Do I Have Autistic Burnout?
The $64,000 Question?
I’ve been candid in previous posts about my struggles with fatigue. For at least 15 years I have struggled with feeling exhausted every minute of every day and it’s been a huge struggle. It’s not always the same, it ebbs and flows in its intensity, but it’s always there. Let’s take this post for example, I missed Wednesday’s post altogether and this post will be going up a day late.
I have had tests for thyroid levels, diabetes, sleep studies etc but I’ve never seen any improvement or explanation. It was eventually written off as post viral/ chronic fatigue. I didn’t question it until now, when my sister sent me a video on autistic burnout.
Autistic Burnout? That’s A Bit Out Of Left Field!
You’re absolutely right, it is! Until very recently it never occurred to me for a second that I might be autistic, even though I have researched the condition extensively while trying to help Mike. Recently however my sister started attending therapy. Naturally, she talks about me as we are each a big part of each others’ lives. Jayne was surprised when her therapy said she strongly suspected I could be autistic just based on Jayne’s descriptions of me.
I was stunned as I had not yet discovered the big divergence in symptoms between autistic…
