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New here....has anyone else experienced this?

Oodlepop

Hello Everyone,

I've never posted on here before and my husband found the online community for me as I'm struggling at the moment.

I was diagnosed with ASD in December 2024, I'm 41 now.

I've struggled with anxiety all my life, been on and off meds since I was 16. I've been to GP and asked to be referred to the local mental health team as I've tried all medication and have a few diagnosis PTSD and OCD (both managed).

In the last 2 months I've been experiencing very intense periods of irritability and panic. I struggle with explaining emotions but the best way I can describe is that I can feel the emotions in my body and it's like a coiled spring and all the energy from the spring is coursing through my body. My thoughts race and I feel completely out of control and just stare into space. I feel like there is no hope and I'm completely lost of how to move forward.


I've been reflecting on this and realised this seems to happen at least 2 times a year around the same times of year since I was 15 during these times I've previously left jobs either because of feeling so out of myself or work becomes too much me to manage. I currently work 2 days a week as a store assistant in a charity shop and I have a massive urge to leave again woman facepalming. I've not brought this up at work yet as I know there isn't anything they can do other than me go off sick which is something I don't really want to do.

I just wondered if anyone else has experienced this kind of feeling?

Thanks in advance for reading this, it's much appreciated x

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  • Hello there Oodlepop! Welcome to the community.

    So sounds a bit like you might be experiencing Autistic burnout, but it’s interesting that it happens at certain times of the year. I have seasonal depression that occurs around every solstice, but I feel less out of control like you do and more just completely devoid of energy. Maybe there is a factor like your PTSD that is causing it to happen at certain times of the year?

    Oodlepop said:
    I've been to GP and asked to be referred to the local mental health team

    This is exactly what I was going to recommend. Before just abandoning ship on your current job it’d be a good idea to check in with mental health providers and see what they have to say about your situation.

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  • Hello there Oodlepop! Welcome to the community.

    So sounds a bit like you might be experiencing Autistic burnout, but it’s interesting that it happens at certain times of the year. I have seasonal depression that occurs around every solstice, but I feel less out of control like you do and more just completely devoid of energy. Maybe there is a factor like your PTSD that is causing it to happen at certain times of the year?

    Oodlepop said:
    I've been to GP and asked to be referred to the local mental health team

    This is exactly what I was going to recommend. Before just abandoning ship on your current job it’d be a good idea to check in with mental health providers and see what they have to say about your situation.

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  • in reply to profdanger

      thanks for your reply and sharing about your seasonal depression, the devoid of energy feeling is so debilitating I get that a lot too. It's really interesting as mine seems to start about a month before the solstices, it's definitely something I will do more research on so thank you.

    I definitely think autistic burnout plays some part in how I feel, maybe I can speak to occupational health at work about that as a starting point while I wait for mental health team to respond.

    Thank you so much!