do you get tired from being around people?

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Yes. I get exhausted and snappy and can't take any more commotion all around me.

I get this thing where my eyes can't focus properly any more, like my brain has truly reached a limit for information. I have often had to sleep more after a lot of social exposure.

Yes. When I'm alone immediately after being with someone I enjoy spending time with, I realize I'm sweating and feeling relieved to be alone.

My whole life it seems i've went through cycles of phases where sometimes i can stand to be around people a little bit.
Then i need to isolate myself from other people and i used to isolate for months and months at a time.
Sometimes it would not be so drastic and i may isolate a month then be able to be around people a little again.

For the past 5 years my NT GF and i have been living together. She and i don't really socialize hardly much at all, we are fine with
eachother. She doesn't require constant socialization or a lot at all. She is an awesome person. We also do sometimes do things seperately like i will go on bike rides, she or i will work on different projects. Yet i have never felt the need to isolate from her. Just other humans that are not us.

It definitely gets me exhausted, after that I really need to be alone in my room, doing my things to recharge my batteries.
I'm getting less overloaded when I meet only one or 2 persons at the same time. In the case of meeting one or 2 persons at the same time, I enjoy coupling an activity to reduce the concentration / talking rate and in order to recharge more often. It helps me to be more social and less tired ! =)

Yes! I even find it exhausting talking to online friends most of the time. I will have bursts of energy where I can handle communication (whether it be in person/on phone/online) but the majority of the time it's avoid avoid avoid. Being around people is just SO draining.

Like the poster a few posts up, I always thought it was actually a result of severe introversion.

To answer the first question: Yes, but that depends on the day of course.
To answer the second question: Yes, definitely, I have a limited capacity of human input.
To answer the third question: Yes, this is why I usually only met with just one friend at a time when I still met with my friends before their focus changed.

My alone-time is what I use to recharge my batteries, it contains browsing the interwebs (thanks for that one, xkcd!) for more (for other people trivial) knowledge, the forums I'm on, learning new things about my obsession, mapping and/or drawing and playing a bit guitar.

I usually have to scope out potential routes of egress either in terms of architecture of a place or in terms of conversation, where I can dodge others when I feel the need to do so. Otherwise, social situations are an energy vampire.

In answer to the first question, yes. I have a friend who (used to) always want to spend time around me but we both realized that when I'm around the same person too often in a short period of time I start to get really annoyed with them and start avoiding them. We know only see each other in person every couple of months and are perfectly happy friends.

I don't know that I get depressed from too much company, but I definitely get exhausted and totally overwhelmed.

And my answer to question number three is pretty much the same as question number one. Also, on weekends I'm usually so overloaded from being at school all week that I usually just hide in my apartment alone for the entire weekend.

I have to be alone just about all the times, so much so that i cant work because of it. I do have friends but i would say my social life is severely limited, i find it easier to be around people i am familiar with, being in social situation with strangers i find really really difficult. I also find relationships with the opposite sex impossible, i can only really relax when i am alone.

Oh yeah.

It's not always just the people though, although they are a BIG factor. I become drained with all that is going on around me, kinda overloaded. The situation itsself feels "LOUD", too much going on. There are A lot of distractions, too much movement; it makes me uneasy.

Yes, yes and yes. I love people and I love my friends, and I do get energy from being around them...but if I spend too much time socializing, I become very exhausted.

Goodness, yes. I need to be alone A LOT, or my brain gets foggy.