Sx worse when tired?

[steph74]

I know some people have said their sx are worse when they're fatigued, but I've noticed a huge difference.  I have some mild ataxia during the day, but when I'm really tired at night, I stumble all over the place.  Last night I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, and I could hardly walk unsupported.  I had to hold on to the furniture to get there!  I also had burning in my lower calf, where I normally have a feeling of numbness, or a "sock" sensation.  I thought I might be having some relapse or something, but then in the morning, I was back to normal.  (This isn't the first time I've had that thought at night, but the sx always seem so real when I'm half asleep!  And then they're better in the morning...)

Could this suggest it's something other than MS?  Is this normal?

Stephanie

[Quixotic1]

Sex is always worse when we are tired, Silly Rabbit!

[Louby70]

I am too in Limboland,

I experience the same when I get up in the middle of the night, where my balance is so off key, I do my best to get as close to the wall as I can, as my hallway is very narrow & I have to pass the stairs to go to the toilet, at times it scares me slightly incase I really loose my balance at the stairway. My husband has noticed this & asks what are you doing.

I did wonder about it but just assumed it was because I was tired.

Loubyxx

[jensequitur]

My worst symptoms are usually in the morning, between 10:00 and 2:00 pm.

[steph74]

Thanks, Lulu.  That's a helpful explanation.  (As usual, it's also good to know that I'm not the only one experiencing this.  Especially being undx, it's nice to know I'm not crazy!!)

Stephanie

[Lulu54]

Stephanie,
We have had a few discussions about when our symptoms appear to be more active, and it is almost unanimous that when we lay down to sleep, the nerves begin to misbehave in a lounder way.

I'm not sure why that is, but perhaps it has to do with the elimination of all the other stimuli that keeps our body attuned to our surroundings.  Sometimes at night when I get up for the restroom I experience the same as you describe, and I often wonder if it comes from being awakened from a deep sleep where all of my muscles have really relaxed.  I hope that makes some sort of sense.

Now being fatigued  would be a different set of symptoms than those that come from  the tiredness we exerience in the regular daily cycle of being awake/asleep and in between.  Fatigue is its own separate category of exhaustion.

be well,
Lulu