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Posted 10/6/2010 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes I just want and/or need to sleep. I feel so tired all the time. And the pain can get so bad at times that I just want to escape it in sleep. Things have been really stressful at home recently with all my new responsibilites with my hubby in school full time. I am just so exhausted that I haven't felt up to doing the housework that I need to do. Does anyone else feel this way? I just feel so alone and stressed and so very tired.
Posted 10/6/2010 10:19 PM (GMT 0)
Sassy I know what you are feeling but I think mine is because of the chemo treatments. I think yours might be a depression issue and there are alot of meds out there that could help you. Please get help as soon as possible and let us know how it goes.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley
P.S. I am on antidepressants and I believe that is one of the reasons that I am able to deal with the cancer as well as I am. I am not ashamed of taking them, becuase I know they are helping me.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley
Posted 10/6/2010 11:23 PM (GMT 0)
I know exactly how you feel. I am a stay at home mother and chasing after the kids is a lot to manage along with the fibro and then all the housework my poor hubby is in collage and works full time, sometimes i just feel like a failure when he comes home and the house is a mess and he has been working all day. But that is really hard being tired all the time. I know that it is nont my fault but i to feel bad that i am not able to keep up with the house like i want to, and i too want to sleep all the time! Hang in there you are not alone!

Kat

Posted 10/6/2010 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
Oh yes, I feel this way almost all the time now. It's real bad when I first get up, gets better around 9 til about 2 then it's back to exhaustion again. I think it's part of the fibro. I've been on an antidepressant for years and have never felt this way until the fibro kicked in full time. Talk to your doctor though, because we are all different. Wishing you a peaceful nights rest.
Posted 10/7/2010 12:08 AM (GMT 0)
Out of curosity, has any of you tried anything like Nite Time Herbs by NOW brand? It's kind of like an
herbal version of Ambien. They find many of both fibro and RA people are so tired because our bodies spasm
during out sleep causing us to be unable to go into REM sleep mode. I find with using my herbals I'm better
able to sleep now that the knee is slooooowly getting better.
Posted 10/7/2010 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, I forgot to add that I always feel like i'm running a fever when I'm exhausted but every time I check my temp it's normal?. This crazy illness makes me FEEL crazy sometimes. Nana Monster, I keep telling myself to try these herbs, but as soon as I think it I forget it again.
Posted 10/7/2010 12:45 AM (GMT 0)
I've been on and off anti-depressants since I was in the 7th grade. I don't mind taking them. I have one, but I haven't taken it in like a month because I keep forgetting to get it filled. Stupid fibro fog. Things have been so busy around here that it is really one of the last things on my mind. My depression really isn't too bad. I take 150mg of Trazodone every night to help me sleep. But, recently, even after 8 hours of a sound, drug-induced sleep, I feel like I have only taken a small nap. I think I might need a sleep study, but I am hesitant about that. I don't like the idea of people watching me while I sleep. It creeps me out. When I take Trazodone, I am pretty much dead to the world, so I wouldn't know if someone was messing with me in my sleep or not. Not that I think professionals would do that, but still.

I feel so bad all the time that the house isn't the way I want it to be. It doesn't help that my hubby is somewhat of a slob, but since he is a full-time student at IvyTech, I feel it is my responsibility to take care of the house. It's hard a lot of the time.

And I am dealing with the Social Security people right now. I have been doing all the paperwork for the appeal, and then I just sent in the paperwork they sent me after I filed for the appeal. So far, I haven't gotten a lawyer. I want to see if I can get this done on my own. If not, I have the name and number of a great SS lawyer here in my town.

I just have so much going on. And when I am actually able to lie down and take a nap, I am unable to. It's frustrating. I almost fall asleep when I am not supposed to be sleeping and then when I CAN go to sleep, I am unable to. It's a little maddening.

When I saw my doc last month, he noticed I was in a flare without me even telling him that in so many words. He has been with me on this since the beginning, and even though I only see him once a month most of the time, he knows how I am feeling just by me explaining some symptoms and my general appearance.

I find I run a fever when I am in a lot of pain, does anyone else have that?

Posted 10/7/2010 2:20 AM (GMT 0)
hi sassy, oh i do no just how your feeling.over the past 3 weeks or so iv been in so much pain i just wanted to sleep till it was all over but with fibro its never all over is it grrr it gets me so angry this disease. i look at my home and it gets me down i bought wooden floors so it would be easier to clean but iv found its just as exauhsting brushing and mopping as it is hoovering.we just can win sometimes. i want my home to be the way it always was clean!!! and i try not to let it get me down too much anymore cause theres nothing i can do about it, i do what i can when i can. my daughter has been paid off in her job and thankfully she s so bored that everyday shes been cooking and cleaning she has been a real life saver thank God x she starts a new job in 2 weeks so i dont know what ill do then. sorry didnt mean to go on there, haha when i start to moan about fibro i forget to stop. i also find that i feel like i have a temp often wether i do or dont i really am not sure all i no is it feels like one. isnt it just like having a bad flu all the time!! i hope you feel a little better soon and the pain easies for a few days and gives you a break.having fibro is the worst thing iv got and yet its the thing i just dont understand, and find that others dont realise just how bad it can really get. it doesnt seem fare sometimes. i feel for you being in so much pain. i think feeling guilty comes with this illness dont you ?
wishing you sleep filled nights and painless days , and ill keep you in my prayers
all the best shana
Posted 10/7/2010 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
I understand how you feel. The last 2 days I have gone to bed at 8:30 leaving my tired husband to tend to the girls. And even after sleeping so much the last 2 days I still feel very tired. My daughter who also has fibro. will run a fever when she is hurting real bad, not sure why.
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