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Posted 9/30/2016 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all. Just wondering if this is another common symptom. I pre Lyme was the most underwhelmed person in the world. I loved having a lot on my plate. Now just thinking about driving to coach hockey seems like a tough task and I'm tired just thinking about it. I think I do to much thinking of what's ahead if that makes sense. Anyone else get this. I am so tired of this feeling. Some days it's gone but most it's here.
Posted 10/1/2016 12:00 AM (GMT 0)
I started a calendar and made sure I only did 1 tough thing a day.

When I say tough thing - it could be grocery shopping.

How parents with kids do this lyme thing and be the taxi is amazing. I have to hand it to you all.

I could not even go to 2 stores in the same day. And if I forgot the list - I just turned around and went home.
Posted 10/1/2016 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
Well said PeteZa! I too have had to learn to "pace" myself. It just doesn't take a lot to wear me down.

My heart will be in it but my body just says NO!
Posted 10/1/2016 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
Yup - that's me. Could handle stress very well pre-lyme.

Now, I get flustered paying the bills....my nervous system goes into overdrive...and then I can't think.
Posted 10/1/2016 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
It's hard not to feel overwhelmed for most of us. I agree with what the others have already said and thought this article might help as well:

https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

It's about a gal with lupus, but we deal with the same issues as she's talking about.
Posted 10/1/2016 3:52 AM (GMT 0)
I'm in limbo land currently as far as diagnosis but I homeschool my three kids and yeah, sometimes I can feel that panic rising. Between their academics and extracurricular and church and social calendars it is a lot. Some days, I don't get to everything. But because of my commitments to them and outside the family, I have to find a way to scrape myself together and get it done. Some days are better then others. Today was not so good. I forget that most moms don't spend a large portion of their day in bed. So frustrated with this frail vessel sometimes.
Posted 10/1/2016 5:18 PM (GMT 0)
Maybe it's time to cut back on the activities some, ChickNorris? I home schooled my own kids while I was still very ill, and we didn't do much because I simply wasn't able to. We had a full working farm at the time too, and it was all I could do to keep up with that, and it ultimately lead me into a horrible crash.

Conserving our energy to fight these infections really should be our top priority. Getting worse, or not healing is not what we are after, and expecting too much from ourselves is a horrid trap to get caught in.
Posted 10/1/2016 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
Bowdren,

Hi. Very normal. I would like to know if any of us don't experience being overwhelmed. I live in Manhattan, had a very fast paced job and was known for doing more in one day than most people do in a week. Nothing phased me Now I get so overwhelmed and seem to get anxiety over little things. If I have to be somewhere in the early morning my sleep is terrible. It's crazy. I can't wait for the overwhelmed symptom to be gone. It's very hard being a parent with it. By 8:00pm I have to covered in essential oils and in my room reading just to recharge.

Hang in there!
Posted 10/1/2016 6:51 PM (GMT 0)
Huddie u described me too a T. I have to get up every morning for work but because I had to get up do some work then coach rep hockey practice then back to work.....for some reason I could not sleep. My body was begging me for sleep but my mind would not shut off. Horrible night sleep.
Posted 10/1/2016 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
I drink Yogi bedtime tea two hours before bed time (because you have to pee several times). Then I take a Bedrest capsule (from Pure Formulations). I do a meditation tape, read for about an hour and it all helps tremendously. Also ear plugs and eye mask now because I have become such a light sleeper. And no clocks/lights near you. It all helps.

The fact you are coaching hockey is tremendous!
Posted 10/1/2016 10:11 PM (GMT 0)
Oh gosh isn't having to get up early the worse thing ever? I don't sleep well in anticipation of getting up early.

Absolutely hate it.
Posted 10/1/2016 10:18 PM (GMT 0)
We should do an entire post of: What time do you wake up and what time do you go to bed! I'm up at 6:15am every morning but I'm in bed between 9:30-10:00pm to pad in all the times I will wake up. Another post: All the things we will never miss: Light sleep/insomnia, feeling overwhelmed and being quick to anger. That was NEVER me.

We will get there!
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