How long can you socialise for?

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6-7 minutes. after that amount of time, i can not remain present, and i "excuse" myself from their network and depart.

I work in a call center and that requires socializing. I can keep it up the entire shift between my breaks but I do need them!

i don't think that there is a "maximum time" that we can socialize.

If I can talk about my current obsessive interest with someone else, I'll be okay for long. But if I can't have a conversation about the stuff that I find really interesting, I'll zone out fast and I will start stimming.

With strangers I'll most likely zone out fast unless I'm the one talking. Also, like most said already, if it's too crowded, it's overwhelming so I can't socialize for a long time.

I can usually fake it for a 1-2 hours, but then I start spacing out and losing the flow of conversation, to the point where I can concentrate even less than normal. staying with everyone else's pattern, If I'm with a crowd of people, especially rowdy and loud people, I snap shut.

1 to 2 hours. After that I start feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted, possibly even overwhelmed, and I need to be left alone to "recharge".

Foreva.

Provided I like the person.

It depends on the type of socializing, and who I am with. If I was somewhere comfortable, maybe a house that I am familiar with, If I had a seat that I was comfy in, and if there was no tv going, then I'd say I could last 3 or so hours. On days where I meet up with my one friend, and we take our kids to playgroup, go to the playground, then usually have lunch at someones house. We can easily spend an entire day together...but it's because it revolves around my special interest which is my son/kids. So that's different.

From 1 to 20 minutes, depending on a lot of things.

I've managed it for 2 or more hours without a break many times (but not in years, now), but after about an hour I start having to fight falling asleep (from shutdown; not boredom ).

From an hour to about three, it depends on with whom I am with, how many people are around, what we are talking about and so many other factors. Without Adderall I don't usually talk much or contribute a great amount to any conversation. When I take it, it helps me tremendously with being social and fights off the fatigue I feel from socializing. I have to have plenty of time to myself without noise from others daily. Too much going on around me, like a lot of people in one room: some watching television, kids playing a hand-held game with the volume on, a person talking on their cell... can make me want to scream if it is too loud, just too much going on! I get irritable, I have to get away and be on my own. I have become good at noticing what I need to do when I become this way. If, I can't escape I feel edgy. I can't function and fear losing it. I become exhausted. Now, if it isn't too noisy I can usually be just fine.

ten minutes, tops. Except for my grandchildren. I can socialize with them indefinitely.

ruveyn

I can push through a lot of it if I have to. I will need MEGA down/rest time after any seriously long event though. Sometimes I go down for weeks after business travel with a lot of socializing and this is even with breaks in my hotel room.

1-2 hours sounds reasonable to me.

It depends on whom I'm talking to, but it can be 5 minutes to 15.