Being ready to learn after coming home from school

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Do you usually feel very tired when coming back from school, and how do you still manage to do your homework? I'm in grade 12 and I come home so exhausted after a long day of social interaction that I am simply incapable of absorbing anything before 6:00 in the evening, and even then I feel really tired and my work takes me waaay longer than it should, and I end up going to sleep late and as a result ending up completely exhausted by the end of the week. I also cannot go to sleep right after serious studying/homework as my mind keeps going over concepts and worrying over unfinished homework when I'm in bed. I don't wanna take after-school naps as it would be difficult to fall asleep at night afterwards. Does anyone have any suggestions? I really want to improve my marks. Thanks.

With AS you get burned out by the stresses of a school day. Normal kids can handle the 8 hour day at school and can come home and knock out 2 hours of homework if need be. However, I am sure that the 8 hours of socializing at school tire you out and you want to come home and have down time, but you have all of that "busy work" staring you in the face.

When I was in high school I would try and knock out as much of the homework as possible at school. I would go do homework in the library at lunchtime and kill two birds with one stone by eschewing the cafeteria. You could do homework for a half-hour before school if you are a morning person, or take a study hall to have a down hour to just get stuff done. When you come home with homework, break it up into small sections and rest frequently. Drinking energy drinks in moderation can help give you a "kick" so you can stay alert. I used to exercise for an hour to reinvigorate my body and mind before doing homework, so I felt pumped and accomplished when I knew I had to sit down and knock it out.

AS interferes with executive functioning; that is, the ability of the brain to tackle and complete complicated tasks. No doubt you feel "paralyzed" mentally when night after night you are faced with a load of busywork that you just do not want to do. It is difficult for the brain to mentally organize the steps you need to take to complete the work. On top of that, you have the horrors of the day still fresh in your brain weighing on you.

I feel that. I come home after school tired out, wanting relaxation time and watch a film or go on facebook or something and then can't get myself to work again. I have work I need to do and it just preys on my mind and I try to get it done during free lessons at school though I often get distracted, but I find the library is often quiet and I can get alot of work done if I have multiple free lessons in one go.
I also struggle to sleep cos my mind is still buzzing, waking up exhausted and not in the mood for school. I often wake up during the night, especially on Friday nights cos I have to be up at 6 to cycle to work at 7 and can't stop thinking about the fact I need sleep, which in turn keeps me up more, and worrying that my alarm won't go off and my boss (pretty scared of) will call to ask where am I cos I'm late. My alarm always goes off and I have not been late once in the 7months I've worked there.

Hey, guys,

My son has that EXACT same problem. He comes home from school and wants to relax. Then sometimes falls asleep and can't get up again...or when he does, he doesn't feel like working.

Then it throws off his schedule and he tries to stay up late to work. But that throws ME off -- I've got to get two kids up and off to school the next day.

Instead of energy drinks or caffeine, I've been using Cellfood...it's a supplement that boosts oxygen. I do not sell it, I just use it and finds it gives me more energy. You add it to water or juice. I'm trying to get my son to take it. He just started taking it yesterday, so it'll be a couple of days before we see how it does for him.

Another couple of things for energy: green superfoods. Spirulina, chlorella, super blue green algae, whatever appeals to you. Barley Green and Green Magma can help, too. I like to rotate them.

Each time I take them regularly, I find my overall level of energy improves.

But for quick energy, I think oxygen supplements like Cellfood, are good. I've also had good results with brands of stabilized oxygen, like Aerobic 07. The thing is, these supplements also boost your immune system, which is a big plus.

For brain function, here's a secret: colloidal gold, preferably made by... I think it's Mesogold. I tried it once and I swear my thinking processes improved. But it's kind of expensive, so I haven't re-ordered...it's the shipping that costs so much.

Anyway, I think everyone has that afternoon slump, which is why culturally the British have afternoon tea at 4 (and the Germans, coffee), but with the added stress of dealing with us overemotional, unstable, unpredictable and half crazy NTs all day, it's easy to see how you might feel the need to retreat to process all that stuff.

Please let me know if these suggestions help. Or if anyone else has tried something different that worked, I'd like to hear that, too.

I have that exact same problem! I never even considered that AS may be the cause. But it makes sense, after 6 and a half hours of social interaction, all I want to do is go online and email my AS friend who understands how I feel about stuff, then read a book and watch TV.

Then before I know it, it's time to go to bed, which on weekends I enjoy, but on schoolnights I know that when I go to sleep, it will feel like ten seconds before the morning, when I have to get up and face it all again.

I used to miss a lot of days from school due to the fact that I can't get through the school day two days in a row, but now I'm physically forced to go, so I became depressed. Now it's spring break, but next week I have to go back to hell.

I wish there was a way I could just get back from school, freeze time, spend as long as I want doing whatever I like, then unfreeze time and get back to reality. But then I'd probably never unfreeze it, LOL, but hey.

I almost never do homework at home. I either do it at school at lunchtime (which won't happen if I have a good book that I want to read), or I just don't bother to do it at all. I hate the stuff, it's the Devil's own creation. I'm pretty good at figuring out which teachers won't even remember to ask for the homework the next day, so I behave accordingly. I'm not going to waste my precious time unless I'm sure I absolutely HAVE to. It's not laziness, it's economics.

Here's another thing: why do "normal teenagers" get so upset and stressed about schoolwork? So you got a D on a test. No need to cry about it (and sometimes they literally do cry about it). It's not the end of the world. Am I the only one who feels this way?!

I have no idea how I am going to cope next year. I feel so exhausted after the day that homework seems impossible to do. Especially now I am attempting to deal with my depression, it is difficult to focus on homework when all I want to do is crawl into bed and sleep for an eternity.

I think I'd do better in school if I didn't have homework and was allowed to rest in the afternoons. At least that way I wouldn't head to school stressed every day due to having no time to unwind.

I'd so much rather me homeschooled. In a month, I'd learn so much more than I learn in a year of school if I were to teach myself straight from the books.