Meltdowns or what is it?

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Hi,
my son is 6 and starts his evaluation for asperger this Friday. I´m trying to write down as much as possible to give to the psychologist and am trying to describe what he does:

He never has tantrums or gets angry, instead when he is stressed (at birthday parties, at school, etc) he starts running around and making these beep type noises, he gets very hyper and its very hard to make him stop. (in school they say its very disruptive)
At night after a birthday party or so, he also shakes or twitches a lot in bed and makes noises, its like his body just needs to discharge the energy built up.

What should I call this?

Thank you.

sounds to me like overstimulaton, or overload.

When my son gets overstimulated he does things like run or pace back and forth, jumps or makes sounds. Kind of like he is getting lost in his own little world (hard to interrupt or stop), I feel its his way of disconnecting when things get to crazy for him.

good luck!

"Meltdowns are not the same as tantrums, and are not due to anger, often they are due to being overloaded (with sensory stimuli) or want out of an inescapable horrible situation. And then it is not about manipulation as an ordinary child would"

This was very good info, I hadn´t thought of it in this manner. His little brother has tantrums, and very manipulative ones. Because he doesnt get his way (like this morning, no you cant bring the toy to school = tantrum).
My potential aspie son never does that, he never tries to manipulate me in any way, he just spins out of control from crowds, but he doesnt "want" anything from me. I guess its some kind of sensory overload then.

Thank you

Thats called "Stimming", they are over stimulated and as you say need to release the tension
My daughter doesnt have the meltdowns quite so much at the moment but it CONSTANTLY stimming, verbally aswell its driving me mad! When it gets really bad she will hit herself and has more of a panic attack than get angry.

Here in the UK they look for 3 things:

Communication: Not understanding conversational queues, late talking, recognising emotions etc
Imagination: How they play, how they see others, routines like lining things up instead of playing in the usual way
Interaction: Eye contact, how they approach and interact with peers

Good luck with the assessment

When I was younger, my siblings would force me to stop, being held down against your will is really frustrating, but it helps to calm down. Because eventually you just give up.

I'd call it overstimulation. Just let him work it off by being twitchy for a while. It's not hurting anyone, is it?
I'm similarly twitchy when overstimulated, and if someone tried to prevent me from doing it, that would lead to a meltdown in very short order. (If they physically held me down, they'd end up with a broken nose at the very least.)