I am struggling with how to describe this but curious if others experience it. When my DD gets into doing something, she just cannot stop, she will do it well beyond the bounds of sheer exhaustion and even then she doesn't want to rest. For example yesterday we got a random nice winter day and she really wore herself out playing outside, which should be a good thing, good muscle strength, sensory integration, sunshine fresh air ect but then today she was obviously still very tired but she just cried and tantrumed all day and refused to settle into any of her favorite calm activities. If I can predict from past experiences, I know this will go on for several days, she will sleep poorly, get up too early and be exhausted and cranky and inattentive all day. Then she will crash and do nothing for several days but watch tv and color. Then in about a week she will get back to normal.

Pushing past your limits is a common problem for me personally. I have a very low threshold for what I can safely do without paying for it, but still if I am having a good day I will push those boundaries as much as possible.

I only don't push when I am trashed unless I have absolutely no choice but to keep going. The only problem with that is then I can spend a ton of days paying for that one day of pushing while being weak.

I have the same problem.. Especially if I'm playing something like DDR. I'll hear my body saying that I'm tired, but I'll get back up and continue playing anyway. Days later I feel sore tired and cranky all day and have trouble settling down to sleep.

Wish I could help. *hug*

(02-28-2011, 10:55 AM)Sila Wrote: Especially if I'm playing something like DDR.

What's DDR?

What do you think causes this? Is it poor muscle strength that is making the body wear out before the mind? Is it difficulty processing sensory things that's causing massive overstimulation? Or??????

DDR is a video game, basically songs play and arrows flow on screen in beat to the song, and you have to dance around on a mat to hit all the arrows in time. For me it's fun but very tiring.

For your daughter, it could be a combination of both, or it could just be that she's not able to understand her body's signals yet. Try setting a time limit ( reasonable one) on activities she likes but you know gets her tired out. Work on making the transition easy, and that might help.

Thanks, oh yeah we have a game like that for our xbox kinect but it's a camera instead of a mat that keeps track of your steps. It's really fun!

Timed events or play time can be very helpful for those of us who can't comprehend our body's signals all that well. It does often require assistance by an outside force. When I was still working I had a PDA that would remind me regularly of my time commitments and what was coming up next. When my workplace stopped supporting PDAs, I had some serious problems with time management and making it to meetings.

I just keep going at my current activity until I get bored or "fall asleep". I tend to "fall asleep" when hungry.

I wrote about this exact thing in my blog. I call the post "Modulation Madness"

"Think of what it would be like if every time you wanted to exit the freeway you had to overcome the concrete barrier, crash down the grassy hill, jump the curb and merge with street traffic driving at one third your speed.
My guess is you would just keep driving on the freeway until you ran out of gas.
Sensory modulation is the entrance ramps and acceleration lanes of the normal human brain.
From major life changes to small everyday activities, people with atypical sensory modulation abilities may struggle with transition...."

(05-10-2011, 11:01 PM)LaneSensorina Wrote: I wrote about this exact thing in my blog. I call the post "Modulation Madness"

"Think of what it would be like if every time you wanted to exit the freeway you had to overcome the concrete barrier, crash down the grassy hill, jump the curb and merge with street traffic driving at one third your speed.
My guess is you would just keep driving on the freeway until you ran out of gas.
Sensory modulation is the entrance ramps and acceleration lanes of the normal human brain.
From major life changes to small everyday activities, people with atypical sensory modulation abilities may struggle with transition...."

That's a great analogy, I think it is very much like that. Your blog is wonderful BTW

(05-11-2011, 08:27 AM)AngelaVA Wrote: That's a great analogy, I think it is very much like that. Your blog is wonderful BTW

Thank you, Angela. You made my day!