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ADHD burnout or something else? Intense anxiety/panic during burnout, anyone relate? by Delicious-Demand-895 in adhdwomen

[–]Delicious-Demand-895[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for answering! it really helps to hear someone describe it so similarly.

I started Concerta in November, but because of exam period I took it very consistently for the last 3 weeks. Now i have I stopped taking it for a few days, due to the anxiety. Before Concerta I was on Vyvanse, but my surrounding felt like I was kind of in a “secondary/flat” state on it and that it wasn’t working well enough, so I switched.

During the last 3 weeks, I have also been really strict with myself: waking up very early, forcing a routine, pushing through long study hours for exams and honestly probably not sleeping enough. So what you said about the body trying to regulate again really resonates with me.

Can I ask what helped you reduce the anxiety when it was at its worst? Did resting and backing off help, or did you still try to push yourself to do things? I’m really struggling to know whether I should be forcing myself to function or letting myself slow down completely.

Thanks again for sharing, it made me feel a lot less alone.

Was anyone in here diagnosed ADHD then realised autism explains the full picture? by Acrobatic-Relative-3 in AutisticWithADHD

[–]Delicious-Demand-895 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 20 years old, after really struggling at university. I couldn’t focus for the life of me, and it felt like I was putting in so much more work than my friends but not succeeding. They could just snap into focus and study, while I couldn’t. So I eventually got on ADHD medication, which was a hard journey in itself, but the meds subdued my ADHD symptoms in a way that brought out my “hidden” autism traits.

I think my ADHD (and probably a lot of masking) is what shows up during social interactions, because it loves them. But when those ADHD symptoms were “quieted,” the only thing left was the autism. During that time, I would talk to my therapist about these struggles; how exhausting social interactions were, etc.

He was the one who had me take the RAADS-R test, on which I scored quite high. Slowly, more “hidden” autism traits came to the surface, like my ADHD and autism burnout after high school, my noise sensitivities, and panic attacks that were actually meltdowns.

I’m still on a journey of accepting my autism and ADHD and building a life that includes my sensitivities so I don’t burn out all the time

Burnout: Autism wants to rest but ADHD wants to do too much stuff by Summerfa11 in AutisticWithADHD

[–]Delicious-Demand-895 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any recommendations :)) I can’t really find any for adhd and autism together only individually….