I know exactly how you feel after all thats why i'm not posting as much!
I too drag my behind out of bed for the kids but i have such trouble
staying awake. Somedays i do fine still tired not as bad. But most the
time i could sleep 24/7 whats up with this? I wonder if we have chronic
fatigue, or fibro whatever it is its awful my god i tell my self enough
is enough! Your not alone in this hang in there! I love you
Colette
>I have having the same sleep problems ( I can sleep 24/7) some days and can
>not understand what is causing this. Adhesions don't cause you wanting to
>sleep forever, perhaps fibromyalgia does or is it chronic fatigue, but my
>body just collapses as I'm not sleeping well at night and then it comes and
>somewhere around 4 in the night I sleep and will sleep the whole entire day
>away and have to literally pull myself out of the bed for the sake of my
>children or I know I would continue to sleep until the next day. I will have
>a couple of good days and then the collapse comes and I feel as though I am
>in a dead sleep and cannot rouse myself out. I was begging my husband to
>pull me out of the bed (to make me get out of the bed) as I could not on my
>own accord get out of that bed. The sleep adds to depression and guilt and
>these add to pain and the pain leads back to the sleep and depression and
>this all leads to will this ever end? Will I ever, ever have a normal life
>again? What in god's name is going on inside of my body? I have ARD,
>fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, what, what, what? I don't even know anymore,
>but I feel like giving up.
>
>It is hard to come to the board feeling this way; it is easier to stay away
>when one feels so depressed and so helpless and so useless. I can't help
>others if I can't help myself anymore. I have no faith in the medical
>community. I go to a new doctor hoping that they will give me some advice,
>some help, give me some hope, but her answer was, we aren't miracle workers,
>you've had all the tests, you've had the lap, there's nothing left to do now,
>this is your life. Wonderful, wonderful to think this is my life. What
>life???? Pain, drugs, depression, sleep, aches, pains, crying.... Days when I
>try to kick myself in the butt and yes, feel some normalcy, to only get
>kicked back the next day double for having a normal day or a couple of normal
>days.
>
>Oh, I'm sorry.
>
>Love all of you,
>
>Helen C.