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With this I want to make myself available for chat or audio/video calls for anyone wanting to talk about burnout/autism/adhd. I am not a therapist, just a peer with similar experiences. I have limited time and might be slow to reply. Check bio for contact info.
Well, the whole description is pretty much what people call "burnout".
Almost unrecoverable burnout? I'd say this is more severe on an order of magnitude.
Even many of the people that found a way to code for fun (or even money) again will often say it's not the same, and the moment they hit a certain level of stress everything just shuts down.
I do think it is a form of post-trauma/post-stress in some ways. The brain associates the intellectual activity so strongly with the negatives that it just doesn't want to do that activity anymore.
US Healthcare system definitely sucks, though in this case the entire social safety net is kinda implicated.
I have had something similar to this (heavy fog and inability to continue creative work) and I use coffee, bulk vitamins and regular walks with music to work through it. I also started eating more fresh food and less frozen food, even if it meant eating-out fresh, because it was much worse when I was reheating a lot of tasteless frozen food. But no matter how hard I try, I have focused my career into an area that req…
Middle aged here. Almost, but not quite, no autobiographical memory. Been that way since I was really young. So that’s fun. Often I remember that something happened. Order gets wonky, even a week back. Sometimes I can kinda remember an image or a snippet, but not reliably. I gather most people hold on to a lot more than that. Fine with facts and such. Never a problem in school. I do have trouble remembering the names…
Low Dopamine and glucose in the brain leading to seizures. I wonder if taking adderall/stimulants as an external dopamine source + sugary drinks/food for the glucose could have helped with this.
The amphetamine molecule enters the neutron and does several things, two of which are:
1) Force dopamine that is in storage in the neuron to be released prematurely.
2) Reverse the direction of the dopamine transporter so that free dopamine within the neuron that hasn't been reclaimed yet is forced back out into the synaptic space. Usually the transporter moves dopamine from the synaptic space back into the neuron.
To restore dopamine levels you'd need plenty of rest and a healthy diet. Forcing the brain to use the last dregs of dopamine it has left with drugs would be the worst thing you could possibly do.
Edit: In short amphetamine doesn't replace or substitute for dopamine, it just forces the brain to use what it already has. If you're running low it's going to mess you up.
Low Dopamine and glucose in the brain leading to seizures. I wonder if taking adderall/stimulants as an external dopamine source + sugary drinks/food for the glucose could have helped with this.
But, I can think of no /quicker/ route to some sort of intense crash and possible health issues than using a constant diet of sugar and speed to push oneself beyond their capacity day in and day out 24/7.
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This is all sounding very familiar to me :-/
Same here. Mid 30s and my memory is completely shot. Here's hoping it's not permanent or an early sign of things to come :(.
I have had something similar to this (heavy fog and inability to continue creative work) and I use coffee, bulk vitamins and regular walks with music to work through it. I also started eating more fresh food and less frozen food, even if it meant eating-out fresh, because it was much worse when I was reheating a lot of tasteless frozen food. But no matter how hard I try, I have focused my career into an area that req…
Middle aged here. Almost, but not quite, no autobiographical memory. Been that way since I was really young. So that’s fun. Often I remember that something happened. Order gets wonky, even a week back. Sometimes I can kinda remember an image or a snippet, but not reliably. I gather most people hold on to a lot more than that. Fine with facts and such. Never a problem in school. I do have trouble remembering the names…
> I don't know how I would have done it without my family. > My brain didn't work. > I couldn't have done it myself. Well that is scary.
The first two lines of that tweet: > The healthcare system in the US is a failure. > You have to do it yourself. You have to research things yourself. You have to hunt for doctors & specialists yourself. It is pretty scary. It's not a matter of whether you're going to need the healthcare system to work for you, it's when . Everybody gets older, everybody starts to lose function in various ways, and everybody dies. Th…
Saying it wasn't burnout in the usual sense, and instead was an actual physical issue ... Well, that's just medieval. Good story though.
He unfortunately is still not looking inward for the actual cause of his problems. He just switched jobs to one less prone to overwork.