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salty_sw333t

Anyone else here with AuDHD? Or in burnout?

Symptoms

Became suddenly fatigued in November and have been pretty much lying in bed ever since. I've been in AuDHD burnout for like... 6 years now. I do have PoTS but I suspect something deeper. I've being reading a lot about this PEM thing. I guess I find it hard to know if what I'm experiencing is PEM. Either I'm quite severe and my baseline is very low so even doing bare minimum activity causes crashes, hence I always feel exhausted and tired because I've probably been in rolling PEM this whole time.

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Resting does kind of help but because I have no choice (for my survival) to do certain activities, I never get the opportunity to rest to the degree I need to. Especially since sleep isn't restorative. For me.

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I guess i'm lost on if i'm confusing burnout for PEM or I actually just have both and one is triggering the other. Its like I cannot recover from either because I legit don't have the opportunity to rest the way I need to. I've stripped my life down to the bare minimum and mandatory and everything is still exhausting.

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Gonna go to the GP next week to discuss this but I guess I just want to be sure and have more awareness about CFS first.

Posted Jun 18, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

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