Hi there,
I feel burnt out constantly by my ADHD son. I dont have it myself thankfully, but can only imagine what it is like. Of course you are allowed to feel burnt out and stressed, it is only natural to have your down days. You just need to try to counteract them with up days as well!

Sunflower -- I feel VERY burnt out!! Trying to deal with my ADD teenage son is like the blind leading the blind most days. I feel very overwhelmed a lot -- I do pull myself together, but am dealing with living in a new state, trying to find friends, as well as resources for my son. Sometimes I think I will just get in the car and drive away!!

I get that burnt out i confuse myself,but humour is a great way to indulge in the present state of mind :)

Sunflower,
I am feeling like that right now. The days run together. Memory is nonexistent and tiredness is constant. It's a struggle for sure. But we gotta have faith and hope.
Faith in a better life and hope for the same thing too.

I am always burnt out it seems. I can sleep for ten hours at amx and still feel burnt out and I am constently on the edge most of the time. I have mood swings almost all the time and I can seem to never have good days. I am still trying to figure out how to not be burnt out all the time. I feel for you

Is that the ADD/ADHD I'm burnt out from? I thought it was my LIFE. (chuckling) Sunflower, I love your posts. YOU are SOOOOO human!!!! I caught myself just the other day in the kitchen with my mother visiting and my kids in the room, there was lots of commotion...overstimulation...and I grabbed my head and said out loud "SOMEtimes I just HATE this ADD. I can feel my brain with all this noise and it's too much." So, from now on, I've decided to talk to my brain. I'm giving it a name, and I'm treating it kindly. (laughing)
P.S. I would rather have a lifetime of dealing with ADD/ADHD which is not fatal, than six months of a chronic, fatal, progressive disease which shortens my life. It's all relative hon. Hugs.

Oh Yes, sunflower dear! I feel that way quite often. I get so tired of having to think soooo hard just to not lose my keys or an important receipt, or even just to plan dinner so that it's on time!
It's hard too, being a mom of three, 2 of which are also ADHD, so I have to think for them too, while trying to teach them to do things on their own, things that I was never taught, and still have trouble doing anyway!
It's EXHAUSTING!
Hope you're feeling better today than you were when you wrote this.

Debi

Im like that most days,always trying to set my mind to doing things but never being able to actually get round to it or never actually finishing it.