I find sleep to be so difficult to come by, until I reach a point where exhaustion takes over. I reference this as "My Crash and Burn". Looking back for many many years when I was still working and had a very fast paced career, there were times I became so exhausted while traveling, after all of my required meetings, I would find it necessary to extend my trip just to book a couple of of nights so that I could do nothing aside from sleeping. Eating was not even an option. I have learned it just needs to happen. Fighting this level of exhaustion just does not work for me. No longer do I feel guilty as I used to. Go for it girl. Your body is doing for us what we haven't been able to do for ourselves.

Mine turned out that I was very low on vitamin D3. I take 5000 out now and it's helped a lot. I still sleep a lot but most of the time it's normal

KellyLee, I believe fibro is closely related to chronic fatigue syndrome. It could be part of the reason we are so tired. I think it is part of the condition of having fibro. I think there must be must root cause as to why this happens. If there were more studies done on the disease, I am sure there would be something we are missing in our bodies or something this disease does to our bodies. I slept in until noon today and could have stayed in bed the whole day and felt the same: tired. I think I am sometimes able to function better with less sleep. Crazy disease.

That is how I sleep also....waking up every two hours..I want to sleep a lot during the day...but only nap an hour at a time...I always feel tired

Many docs (including my rheumatologist) think that chronic fatigue is just another facet of fibromyalgia. I know that for me, my fatigue levels are much worse than my pain levels.

You can also get what is called rebound fatigue, or post-exertional malaise. When you do too much, you get profound fatigue that can last days, weeks, or even months. I always have to be so careful about "hitting the wall", where I can't do any more and fall into the rebound fatigue. Some antidepressants can help with the fatigue, as can some of the stimulant drugs, but those are almost all addictive.

The best suggestion I can give is to monitor your activity levels and get to know that feeling when you are approaching too much exertion. It's important to know your own body and set appropriate boundaries not just with others who want things from you but with yourself as well.