Discussion Anyone else dealing with chronic Exhaustion?

[_Minsk]

Even on weekends i feel like i cant move a bit, waking up, taking a shower, brushing teeth.. Very easy tasks for most but it has become so damn tiring, i'm basically sitting all weekend in my chair and trying to find something which will distract me from my sad existence..

 

[Epsilon0]

Yes! I've been living with ME/CFS for more years than I can remember.

I recognize the state of utter exhaustion you describe, although I don't find myself in it right now. My heart goes out to you!

I too sat on a chair by the window, losing my mind, crying bitter tears, my body trembling with anxiety and exhaustion, wondering if I would ever feel the wind on my face or touch a tree again.

There's tired... and then there's chronic fatigue. The two have nothing in common. That's why only people with chronic fatigue can understand just how soul-crushing this disease is.

I really wish you all the best!

 

[RileyTanaka]

I've had little stints here and there with exhaustion and muscle pain/fatigue before I found ways to resolve it. My partner also has chronic fatigue so I have seen it firsthand and my heart really goes out to you. Hopefully this isn't annoying, but if you are curious, you may want to check out Rife frequencies for CFS on youtube. They have helped my partner some and while it's only treating the symptom and not the underlying issue, it might help you manage it a bit better. In any case, thanks for sharing.

 

[Harleyyy]

Even on weekends i feel like i cant move a bit, waking up, taking a shower, brushing teeth.. Very easy tasks for most but it has become so damn tiring, i'm basically sitting all weekend in my chair and trying to find something which will distract me from my sad existence..

me too. i cant help it. people think that its just laziness but its not. even sleeping is not an option for me as i get some realy horrible dreams about whatever is going on.

 

[maru.]

Even on weekends i feel like i cant move a bit, waking up, taking a shower, brushing teeth.. Very easy tasks for most but it has become so damn tiring, i'm basically sitting all weekend in my chair and trying to find something which will distract me from my sad existence..

Anyone else dealing with chronic exhaustion?
Yes! a lot of people here actually, people that understand how you feel and can give advice about it, or just talk really, it helps too.
So yeah, you're not alone in this, my friend.

Be it because of ME/CFS like @Epsilon0 mentioned, or as a symptom of depression and anhedonia, there are a lot of things that can lead to what you're feeling.

But there are ways around it, first you need to try to understand why you feel like this, if you can't find a specific reason, that's fine and normal in disorders like these.
It's also important to seek help of family/friends and also professional if you can, from therapists and psychiatrists, so they can give you a proper diagnosis of waht you have and help you overcome it overall, which, even though ME/CFS doesn't have a cure from what i know, i think there is treatment, same thing with depression, anxiety, etc...

 

[HoolioCoolio]

Yes! I've been living with ME/CFS for more years than I can remember.

I recognize the state of utter exhaustion you describe, although I don't find myself in it right now. My heart goes out to you!

I too sat on a chair by the window, losing my mind, crying bitter tears, my body trembling with anxiety and exhaustion, wondering if I would ever feel the wind on my face or touch a tree again.

There's tired... and then there's chronic fatigue. The two have nothing in common. That's why only people with chronic fatigue can understand just how soul-crushing this disease is.

I really wish you all the best!

I feel you, I don't have chronic fatigue but am underweight no sleep and have Central sensitization. I just cry at how little I can control... my muscles have atrophied so I cant do much anymore. I have a great deal of respect for people with fatigue and nerve problems. its a whole different world you cant exactly explain

 

[Epsilon0]

I feel you, I don't have chronic fatigue but am underweight no sleep and have Central sensitization. I just cry at how little I can control... my muscles have atrophied so I cant do much anymore. I have a great deal of respect for people with fatigue and nerve problems. its a whole different world you cant exactly explain

So well-put: it's a different world. That's exactly right.

I am sorry you are suffering.

 

[Outsider]

Most of the time I feel exhausted. I have to use willpower to force myself to do basic tasks but it is so hard and draining. Even reading is a problem or thinking damn. I was software enginneer and now I find it hard to fathom how things could have changed so much.

 

[ShatteredSoul]

Constantly. Suffered M.E since a teen and developed fibromyalgia in my mid twenties. Hell on earth,like a slow death. I wish the uk allowed assisted suicide, I'm surviving and existing in torture. This is not living, also throw in depression,two anxiety disorders,agoraphobia and ptsd. Nice cherry on top.
Oh and a tremor all down my right side. Yay. Lol.

 

[Of The Universe]

Yes, I zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[FuneralCry]

I am very tired all the time, no matter how much sleep I get. Everything is hard work, I would like to fall asleep and never wake up. I find just being alive to be tiring. I never feel well. This life is just a pointless struggle that we go through for the sake of it, for me I see no point in continuing it.

 

[stygal]

Yeah, since I completely pushed my body over the edge more than once by abusing it with drugs/lack of food and working shifts in the hospital until I couldn't walk straight anymore - I tend to get exhausted pretty quickly on my days off.

I sometimes feel that it's a way of my body telling me that I majorly fucked up in the past.

Sadly during the week I drink coffeine and take vitamins and push trough the exhaustion.

 

[Datguyohmy]

Yes, but I also have fibromyalgia and that brings a high level of exhaustion along with it. But no matter how tired I am, I still put off going to sleep because I know that sleep brings the nightmares. So it's like there's never relief. I'm either awake and completely fatigued, or awake and fighting sleep because I don't want to dream, or sleep and having night terrors. It's a vicious cycle that I'm tired of playing a central role in

 

[Snake of Eden]

Yes i always feel tired

 

[milly]

But it's a mental fatigue that then infects the body. I am forced out of bed for breakfast or anything, can't do it on my own.

 

[Foresight]

I couldn't get anything done without caffeine.

 

[milly]

I couldn't get anything done without caffeine.

So caffeine really works even for depression?

 

[Foresight]

It helps me. It's like my personal choice of antidepressant because it helps me do the things I'm here to do, which lifts me.

 

[Gordy99]

I'm tired most of the time but it's because of the medication I am taking. I usually drink 3 cups of coffee most days which helps. However, I tend to sleep a lot on my days off.