Mornings are getting harder ! Wake up tgroughiut the night as we do , hopefully go back to sleep , then I wake and dred to move as I know the oain is alk over , eventually get down stairs and take meds , usually it takes a couple of hours for me to move proprrly ! Im just writing what im thinking before a go to bed , I feel how strong we all have to be , its such a long hard road we are on every day , I think we shoukd be proud of how strong we really are . Hugs angie x
Hi Angie. I have recently started to get up, eat a bowl of cereal or some crackers and take my pain meds. I do this about 2 or three hours before I need to be up and moving.
I also take my GNC multi vitamin with b complex( i spoke of that in an earlier post, I’m not promoting it, it has just really worked for me, lol).
Anyway, it really helps me to get a little rest while my meds are getting in my system. It makes my morning tollerable.
You are very right about how strong we are. Just remember, its ok to be weak sometimes too.
I have trouble falling asleep it was 3 am before I went to sleep this morning. When I first wake up I do stretches in bed then eat breakfast and take my meds. I do little things during the day and rest.
Mornings are horrible !!! I also stretch a lot before getting up, it helps a-little, it does take at least two hrs before I can function somewhat, & somedays I’m ready for a nap or a rest by then … It’s all about the planning and trying to stay positive. As we all know some days are harder than others, I guess depending on how much we pushed ourself the day prior, we always seem to pay a high price for anything we do.
Thanks Angie for reminding us we are not alone in our daily especially morning struggles .
Hope your doing ok, think about you often my friend 
Hugs & blessings
dee B
Angie, I am the same way only I don't make it out of bed, I have to drink a boost and take pain meds, lay there until they start to work and then start moving little by little. Seems to take longer and longer for them to kick in.
Have the same problem. I dread going to bed because I know I'll wake up more exhausted than when I fell asleep.
I also try to get up a few hours before I have to move or do anything. This gives meds time to work, I can get to the point I can move again, and I can (hopefully) wake up all the way.
Yes, I totally relate to this, and was wondering if this aspect has progressively gotten worse for anyone? I used to be o.k. with 7 or 8 hours of sleep, but now I need at least 9. I have a really hard time getting to bed before 11 p.m. and have to wake up at 7 with my kids, and then I sit or lay on the couch and am not really mobile until nearly noon. I take Klonopin at night, and Savella and Wellbutrin in the morning. When I took Vicoden in the morning it really helped me get up and around, but I don't like being dependent on it so I'm toughing it out. My Rheumatologist says I should only take that for breakthrough type of pain anyway. It feels like every day is breakthrough pain lately. Yes, we have to be strong every single day.
I have noticed that I need more sleep than I used to. I still work two jobs so it is a push each day to go. It takes me longer to get moving in the mornings. I drive a school bus and have to leave the house by 6:25am. So I start out with one alarm to wake me and a second one to tell me ok get moving out of that bed. I come in an lay down for 30minutes and then take a hot shower and get ready for my part time office job. I get home after 1pm, eat lunch and lay down until I need to leave at 2:20 to go back to the school. When I get home I lay down and take a nap for an hour or two then get up and can get thru the evening. I need more down time at night but it just doesn't happen most days. So for now this is how I go thru my day. ITs yuk to think about but it does work for me. Im hopeing to end the bus this year. Blessings Sue
I know how you feel, when I wake I'm so stiff and in pain that I feel that I'm not going to make it to the loo in time!!! I'm 47, I don't want to be incontinent just yet!!!
I take a flask of hot tea or milky drink to bed, have pain killers in my bedside drawer, If I wake at about 5am I have my drink and take some painkillers, then when I get up between 7 - 8am I'm not so stiff or in pain.
It helps me, just an idea!!
Love Lucy xx
HiAngie,
I agree, mornings are rough, although I now get up around noon. It's especially rough when the nightly dose of meds has worn off and we need to get the new ones into us. But oh lord, those first steps are agony! Fortunately though, I feel better pretty quickly once I have the new meds in me. Night times are worse because that's when my joints start to stiffen up and then stay that way until morning. And oh boy, do they ever stiffen! I feel like a werewolf in that my whole body changes at night from pain and stiffness.
Me too! But I'm wide awake from 11:00 until about 4 AM. I read that fibro resets our circadian cycle, the cycle that relegates our sleep pattern. I only wish I knew how to RE-resert it.
I always take an Ibuprofen 400mg at bedtime, it seems to help with night aches and pains.
Lucy xx
I usally wake up because of the pain that can be anytime between 4-6 in the morning I have my pain meds on my nightstand eight next to the bed, on a realy bad morning I just lay there for about 30 min just trying to will myself to roll over how I can take my oxy-contin then I just collapse and just wait until the meds start to work, then hopefully I can get a few more hours sleep and at least I am up at 9-9.30 and I have a border collie who likes to go to the park to see his doggie buddy's which some mornings I feel like Iv'e just crawled out of hell but it does accomplish the exercise, that's supposed to be so revitalizing NOT and we have about 15 dogs and there owners all off lead they are so funny to watch, and doggie people are like Fibro people a kind caring lot who I have made some very good friend so here's a tip if you find trouble getting the motivation to go for a walk get a Border Collie they are the biggest nags. So that's my morning routine wether I want it or not I do feel for each and every one of you it really is a struggle everyday and to be honest you really get sick and tired of being sick and tired.
