Going part time due to aspie burnout

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Hi all. I work with an absolutely amazing bunch of people - they're all neurotypical, but some of them are familiar with aspergers (it seems to be all the rage these days!) and all of them treat me with respect and love, two things I am definitely not used to getting from colleagues.

The problem is, I have walked out of nearly every job I've ever had because it gets overwhelming for me. The endless grind of day after day doing the same thing - it's like my mind and soul are in a cage, being tortured not by pain, but by the limitless view I can see outside the cage. I feel trapped and under-utilised. The other day, I was sitting bored at work working out if humans can prove that God exists (and realised we can), and planning novels I want to write, while reading gsmarena.com and trying to work out strategies to make Nokia and Windows Mobile into major players on the market.

My manager asked me what I do to relax. I said "I don't relax, I can't switch my brain off for long enough." I get burned out by having to constantly use intelligence instead of instinct. Anyone ever see that episode of The Next Generation where Barclay gets zapped by some alien technology and ends up sitting in a chair, flying and upgrading the Enterprise-D with the power of his mind? I feel like him.

The tl;dr of this is, my employers said I need to be with the company for 26 weeks before I can change from full time to part time. I've already been with them for 14. I don't know if my sanity can last another 3 months. We do 10-hour days in a call centre on outbound sales. They said they MAY be able to change my shift sooner if my doctor writes to confirm I'm aspergers, but because of my shifts I cannot get to a doctor's appointment. What can I do??

Ask someone - either your line manager or someone in HR - to tell you the company policy on medical appointments. If they have none ask for advice on how to proceed. You may want to suggest making an appointment in, say, 2 weeks time so your managers have plenty of time to adjust to your short absence. You are an employee, not a slave and have the right to access healthcare.

Daydreaming about God's existence and planning novels because the regular world is too boring? are you me? that sounds exactly like me?

Thanks Rooster1968. I'll see if I can get a morning off or something. This whole thing is making me agitated. What takes the real world so bleeding long? Up to 12 weeks before I might be able to go part time. Up to 10 weeks before my claim for PIP benefits gets a decision. An unknown number of weeks til St Georges in Sheffield send me an appointment. It's lucky I'm not trying to sort my life out or anything

Lucious - I cheated actually, if we live in an infinite universe where an infinite number of things must happen, God must exist and so does heaven. Unfortunately, so does the other place. Has everyone been good this week?

You might be interested in Alvin Plantingas modal ontological argument. It makes an argument similar to that one.

Wait...we can prove that god exists? I want to hear this because it may change my entire outlook. Please enlighten me.