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East Elmhurst, NY
February 9, 2016
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Members connected over the exhausting reality of chronic fatigue, sharing practical strategies like breaking tasks into 3-4 manageable items... Read more

Members connected over the exhausting reality of chronic fatigue, sharing practical strategies like breaking tasks into 3-4 manageable items per day, taking afternoon naps, using Epsom salt baths, and practicing meditation as a way to restore energy. Several members described learning to let go of perfectionist tendencies and accept that bodies change over time, with one member sharing how they hired family help for heavy cleaning and another emphasizing that it's okay to leave tasks half-finished when energy runs out. A recurring theme was the importance of pacing, rest, and self-compassion in managing daily life with chronic illness.

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I have moderate OCD. But I do not attribute it to fibro. Personally, I think we need to be careful what we attribute to fibro. That said, problems are problems no what the cause.

February 10, 2016
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Pick 3-4 things to do each day and do what you can in the am, take a nap, and do the other 2.
I vacuum and do dishes in the morning, sleep or not I will lay down for about 2 hrs and relax, it is a must for me as I also have bone spurs in my neck that are pushing on my root nerve this causes severe pain up my head and out through my rt eye. If I don't lay down and relax I will be in terrible pain for the rest of the night.
If I can I add another chore like yesterday I dusted and today I mopped. If I only do half the dishes then I have learned that it is okay. I am ocd so it is hard to let go and leave something half finished. I used to be able to get it all done and work a ten hour day, over the last 15 yrs I have almost accepted that my body is 70ish and I am still trying to be 35. I can't take a shower and dry my hair today without resting, and never mind the make up I just don't have the energy.
To help sleep I take melatonin, my doc isn't giving me any thing for sleep.
Luck and hugs for your success.
Fatigue and Fog are our enemies.

February 9, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

Excersize! expending energy creates energy (after a while)

February 17, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

Was in the hospital last week for my back pain. Turns out I have been having seizures lucky me! Now more tests I feel like a test subject

February 10, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

I get up at six am
I usually nap around noon hopefully until four when my grdaughter comes home from school and we both go to bed at 9:30 Mon thru Fri.
I can't sleep in so I am up by 7 on the wkend

February 10, 2016

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