[[If I exert myself at all I don’t recover for days.]]
Exactly- the way I describe it is it’s like we’re running on half-charged batteries, and when we overdo it, it drains the rest of the energy, and we have to recharge for days just to get back to our usual crappy ‘normal’ feeling of 1/2 charged-
I get real shaky, nauseous, my muscles hurt in arms, legs, back, neck etc like I’ve bruised them all, and my thinking gets even worse when I’m run down and recuperating
This condition, whatever it is, is horrible, striking many right in their prime of life, and completely making our lives a living hell- it’s like having cancer for crying out loud- or emphysema- the weakness is horrible!
[[I have been to a couple of different doctors and don’t know what else to do!!]]
The only advice I can give is either try to make arrangements to go see a specialist in Chronic fatigue, or to just accept that your life is changed forever- a VERY VERY hard thing to accept- especially being in prime of life- I doubt even a Chronic fatigue expert can help much- but if you have the money and ability to do so, it might be worth it- I’ve just come to the point where I just accept it-
What is strange to me is that every once in a while I will have an almost “normal” day. I won’t be AS tired, I will feel sharper and more coherent. When I have gotten them I have invariably done too much, over exerted myself, and rode the roller coaster back into the valley.
It is very humbling. Seven years ago I moved my wife and I into our home single-handedly—almost 4000 sf of furnishings. I have finished the basement, laid new floors almost throughout the house, re-landscaped the back yard. Up until 18 months ago or so. The den is about halfway done with new flooring (I can’t muster up the energy or motivation to finish). The yard is currently filled with debris from the rainstorms that buffered us for the past 2 weeks. I am afraid that if I don’t get better and start contributing more around the house soon my wife will have had enough. She “knows” I don’t feel well, but it sounds like a cop-out.