Do you get frusterated when you can't have your downtime?

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I am frusterated almost beyond words. I work at 9 1/2 hour day and am happy to do up to 2 additional hours of work at home if need be, but I make 8:00 my usual stopping point for work. Then I just do "fun" stuff like watching TV, eating dinner, some simple household chores...but I just found out that I have homework from a college course that requires me to work until my usual bedtime (10:30) and I wasn't expecting that. Now if I'd given the homework directions a little more scrutiny and started working on it earlier this week I wouldn't have this problem, so I deserve it I know, but I thought I could work the times out and now I can't.
I don't know how I'm going to devote myself enough to work tommorow without my downtime tonight!! ! I will feel like I've "worked" for 24 hrs straight. I did homework on today's lunchbreak as well so I've been on "work mode" since 6:30 AM.
I am sooo frusterated! IL hope my little frusterated noises are not bothering my downstairs neighbors...
Do you feel this way? Like your downtime schedule is not to be tampered with?

I definitely feel the same way.

Having a loud two year old brother, mostly annoying sister, and a down syndrome brother, I dot have much of a downtime schedule...

Which is very frustrating. Sometimes I have to stay up until midnight in order to feel like I have had a good amount of downtime... Though I do get it, just scattered throughout the day.

My family knows which parts of my day they may tinker with, and for the most part, what my limits are. Do a few chores without the parents asking and I am able to program my heart away all day...

13, and home schooled, so I never have to leave home

I definitely feel the same way.

Having a loud two year old brother, mostly annoying sister, and a down syndrome brother, I dot have much of a downtime schedule...

Which is very frustrating. Sometimes I have to stay up until midnight in order to feel like I have had a good amount of downtime... Though I do get it, just scattered throughout the day.

My family knows which parts of my day they may tinker with, and for the most part, what my limits are. Do a few chores without the parents asking and I am able to program my heart away all day...

13, and home schooled, so I never have to leave home

I don't think frustrated is the right word. I think more like outright pissed off.

Me too. I had some time in my last post where I was actually doing two jobs at once. Though I did get some down time I fundamentally worked for three months without a whole free day. Exhaustion led to illness led to hospital led to resigning one of the jobs!

I have about 5 hours of downtime and 8 hours of sleep every day. Otherwise I'd feel mentally exhausted (not physically - I'm physically tireless). When this is disturbed, I get into a very frustrated state and feel very unhappy. My routine is very fixed and I hate it when I have to do extra things.

This has become a norm for me and yes, I totally relate to the need for downtime. If I don't get downtime I can't sleep. I think it is a need for all people but aspies have a more intense need for downtime. I have three kids and an extroverted gregarious wife. She is very understanding so I generally get my downtime up to midnight. I find I can operate very effectively on 7 hours sleep. I am lucky that I don't have to get to work before 08h30. Over the work week I gradually get fatigued so by Friday night I am really tired but then I sleep in over the weekend.

For me, downtime = time alone.

I am not alone at work because i have a clear glass door on my office, am not allowed to put up blinds and anybody can walk in whenever they want to. At home I am not alone because I have a 4 year old and a 49 year old. Both are tempermental and like to ramble. One of them has an excuse. Between the 2 of them, I'm lucky to be alone in the shower.

I have fallen into a deep, suicidal depression as a result. I fantasize constantly about just running away--but I tried that once and it just got me into a stronger trap.

I'm not really bothered by having not having down time. But this is probably due to how I was raised which requires me to have to deal with my redneck relatives constantly.