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Posted 2/21/2017 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
I feel like I want to go for a run and exercise but I also feel fatigued and wish I could spend a week in bed.

Does anyone else ever feel like this? Restless almost but maybe a mind/body disconnect? I know by the time I get home, I will be too tired to exercise. (Not a normal person's tired, a Lyme tired/fatigued/depleted.)
Posted 2/21/2017 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
Yes. It's hard to describe to people. I'm tired, but my mind is going a million miles an hour. I'm not working right now - I'm a writer so I was already working from home. I lay down, my mind goes wild, I get up, write for 5 minutes, lay back down. I get what you're saying about the disconnect. It's like my mind and body don't match up. I figure, as long as my mind is good, I'm good. Although, sometimes I have brain fog and can't do much of anything. I just lay down and watch TV, listen to music or audio books.
Posted 2/21/2017 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
I get this more when my anxiety is acting up. My body gets in fight or flight mode but there's no way for me to burn it off because everything hurts. It's a gross feeling.
Posted 2/21/2017 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
When I had "good" days I was euphoric and felt like wonderwoman.

I always said that lyme is bipolar for me. It was either super euphoric or down on the couch and numb in body and brain.

I rarely had a so-so normal day until I healed.
Posted 2/21/2017 5:22 PM (GMT 0)

pmm73 said...
I feel like I want to go for a run and exercise but I also feel fatigued and wish I could spend a week in bed.

Does anyone else ever feel like this? Restless almost but maybe a mind/body disconnect? I know by the time I get home, I will be too tired to exercise. (Not a normal person's tired, a Lyme tired/fatigued/depleted.)

I too experience this, and it drives me batty! I can feel really quite good (for me, LOL) and with only a little bit of doing things, I can be the exhausted - as in Lyme exhausted.

I still see this as an improvement though, because at least I FEEL like I can do something!
Posted 2/21/2017 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
OMG....thank you! I thought I was going crazy!! I agree with all of you! It's hard to describe and such a weird feeling. And I do see it as an improvement too....at least I want to exercise and do things. One day, I'll be able to!

Maybe I will go home and try to do some form of exercise....even if it's just one sit-up lol!
Posted 2/21/2017 6:20 PM (GMT 0)
I'm only using very light weights right now (I think it's 10 lbs?) and doing a few arm/leg lifts with it right now. Just be careful to recognize when you've done enough.
Posted 2/21/2017 6:27 PM (GMT 0)

Traveler said...
I'm only using very light weights right now (I think it's 10 lbs?) and doing a few arm/leg lifts with it right now. Just be careful to recognize when you've done enough.

10lbs? smhair

those aren't very light for arms....you wanna hear 'light'? I had to start with cans of soup...and then to 3lb weights...and now I'm just doing 5 lbs.

You're doing really well.... smile
Posted 2/21/2017 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
pmm-

There's a phrase that perfectly describes how you feel-

"wired but tired" is used to decribe adrenal exhaustion, which is part of lyme sympoms for many people here.
Posted 2/21/2017 7:37 PM (GMT 0)
Ahhhhh.....adrenals. The dreaded "a" word lol Those darn things! lol

And Trav....I'm impressed! Good for you!!
Posted 2/21/2017 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
Yep.....wired but tired, that's it! Perfect description.
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