.

    Clearly he is not alone, I wonder why there is not more information available regards ‘burnout’ for parents and the neurodiverse community, maybe I have been looking in the wrong places.

    Many thanks for your time in responding Blush