A typical day dealing with fibromyalgia is filled with ups and downs. How the day is going to go all depends on the night before and how much sleep you get. I usually don't get as much sleep as I would like. I could sleep for eighteen hours and still feel like I need to sleep for more. After a usually fitful night of sleep, I wake up stiff and sore. It takes me a little while just to be able to get out of bed. I have to slowly stretch out and get my muscles working after having laid still for so long. I try not to plan too many things to get done in one day. The more things that need to get done, the less time I have for them. And with less time to do things, the more stress comes with them. When I'm stressed I have more complications from my fibromyalgia. In the middle of running my errands I feel the intense urge to sleep. It's so over powering that I need to just go home and nap. It's frustrating not to be able to get everything done, but I've learned that not everything is always going to get done when I want it to. I've learned that I have to ask for help sometimes. I hope that advances in fibromyalgia research can be made soon to help deal with the pain that can be so debilitating.
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