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Posted 12/16/2011 12:57 PM (GMT 0)
Oh what I wouldn't give to be able to just have a lazy day! Just lay around on the couch and watch movies all day. But my body won't let me shakehead
If I am immobile for too long, I ache something fierce. I am a high strung person anyway and always on the go but there are days that I bottom out and just want to veg but I can't. I mean I can but I pay for it for about 2 days. Especially in my neck, shoulders and back.

Does anyone else do this? Remain on the go to avoid the "dreaded" couch?
Posted 12/16/2011 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, Sherry!  I hate going to bed at night because I end up in a lot of pain.  I'm glad when I can get out of bed, even though that means more misery for a while.  But once things shake out, I do better. 

 

Even trying to watch TV in the evenings can be difficult because I get uncomfortable after a little while and can't find a comfy way to sit.  I usually give up and go to bed...the vicious cycle begins again.  

 

Moving really, really helps me a lot.

 

Sherrine

Posted 12/16/2011 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
I can definately understand how you must feel, but I'm on the oposite end- I can't do very much at all without suffering major effects, and wish that I could keep going and have energy.
I have my first appointment with the Rheumy in Feb and really hope I get to the bottom of this once and for all. I vaguely remember being active and having a life at one point and I really hope to get back to at least functioning like a somewhat normal person again.
Either way though, too much of anything is never good. Sorry you're not able to rest much without pain.
Hope you have a pain free day.
Posted 12/16/2011 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
My fibro is a balancing act. If I do to much I get sick, if I lay around I hurt, and frankly I'd rather have the pain more than the sick feeling-that is the horrible part for me. I usually don't get up until 8:30-9:00. In the mornings I am stiff and hurt alot then as I move it gets better. BUT I gotta watch what I do. Usually my shoulders and arms hurt during the later part of the day and fatigue sets in. If I didn't push myself to much luckily I won't feel sick. I mean sometimes its hard for me to determine whats to much because I feel decent and as soon as I start to slow down then it hits me. But yeah I think if I laid around all day I would feel worse.

Karen
Posted 12/16/2011 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
You've all hit the nail on the head for me, too. The MOST frustratig thing about fibro is this balancing act that is so impossible to get just right. We always have to weigh whatever we do....ugh!!

Debbie
Posted 12/16/2011 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
It's for me to get lazy. If I have that heating blanket on high and cuddle up to it then it's all good. The blanket does wonders for my aching bones. That is why I make the bed in the morning to prevent me getting back to bed too early. Lol.
Posted 12/16/2011 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
I'm a mover too...at night, watching tv, I have to get up every commercial and walk around. Inactivity is the worst thing for me, flare or no flare :)

Hugs, Robin
Posted 12/16/2011 10:43 PM (GMT 0)
I guess it's one of those things that can go either way huh? I feel bad at times tho...my husband will ask me to come sit and watch tv with him, but I tell him that I can't or I will get sore. I usually DO watch tv around 8pm or so and I find that I have to get up every 20 minutes or so. At first I thought it was because I have a hard time sitting still but than I realized that I was unconsciously getting up so I don't hurt! lol
Posted 12/17/2011 2:37 AM (GMT 0)
Klambert1 (Karen) & I are sooo similar it continually amazes me. I am the same. I have to find the right balance between activity & rest.
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