Exhausted after work?

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I have allways wondered why I feel so damned exhausted after work. Now I have found out that it's all in my head. When finished at work I can't do anything before I have rested my head for a couple of hours. I cant even stop at the groceries to shop, and if I do, I rush like mad through the shop, ending up buying things I don't need. This way I don't get much done after work. Is there a trick to get rid of this problem? Anyone else who have the same problem?

I have what you describe, though not after work, but after school, but that comes down to the same. It was very unpleasant for years, but I learnt to ignore it. I tried to actually do things, even though I was extremely tired, I forced myself to get up of the couch, and do something I liked. After a while it worked. It takes some effort, but the result is worth it. It's not that I aint apathic sometimes anymore, but it still is a great improvement.

Yes, that used to happen to me too. It was like the work and colleagues were still in my head and I needed to get back to just being in my own headspace. I developed a ritual that helped; I used to shower and change my clothes when I got home and eventually doing that helped make the transition time from work think to 'OK, this is your time now' a lot quicker. Maybe this would help, or finding something else that you can do regularly that tells your brain that work's over. Maybe have half an hour listening to your favourite music, something like that? Good luck with it.

You bet! Part of my problem was low thyroid, but the biggest part of the problem for me was depression. Add to it the low light in the winter and there you go! I bought a full spectrum light lamp and the first thing I do when I come home from work is turn it on and sit near it. It helps tremendously.

Also, I heard it explained like this: I have a social battery and contact with people all day wears my batter down. When it's empty at the end of the day (or whenever), I have to get away from people and recharge my battery.

Hm.. I'm not glad to see others struggle, but I'm glad I'm not alone. I think this have to do with sensory overload, or what it's called, and a common AS problem.
I thank you for replying, I must admit that I like that. Eventhough I'm not very social, I hate to be ignored

When I worked all day, yeah. I just wanted to go home and relax after working all day even though it wasn't even five yet.

I still don't want to go anywhere on my work days after work. I just want to go home and relax. But I do go grocery shopping on my work nights but I am expecting it then. I always plan ahead of time on my work days after I'm off to do something like grocery shop. I did Trick or Vote on Halloween, saw The proclaimers back in May and that was on my work nights.
I was expecting those events because it was what I wanted.

hey mosez go to www.camillaconnolly.com and you can see heaps. it is my website.

by the way, i read you rbit about the army in another thread. do you think it was great for you because it was so routined and mapped out?

I used to have this problem when I worked outside the home, and when I was in school. It was an exhaustion like no other. I couldn't help but pass out when I got home. My brain also just seemed to shut down. Even if I was awake, my brain wasn't. Sensory overload was a big part of it. All the people, noise, and lights. When I worked in places where I was mostly alone, and able to manage my own time I was much less tired when I got home. There were times that it was so bad that I'd accidentally fall asleep on my lunch break, then I'd get into trouble for not clocking back in on time. I wish that I had some good advice, but the only thing that worked for me was finding a job that didn't tax my sensory/social system so much. Right now I have the perfect job, a stay-at-home-mom.

For me it is not the people and noise, it is the lights and colours and stress of trying to keep working at the same pace as others when I have crap organisation and executive function.