Are you fatigued or lethargic?

My body is mostly fatigue. There is some days that I am so sleepy that I just want to sleep all day. I call it fatigue because I am so tired after doing something like housework or just playing around.

I always call it fatigue but lethargic is probably a better word. I do not feel sleepy but more like weighted down - I always say I feel like I am constantly wading through water. Everything is an effort. I feel soooo lazy but deep down know that that is not it. Along with this is the feeling of spacing out on occasions. Like everything I am doing is being done by someone else and I am just watching - like a puppet on strings.

There are times I feel both. I do know that if I'm stressed it adds to it. Living with fibro we are more prone to burnout...it is so necessary to do what we can to reduce the stress in our lives, eat healthy and exercise.

Our meds can affect us too. I'm still working on finding the right balance of doing too little or too much.

It has been over 100 each day now for a few weeks, I know this heat certainally has attributed to a drained feeling.

We need to "keep on keep'n on."

Hugs, Robin

Most of you mentioned about feeling weighted down or feeling like you're wading through water the entire day. This is the exact feeling I have. As if every step I take or every movement I make is being met by some sort of resistance.

Does anyone excessively yawn??

I have periods throughout the day where I can yawn I swear 50 or more times within a short period of time.

I am more fatigued. If I close my eyes for a minute during the day I am out. However, when I am trying to fall asleep at night it's a different story. I can deal with the fibro pain, but the fatigue gets to me!

I have it severely, where I become lethargic. It has ruined my summer and I am in school (off for the summer) and it affects my ability to be able to last more than 4 hours at my clinical. I am going to school for medical lab and even though it is mostly a sit down and fun job, but my fatigue is killing me. I am supposed to graduate next year and I am unsure if I can work or even have a full time job like I wanted for ever.
The sad thing is I worked very hard after 10 years of being inappropriately put day programs for disabled (I also have Asperger's), I finally almost done working on my dream. Yet, Fibromyalagia, especially the fatigue is affecting it. I am a fighter, but i am not sure how long this fight can last.

Hey guys,
So happy to hear *and sad* that I can relate to you. I am fatigued a lot of the time, but when I've overdone something in the week, I pay for it in bed and fight 100% lethargy for 1 or 2 days. And I don't mean I just stay in bed and watch TV...no no, I sleep from one day into the other:S

Hi Nana Monster; Can you tell me more about the cinnamon & honey & how u mix (or take)it? I am like the above posters.
Fatigued all the time no matter what I do.I don't even clean anymore.Can't do it.Walking wipes me out.I have no stamina
at all.all I do what I absolutely have to(due to the husband) and nothing more.Can't sleep even tho during the day I get so
sleepy I can't hold my head up.Mornings r very bad and my body doesn't loosen up till around lunch.So I can't make any appts.
till after lunchtime.Just tired of being tired "all" the time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hi jr~

I can sure understand that lethargy part of the deal. I can stare at something that needs to be done, like picking up a toy that the grandchildren left on the floor. I will see it, walk by it, know I need to bend over and pick it up but continue to just walk on by. It's so weird! Yet on another day I can't imagine leaving it lay there and seem quite alert. I think some of mine is from pain medications but it does make me wonder too.

This Yawning deal caught my attention. I've had it happen maybe once or twice a year. Not enough to worry about. But if it was something happening on a daily basis I would suggest getting it checked out by your doctor. I looked around online and found some interesting information on excessive yawning. Hope this information helps. It's not meant to scare anyone nor is it a diagnosis...it's meant as information and if this is a problem then you should see your health care professional. Here's the link to one of the better sites I found.

www.umm.edu/ency/article/003096.htm

Chutz

Hey ladies and gents,
Man it is so good to read this post, mentally speaking. Of course on another note, its terrible.. it sucks that so many of you struggle with this - but it makes me so happy to know I am not alone. I've always used the word fatigue, but its exactly how you described. Fibro fog means I can't remember half the things i want to say however, the whole dragging yourself around all day, feeling like you need sleep, and then getting to bed to find that you are magically awake? Sometimes i find myself able to get back out of bed - put on some music and do household chores - things which i normally cannot do.
However, i don't think it was mentioned? do you find that napping is completely uncontrollable? Nobody believes me when i say its not my choice to go to sleep - it just happens. Somehow my body convinces me that i can just lie down a little bit more, until im vertical. I'm then convinced that snuggling into the couch will help. I then decide closing my eyes for two seconds will totally help and i will for sure be able to get up when my alarm that i've set for 10 mins goes off.

3 days later I wake up confused and dazed... unable to do anything - in urgent need of sleep all day.. and it just feels like everything i do need 10x as much energy as it did pre-fibro. I then go to bed and BAM. Energy.

*** is going on?!?!

SamJ

I think that I am both fatigued and lethargic! I have the tired, achey, weighted down feeling most of the time. Yet, I have to keep moving, otherwise, if I sit down to rest for a few minutes, I fall asleep! And, yes, I have the yawning, particularly if I am physically inactive for more than a few minutes at a time. I am also much wider awake at night than what I am during the day.