I don’t take naps. The reasons are twofold. I typically cannot fall asleep (despite being exhuasted) and, if I do fall asleep, I hate how I feel when I wake up. I think about all I could have accomplished instead of sleeping. And I swear I always feel more tired than before the nap. Despite [...]
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Back to my Wednesday doctor’s appointment. Consider this a refocused addition to Fibromyalgia and your Doctor’s Customer Service, Part 1… I always seem to be pondering an issue, product, or theory and I often think of questions I’d like to ask my doctor (or chiropractor). I trust their opinions above any other medical field worker [...]
I feel like Kathleen Kelly. “When I’m confronted by someone I get tongue tied and my mind goes blank. Then I spend the rest of the night tossing and turning over what I should have said. For example what should I have recently said to… a bottom dweller who recently belittled my existence?” Except the [...]
The plan continues to work well. Fortunately, yesterday and today I have been able to catch up on sleep. Like BlaxTiger, I too appreciate a morning nap. Lately, around 10 a.m. I am completely unable to stay awake. I stagger my way to bed and crash until a phone call awakes me… and I feel [...]
I had forgotten how exhausting life can be during a flare-up. Lately I feel quite alert in the mornings but I crash around 10. After about 45 minutes relaxing or napping I feel energetic again. My energy lasts until around 3. I relax for a while, get up in time for dinner, so it goes [...]