I had a nice, messy, Aspergian overload attack.

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I have no idea why, because, though I get sensory overload when under stress, it's not that big a deal, I just get mildly annoyed and cranky, and if I take some time to calm down or listen to music on headphones, I'm fine.

Anyway, I was at the nightclub with my friends, and for a few hours I was really enjoying myself. Loud music, high emotion. Yay.

At about 3am, everything was making me deranged all at once. I couldn't take the crappy pop music, the people yelling, so many people around me I can't move freely, and everyone pushing me and knocking into me. I felt really agitated and messed up. Went to the toilet where it was relatively quiet, to calm down...eventually came out again 'cause I figured my friends would wonder where I'd gone.

I came down again and it was like everything was destroying me all at once. I had to stick my fingers in my ears. I was so far gone I couldn't even take my friends touching me for a while, I thought if one more person pushed against me I'd lose it completely and punch them in the face. I just wanted to curl up somewhere dark and be left alone.

I guess it was a mixture of tiredness, hypoglycemia, and the fact that I've been worried about a bunch of stuff lately...I seem to remember that AS becomes more extreme when you're under stress.

At least you had friends to take you out to the nightclub.

I've never been inside one or really been invited out that much.

Perhaps it was a good thing that I never was invited out...

That sort of stuff happens to everyone with AS. Just the other day I was in my underwear screaming at people two rooms away for whispering too loud. A proud day for Aspies everywhere.

Haha, I have that thing too, if there is even slight noise I can't fall asleep.

Meh...I will probably laugh about it in a few days.

I guess I just feel bad that my ASD traits pissed all over everyone's evening. And embarrassed..

I don't go out very often at all to bowling alleys, bars etc. because of my tendency to become overloaded. An hour or so with earplugs is OK, but any more than that is unproductive, and I don't get anything good at all out of it if there's smoke! I hate cigarette smoke, and the expectation to be social, and disappointed when I'm not, only makes it worse.

Pubs and clubs are overrated. Unless you are a overly social smooth talker, the only thing you will take home to bed is a hangover and some more tinnitus

Only times i had really fun out there was when i was not out trying to talk to a girl and only were there with my friends to get really drunk.

Yeah...people yelling...drunk people annoying you...plus if you're female, every drunken lout in the area thinks they have the right to touch you, and doesn't understand the concept of 'no means no.'