Published on 12, July, 2020
I wonder if anyone can help. I have started to notice that when my 17 year old daughter has a significant meltdown (diagnosed ASD) at the point where she manages to calm down I will see her eyes start to roll and within seconds she will be in a deep sleep snoring and head falling forward. It is difficult to explain, the meltdown stops, in seconds she is snoring. Is this a common behaviour following meltdowns? Is this autistic exhaustion or something else?
I think it is quite common to be exhausted after a meltdown. A meltdown takes so much out of you, physically and mentally. It just completely drains you and its very traumatic so its natural to feel exhausted afterwards