tired of it

[ron923]

i have fibromyalgia and back problems sometimes so tired of all the pain and sleepless nights my quality of life has just dropped so much sometimes dont know what to do.  does anyone have these problems?

[buriedinfur]

I think that one of the biggest aspects of having fibro is to nurture my mental health aspects of it. So important. But yeah, I have a lot of days that I wonder why I'm doing this and want to give up.

Still, getting peer support, councelling/therapy and making sure that I eat well and try to get as much sleep as I can helps. I know it sounds like a standard line but yeah...it does help.

[Cindee56]

yes, my life is totally different now.  I don't go out much and I don't even care.  Sometimes I have better days, but most days my back and knees hurt too much to do much of anything.  It's all I can do to keep up with normal housework and errands.

I used to exercise 5 days a week at the gym and walk my dog.  Now I can only walk him for about 5 minutes.

I am on some new treatments so I am hoping things will improve, but some of my problems I know are permanent.

[catwoman64]

SAME PROBLEMS HERE .   I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP IN MY BED FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS NOW.  I HAVE TO MUCH PAIN WHEN I SLEEP IN A BED AND I JUST RECENTLY WENT AND  BOUGHT ME ONE OF THOSE LATEX BEDS AND I CAN SLEEP IN IT FOR A FEW HOURS THEN IM RIGHT BACK TOTHE RECLLINER AND I BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE MEMORY FOAM BEDS AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT I COULDNT SLEEP IN IT AT ALL... IT FELT GOOD AT FIRST BUT WHEN U LAY IN IT AND THE FOAM SQUASHES DOWN SOME AND MAKES IT HARDER AND THATS WHEN I WAS RECOMMEDED TO GET ONE OF THE LATEX BEDS.  I STILL SLEEP IN MY RECLINER THOUGH.  MY PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY ITS 24-7  AND IM EVEN ON HIGH DOSES OF PAIN MEDICATION AND IF IT WASNT FOR THAT I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO WALK AND THATS NO LIE.  WHEN I GET UP FROM MY CHAIR NOW WITH TAKING THE MEDICATION IT IS STILL HARD TO GET UP AND WALK , MOVE AND ITS LIKE MY FEET HURT SO BAD THAT I CANT HARDLY WALK ON THEM.. NOT TO MENTION THE WAY MY BODY FEELS TO.  I DONT LIKE TAKING PAIN MEDICATION LIKE I DO BUT FOR NOW ITS THE ONLY THING THAT IS KEEPING MY SANITY...IF THEY WOULD TAKE MY PAIN MED. AWAY I WOULD START HAVING SUICIDE THOUGHTS AGAIN AND I JUST WOUILDNT BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PAIN THAT I HAVE!  IM NOT EXAGGERATING ONE BIT!  WHAT I GO THROUGH EVERY DAY AND NIGHT ( I DONT GET THE RIGHT KIND OF SLEEP) IS HELL AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT FOR  NOW CAUSE I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.  I KNOW IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER KNOWING THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IM NIOT GOING NUTS!  I DO NOT WISH THIS ON ANYONE!TAKE CARE AND GOOD LUCK!