Does anyone have this problem? I didn't used to be able to sleep because of pain. Now I sleep like ten hours and take a nap in the afternoon. I feel so lazy. Do any of you sleep too much. The nap makes me feel great the rest of the day so it is hard to give up. I could set the alarm to get up in the morning but hard to do when I don't have a job. I am feeling guilty. Never slept this much in my life!!!!Roxy, It sounds like you can be making up for lost time. When the doc lowered my pred I actually got tired and took naps during the day. It felt so wonderful. Then he upped th dose again and all is not that good.
Please enjoy the good sleep. Some of your troubles are going away and maybe you arent as worried and upset so, you are having some good quality sleep. I envy you.
Barb
Roxy, I have been the same way for quite a while. I know what you mean about feeling guilty. I'm on disability and we actually retired from our own business 5 years ago, but I still feel guilty if I sleep late and nap in the afternoon.
I still do sleep, though, because I have no choice. Someone else said recently that they fall asleep at the computer and I do that too. I really hate it because I have so much to do for Christmas! I just need to get through that, it has always been my favorite time of year! My precious husband did all the baking because I can't stand more that 15 min. without my back hurting horribly.
Bless his heart. He had total knee replacement 6 weeks ago! He's an angel.
Well I'd better try to get to some of my Christmas chores. My best to you Roxy. You are not alone.
Nini
Sleep the sleep of the peaceful child who's resting from a really big day. You've been having several months of a really big day.
Unless you feel the sleep is a sign of another problem (depression, over-medication, etc.), maybe you should just accept this as another gift, along with the pain relief, of your decision to take the pain killers in order to get your life back. Maybe you're not sleeping your life away, but sleeping it back into yourself?
While I'm not knocking anything anyone has said to you, I would like to point out that you DO have fibro, and too much sleep w/fibro CAN be a bad thing. Remember what Sara said about keeping to a schedule. If you come to a point where you're just too tired ALL the time, and it interferes, you may need to start forcing yourself into a routine. The first few weeks might be hard, too. But over time you'll find you have more energy and are less sleepy. Just keep it in mind! Until then, enjoy your catching up! I have interupted sleep so I tend to nap during the day. Part of fibro is being tired a lot too. You could also be catching up. It has been a stressful month and a half or so for you and your body could be just healing itself from the stress.
I GET UP IN THE MORNING AND ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER ,I WANT TO LIE DOWN AND SNOOZE FOR A WHILE. I ALSO SLEEP FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON . I FALL ASLEEP WHILE I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE AND IN THE CAR GOING TO THE SHOPS( NOT IF I'M DRIVING LOL). I AM ALWAYS TIRED. FELL ASLEEP ON THE TOILET LAST WEEK. MY G.P. HAS JUST ORDERED BLOODS AS HE THINKS I HAVE ANEMIA.
I take a nap for a couple of hours almost daily. You have control of your pain now and probably catching up.
Give yourself a time limit, Roxy - allow yourself to sleep as long as you want to for - 2 more weeks - 3 more weeks - some time that you set for yourself, and then treat it like prednisone - wean yourself off of it. At some point, you'll be physically caught up, but you're probably not there yet. Thanks for permission to not feel guilty. I had a ton of tests today, I drove, got very lost, spent hours at the hospital to get Kelsey's blood tests and mine and xrays. I made all the calls to be sure they had faxed the orders. After an hour of trying to park, finding valet parking, waiting in line to be sent back out as they would not do it with my yorkie, I illegally parked in physician parking. Kelsey and I then had to take a shuttle to the hospital, then spent 1.5 hours in hospital waiting room to find out they did not have the orders we needed, worried sick my car and sweet dog got towed away. Took shuttle back and Thank you God , my car and dog were still there. So the entire afternoon was a waste. Start again tomorrow. I am so sick of all of this. I am going to look into changing labs so sorry to hear about your exhausting and non-productive day! I know how those can make you feel.Good morning all, Lyn - I wouldn't be surprised if I had a whole list of this auto immune stuff but I try my best to at least push it a little. It felt good to drive yesterday and get lost and laugh with my daughter Kelsey. I call her my driving angel. If I don't know where to turn, it's her turn to take a guess
I got good news when I got home. Kelsey now has a caseworker. This very nice lady is going to pick Kelsey up to get her a shot of resperidol, (Psych med ) and I am going to ask her to see if she can get Kelsey's blood test. Then as soon as my meds start kicking in and I defrost, (morning routine
Lyn, Abby is a crack up. She loves everyone but especially me. I am supposing that is because she loved you so much. When I come home, she nearly tackles me and has this thing about licking my ears. Maybe it is because I don't shower often with RA
My son says I need to wash my blankie. I have one electric blanket and I am not willing to give it up for a day to wash it
Santa, Give me a spare electric blanket for Christmas
Good morning all that's GREAT news about Kelsey. Things seem to have a way of working themselves out.
I have had RA foot problems. In fact, those were my first symptoms. I had those foot inserts made for my shoes at a podiatrist and it did help. Sounds like the alcohol and raising your feet is a good short term solution.
RA is a nasty sneaky monster. When I think I have my symptoms figured out, something else comes up. All we can is try to take care of ourselves and keep positive. It doesn't hurt to have our pets to cuddle. I am glad your little one is ok.
What would we do without our babies. I hope Abby doesn't do me any "favors" like you described
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