Why do we feel bad after even mild exercise?

Is the reason we feel bad when we overdo it with exercise because the toxins are being moved through the body?

Sometimes I will do even mild activity such as driving golf balls and I will just be drained afterwards. I feel very flu-like after exercise even as light as this.

Somebody please give me some insight because it's so depressing. Sports and being active is my life and I just can hardly do active things anymore it very sad.

Tick - it's different for all of us. For me, I haven't felt worse when exercising. Maybe it's because I haven't overdone it...I'm quite cautious about it.

The most I've done is about an hour and a half walk - some uphill.
I was at a driving range once since I've been sick - but only for about 20 minutes.

Other than walking, my exercise is at home with a short stint on the Elliptical to get my blood flowing, and then physio exercises.

Have you had your adrenals checked via a 4-point saliva test?

I have no idea what bluelyme was saying as I don't understand "doctor-lingo". And yes my adrenals were very healthy according to my LLMD.

Thanks girlie. My cbc is usually normal. I will inquire about Ferritin levels

Tick41 I dealt with this for decades, even when I was in 'remission'. However, I was mistakenly living with the idea I had Fibro and chronic fatigue syndrome, so the reasons for this outcome from exercise (or heavy physical labor) were bogus.

I had to manage this with self-employment and learned to either moderate my activities or be prepared to be tanked out the next day, often in pain, but always with exhaustion.

Now that I know I am cdc pos for RMSF, and am sure I had Lyme and co., all along, I have a few theories of what was happening.
1. My muscles heated up with work, which made the invading organisms uncomfortable and actively doing damage trying to cool their environment down.

2. What bluelyme suggested about damaged red blood cells, insufficiently able to deliver oxygen to our muscles. Wouldn't they cramp form that? What other natural process would be affected by lack of oxygen while heavy exercise?

3. The disease organisms are damaging our soft tissues, protective coverings on them and our nerve fibers faster than our body can repair itself. Minute tears happen naturally anyway when we heavily call on our muscles. Our naturally rapid repairing process is impeded by the workings of the disease.

Post Edited (julymorning) : 3/19/2017 7:11:48 PM (GMT-6)

This is what Dr. Burrascano wrote in his guidelines about exercise (note: tissue perfusion, oxygen levels, core temperature, mobilize lymph, enhance circulation, t-cell function.)

Although the scientific basis for the benefits of exercises is not known, there are several reasonable theories. It is known that Bb will die if exposed to all but the tiniest oxygen concentrations. If an aggressive exercise program can increase tissue perfusion and oxygen levels, then this may play a role in what is being seen. Also, during aggressive exercise, the core body temperature can rise above 102 degrees; it is known that B. burgdorferi is very heat sensitive. Perhaps it is the added tissue oxygenation, or higher body temperature, or the combination that weakens the Lyme Borrelia, and allows the antibiotics and our defenses to be more effective. Regular exercise-related movements can help mobilize lymph and enhance circulation. In addition, there is now evidence that a carefully structured exercise program may benefit T-cell function: this function will depress for 12 to 24+ hours after exercise, but then rebound. This T-cell depression is more pronounced after aerobics which is why aerobics are not allowed. The goal is to exercise intermittently, with exercise days separated by days of total rest, including an effort to have plenty of quality sleep. The trick is to time the exercise days to take advantage of these rebounds. For an example, begin with an exercise day followed by 3 to 5 rest days; as stamina improves, then fewer rest days will be needed in between workouts. However, because T-cell functions do fall for at least one day after aggressive exercises, be sure to never exercise two days in a row. Finally, an in intermittent exercise program, properly executed, may help to reset the HPA axis more towards normal. On the following page is an exercise prescription that details these recommendations.


www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

As mentioned before its different for all of us.

Exercising always energized my brain and helps sleep that night, but made me way more sore than normal afterward, and took weeks vs days for muscles to recover.

No exercise makes me feel drained and tired, always did.