ADHD Burnout: Why Your Brain Hits the Wall and How to Recover
ADHD burnout is not laziness, depression, or simply being tired. It is a specific state of physical, cognitive, and emotional exhaustion that occurs when someone with ADHD has spent too long operating beyond the limits of what their nervous system can sustainably manage — masking difficulties, compensating for executive dysfunction, white-knuckling through demands that neurotypical people handle with much less effort. It is extremely common, widely misunderstood, and frequently mistaken for other conditions.