Thursday, June 27, 2013

Fibromyalgia's Cruel Take on Sleep

Chronic pain and fatigue are my main symptoms, which, of course the covers a lot of ground, but there are a lot of symptoms! I don't know anyone with fibro who doesn't have trouble sleeping, even though a big part of it is being tired. Its a cruel joke, really. "You're tired, but you can't sleep! No, no, no!" Its hard to say of the sleep issues cause the fatigue, or if the fatigue causes the pain causes the sleep issues. I think sometimes both happen, just depending on the day.

I woke up at 2:45 this morning, in pain all over. I got up and made a cup of decaf, and stretched a bit. I'm still waiting for the pain to subside, though I am feeling a bit better, its not better enough to fall back asleep. This is continuing a cycle that I've had set up for several years now of sleeping in the day and waking up too early in the morning.

ETA: I had a photo shoot yesterday, and was squatting and popping up, hence the hip/thigh pain!

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