Monday, December 13, 2010

Fibromyalgia in the Night

Today is December 14th, early Tuesday morning at 12:57 AM.  I am always surprised when I see that it is already the next day, because in my mind it is still night.  But that's because I am a night person.  I don't know if Fibromyalgia has anything to do with it or not.  I have always felt better and more energetic at night, even as a young teenager.  And mornings were always misery, but of course not as bad as they are now at 52 years old. 
My husband on the other hand is of course a morning person.  By morning, I mean that he gets up at 4 or 5 in the morning by choice.  The only way I see that kind of time is if I stay up all night, but I force myself to go to bed at the latest by 2:00 AM. 
I'm not going to get into a lot of stuff about Fibromyalgia this first time, because you will get plenty of that later.  I want to set one thing straight-I am not writing this to complain, but to give you a real-life example of what it is like to live with Fibromyalgia.  The first thing you will notice is people with Fibro do not sleep well at night.  Doctors have tried different sleep medications on me, but I do not like any of them personally.  All of them leave me groggy and I end up sleeping even later and getting less accomplished during the day, but some are worse.  I do take an anti-anxiety medication prescribed by my doctor once in a while, but that also leaves me with hangover-like feelings.  I take it when I know for sure that I am too wound up to sleep at all.  I usual get about 2 to 4 hours of sleep at night, then I loosen up with a heating pad in the morning and fall asleep for 1 to 2 hours, then back to bed if needed until 11 or noon.  That is my "sleep" schedule. 
So, you will most likely find most of my posts are written at "night", although it will probably really be early morning.  I would love feedback, questions, comments, or anything in general, but if it is criticism, please be gentle.  Thanks!

1 comment:

  1. Hello My Dear Friend,
    I look forward to following your blog.
    You look fabulous in the blog photo!
    Blessings,
    Dodi
    Ottawa, Canada

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