Is this a "meltdown"?

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Hi,

I am fairly new to the dx, if not to the symptoms of AS.........so bare with me please.

Stimulation over Xmas is a given. Most people feel tired and a little anti-climactic when all is over......

I have diazepam when I feel really overwhelmed so that has helped a little and Xmas was very successful compared to other years, I must say.

But I feel completely numb, very discordant, uncomfortable and my family feel like strangers after every Xmas I have ever had.

And strangely enough I feel very teary.......although tears are difficult for me and often suffer terrible sinus which is hardly cathartic. I feel hopeless and more than a little futility. I just think I have overdone it. Have I experienced a meltdown?

The expression, although not new to me, really put some perspective on the periods of extremely heightened "feelings"......it almost borders on a tantrum followed by days of hiding in dark places, no speaking, and intense discord related to noise.

It is something I shall discuss with my therapist........just wanted to see if others have felt this way.

Thanks for listening.......

Micchsta

Personally I'd call that shutdown but I don't really know what that means either lol I had a meltdown on xmas day actually and it involved shouty swearing smashing stuff up and running away to sit in the dark, a tantrum like you say is what I'd call a meltdown. It's basically a violent release after or due to extreme frustration as I understand it.