Well, My mornings are slow. I am much better, overall, in the spring and summer. Winter is horrible. I get things done in the morning and early afternoon so I can rest. I walk in the morning. Really, tramadol saved my life. I am able to volunteer a few hours a week, but then I go home, take a pain pill and rest. My attitude changed and, for some reason, that helped alot. My motto is anything is better than nothing. So, if I walk a half a block, that's a positive. Some days I can walk half an hour and other days I can only walk 10 minutes but it all goes into the plus column. I am on an antidepressant but that came way before the Fibro did. I meditate and do positive affirmations which help. In the beginning I thought it was stupid but I don't any more. Any way I can lift myself up helps me. Then there are the days, weeks where nothing helps and I stay in bed and read, watch tv, and/or sleep. I usually get started about 9:30 every morning with something and crash between 1 and 2 so I don't have alot of time to do things. Some days I will dust a room and then the next day I will vacuum. I used to be a type A personality but thats long gone...LOL! And I'm better for it. I love to sit on my patio and just watch the birds at the feeders. Something I never had time for before. I live a simple and quiet life..wish I had a few more friends to do things with but I'm okay. There for a while, I used to do a positive affirmation on youtube to get my day started and that helped. Different things help different days. Sending gentle hugs....

Thank you. I sometimes feel very alone with all my crazy symptoms. I now get treatment through my primary care doc but I'm afraid to start with another pain specialist, although I know I need a specialist. Therapy would be great, but another can of worms! I live depressed, but have had so many rounds of drugs/therapy it's overwhelming. Too much? Sorry, it's hard. You're so self motivated. How do you ge0t going?

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I firmly believe it does. I suffered alot of abuse, neglect, and trauma through my life and I, honestly believe, that I ran my body down with everything I had to deal with alone, as a child, and my immune system just went bezerk. I developed type 1 diabetes at 14. Had unexplained pain and cramps all my life. Also had a fatigue issue, and on and on. I think the stress of what I went through competely depleted my body. I have no scientific proof, but, that's what I think happened to me. I have worked on myself alot and things are better for me but I'm also older and sometimes that makes things worse. A positive attitude helps but I know that is hard with this disease. It all takes time. I would really like to add you to my team, Claire. I hope thats okay. Sending gentle hugs.....