Exhausted. That’s what I am today. That is what I’ve been all weekend.
And I have a full day of work ahead. And a full week of work after that…
Last Friday, I had some kid re-end me (slow speed, no damage to my car, not a huge deal), but it wasn’t until Saturday that I felt the pain in my back and neck. Its light… nothing more than I’d get if I walked a few miles (which I’m not allowed to do – Dr. orders) or loaded boxes or something. And my neck… as if I’d slept wrong… on concrete. But the pain isn’t the issue – or doesn’t feel like the issue.
The issue is I’m exhausted. Lying in bed yesterday, I found watching Netflix exhausting. When it’s exhausting to keep your eyes open and focus mentally, it’s a fibro day. And now, I am at work… and I have a few minutes before the exhausting ‘what did you accomplish last week’ – to which I answer ‘spun my wheels’… and I’m exhausted. I want to go home, but I have so much to do. I want to sleep, but without AC… and just in general… I can’t.
I feel your exhaustion. Thankfully, one of my husbands school parents gave us a weekend at their timeshare. There wasn't much to do but relax and play with the kids. But I was so exhausted. Every time I sat down to read my book my eyes felt heavy but I couldn't sleep. Today I have some energy but my neck and shoulders feel like they weigh 20 lbs and my lower back hurts so I've turned on the heating blanket. Hopefully that helps.
Good luck on the what did you do last week, I have my what are you going to do this week in about 15 minutes.
Oh the exhaustion…I feel you, but I am sorry to hear it, I truly hate those days sometimes it gets so frustrating because ill be like that for days, and then it feels like nothing got done while the world outside is buzzing all around. Take a warm bath/ shower it helps the muscles and take a mus.relaxer then try to get some rest if possible.feel better.
I hope that you get a GREAT sleep tonight and energy tomorrow. When I am exhausted, I often wonder how much longer I can go on before collapsing literally. Hugs.
Sometimes my exhaustion is worse than my pain. It’s always present to a certain degree but I seem to go in phases with it being extreme…sometimes a week or two at a time - where I feel like I can barely function. My arms feel heavy - I can have them resting on an armchair or table or whatever, doing absolutely nothing, and still feel like I need to ‘rest’ them - like they are still “working”…is that backwards??..my head feels heavy - I’m like a walking weeble wobble :). Sometimes I get dizzy when I talk…like I’m so exhausted that getting in a good breath is even difficult…is that completely weird??? Does anyone else deal with that?? This past week has been filled with that deep kind of exhaustion…I woke up today and felt, for the first time in days, like I could actually accomplish something! So thankful!!