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Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 398 , Friday 29/11/2024

Friday was hard to get an initial grip of this morning. I woke around 07:30 but it took me ages to get up & get breakfast. I was tired & fuzzy headed despite having a decent nights sleep.

I went back to bed & listened to a chapter of my audio book - am totally loving the whole experience. It helps that it’s a story I know well so when I get distracted or snooze I don’t have to rewind & play the whole chapter again!

I finally got my act into gear around 9am.

I did my chores & ended up losing myself in virtual worlds.

We had pizza for tea, I had another calzone this one a donner one with onions, mushrooms & garlic.
A good third of the calzone is left over for tomorrow’s lunch!

Final Thoughts.

I am struggling to get my brain in gear at the moment, I wonder if it’s the meds.

Apropos to nothing I’m fast coming to the conclusion that keeping up to speed with the news is just a really good way to get depressed! The world is going to hell in a hand basket & there seems nothing anyone can do to stop it!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Kevin Davy
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I have been the same for the past week, struggling with the old nogging and getting it to fire up, or at least vaguely act like it has. It's possible that something is doing the rounds. Although, don't discount the time of year. It's suddenly dark and cold and our ancient instincts might just be going, ah! sleepy time.
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Gremlin Child
@actuallyautistic 'Tis the season for random bugs alright. I've been so tired this week, like I have a cold but no symptoms except exhaustion. Soup & nap season!
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Kevin Davy
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That sounds like how I've felt. No symptoms you can put your finger on, just knackered and blah.
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Kevin Davy
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Sounds about right.With just occasionally nudging someone, with a "it's your turn" so that they can shuffle to the cave mouth and come back to report, "it's still winter." Whereupon the traditional cry would be taken up of, "fuck that, we're staying here." 😂
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Kevin Davy
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A touch perhaps, I'm not sure though, that I've ever suffered from that. I certainly don't feel depressed, just reluctant to function.
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Kevin Davy
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Tired and lethargic is problematic for me, since it's pretty much my ground state. Burnout, age and a hard life. So, whenever this is a symptom of something I'm always left thinking, yes, but that's my normal.
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Tim McTuffty 🌶️🐿️
@actuallyautistic Works for me, just make sure that there is a big flatscreen on the wall so we can watch documentaries on how to do cave paintings! 😁
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Tim McTuffty 🌶️🐿️
@actuallyautistic I’ve got the whole mix but there does seem to be an extra element. Even now when it’s sunny, which would normally energise me, I feel knackered & unwilling to do anything.
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Gremlin Child
@actuallyautistic Yeah, I've suffered from SAD for years & I find it has layers of symptoms. The worst are mood swings & an intense feeling of isolation if I don't make an effort to get outdoors in whatever sunlight is available. I've gotten good at managing that since my uni years where it floored me.
There's also a kind of background slowdown at this time of year where I'm mentally tired a lot of the time - winter hibernation, I guess.
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Gremlin Child
@actuallyautistic I can usually tell if something different is affecting me like a virus because that results in body tiredness too, which is what I've had this past week. It's like the physical fatigue of having a cold, which isn't SAD I think as it can be gone within a week or 2 while SAD remains longer term. That said, SAD probably leaves me more open to the physical effects of that type of fatigue.
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Tim McTuffty 🌶️🐿️
@actuallyautistic I am, every morning for breakfast - with a little honey.
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