How to handle overly energetic people?

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What I want to know, is do any of you have tactics for handling being with really energetic people?
I had more of my family round today for the buffet, and a bunch of them are really really energetic, and after a while with them I was just fully drained. Genuinely just going up the stairs i had to stop half way up to recharge for a minute.
They constantly chatter away, playfight with eachother, bounce about, and I don't want to look rude and lock myself away in a room (+ the young ones would probably hunt me out). That uncle is also really energetic (which is where i think his kids get it from), which doesn't help too much...
Advice?

I have found just trying to say that you're feeling tired and showing that you are willing to try to join (if you are willing, that is) in a little bit but might need a break works quite well.

I tend to excuse myself from situations entirely with less explanation if I have found the company I am in to be pushy or less understanding in the past as I have difficulty explaining how I feel in any depth verbally.

Pop a xany and put some earplugs in. That's what I do.