How do you recover after a meltdown?

One thing I did for my daughters (no one diagnosed, but something's up with my eldest) was make them a comfort box - with sensory items and distracting items, like a squishy ball, little colouring book, small treats etc.  My daughter never had her meltdowns at school though - only at home, because she'd been hiding it all day.  She's better meltdown wise now in her teens, though spends a lot of time in her room.

I might write more about my experience of adult meltdowns later - but the biggest takeaways for me were to work on my physical and mental health when I was feeling better so as to try and avoid meltdowns, and once they were happening to retreat and try to minimise the damage.  There was not much I could do once I was actually having a meltdown.  Afterwards I would feel quite depressed for a short while, so keep an eye on that, although you may already be aware of it.  Perhaps because the whole meltdown is so exhausting.  Thankfully I also don't seem to have them anymore, though perhaps I have a bit of a 'shutdown' instead.  

Exercise might be good for your daughter as someone suggested - exercise helps with anxiety and it's possibly a build-up of anxiety, overwhelm and frustration that bring on the meltdowns. Again it might be something you can do together.

Oh and do you have a pet?  Our little doggy pretty much coincided with when our daughter's meltdowns stopped.  She had a bit of counselling too with an educational psychologist.

One thing I did for my daughters (no one diagnosed, but something's up with my eldest) was make them a comfort box - with sensory items and distracting items, like a squishy ball, little colouring book, small treats etc.  My daughter never had her meltdowns at school though - only at home, because she'd been hiding it all day.  She's better meltdown wise now in her teens, though spends a lot of time in her room.

I might write more about my experience of adult meltdowns later - but the biggest takeaways for me were to work on my physical and mental health when I was feeling better so as to try and avoid meltdowns, and once they were happening to retreat and try to minimise the damage.  There was not much I could do once I was actually having a meltdown.  Afterwards I would feel quite depressed for a short while, so keep an eye on that, although you may already be aware of it.  Perhaps because the whole meltdown is so exhausting.  Thankfully I also don't seem to have them anymore, though perhaps I have a bit of a 'shutdown' instead.  

Exercise might be good for your daughter as someone suggested - exercise helps with anxiety and it's possibly a build-up of anxiety, overwhelm and frustration that bring on the meltdowns. Again it might be something you can do together.

Oh and do you have a pet?  Our little doggy pretty much coincided with when our daughter's meltdowns stopped.  She had a bit of counselling too with an educational psychologist.