What causes burnout?

Burnout. We've all been there. But what actually causes your brain to feel this way?
The bad news is that burnout in ADHD and autism is relatively new, but the good news is that we have tons of studies looking at burnout in neurotypical brains. In this episode, we look at the brain changes noted in these studies, and * spoiler alert *, there's a lot of overlap with the known differences n ADHD and autistic brains. Do we basically just exist with a perpetual, baseline level of burnout? Tune in to find out!
Presentation (canva.link/nw2zgn8zx8p6u54)
Sources:
• ADHD burnout overview (add.org/adhd-burnout)
• ADHD burnout rates (goodtherapy.org/blog/adhd-burnout)
• Study correlating ADHD burnout severity with severity of executive functioning deficits (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11007411/#s3)
• Systematic review of autistic burnout research (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735…)
• Neuroimaging study of burnout (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12429168/#sec…)
• Glutamate imbalance literature review in autism (nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01506-w)
• Study proposing a different sequence of medication trialing for autistic patients with anxiety and depression (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11705908)
• Lifecycle of a neurotransmitter (openstax.org/books/introduction-behavioral-neu…)
• How transporters work in the brain (bocsci.com/resources/what-are-neurotransmitter…)
• How SSRIs work (als.lbl.gov/antidepressants-block-serotonin-tr…)
• How partial agonists like Buspirone work (youtu.be/sjSl--DZ_Ts)
• How Wellbutrin works (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC514842)