DOes any one ever get enough sleep?

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Good morning my new buddies,

I just got nearly 12 hours of sleep and am still so sleepy. Is there

ever enough sleep? I think that one of the things that I hate the most

of this disease monster is the total fatigue. IT isn't just a regular

tired it is the most intent exhaustion. I know that I am still in the

more beginning stages of this but have any of you found anything to help

with the tired or the need to sleep? I know that last night I fell in

the bed so exhausted because I haven't slept in 4 days and my body was

making up for lost sleep,

How do you talk to the Dr about this so that he will understand and

actually do something to help? I know that taking melatonin can help me

sleep better but leaves me so foggy the next day, but it is an herbal

med. and I like the herbals, most but most of the time they don't work

as well.

I think that one of the things that I hate the most right now is the

tired, I cant convey this to the children they don't understand and my

dear husband although he is trying so very hard to get it, he just

doesn't either. I think he nearly caught on, Sunday when I was watching

a movie with him one min. and asleep very deep the next. You know that

sleep the one where you cant wake up even when you want too. He is

beginning to get it howbeit slowly but that is better than nothing. The

pain is always there lurking, always in the muscles and the bones. My

back often feels like it is completely out of whack, I tried to describe

it to my children, by telling them that my muscles tingle like they are

asleep all of the time. it is not a pleasant feeling and my bones hurt

deep They want to massage me and make it better but some days just their

touch can send me into acute pain. I want to be a normal mommy again, I

want to hug my children and I want to play with them. Sometimes I wonder

why the Lord choose those of us he does to have the trial of this

disease? Is it because he knows that we are capable of not only dealing

with it OR is it because he knows that we can be a great witness for him

with it? Whatever his reasoning, like of the bible I wish that he

would take this affliction away from me. I want to feel good again< I

want to enjoy my children until they are old enough to be on their own.

Some days I sit and listen to them talk and the older ones tell the

younger ones of when I would take them to the park and play with them or

we would play different games, like tag or base ball. now it takes all i

have some day just to go out of the door. It breaks my heart to heat

them talk and know that I cant do that with the babies now.

I always feel so worthless, when my friend comes over to help me, she

has Graves disease and Adrenal fatigue and she pushes onward, while some

days it takes all I have to just to get out of bed. and not cry for the

pain. Why is that some people can push their bodies and others can't?

Why is that some bodies can go on through the pain and others just want

to stop?

I am mostly just venting and I hope you don't mind. I hear myself say

day after day after day, I am so tired of being tired, and I am so tried

of the pain and the feeling of worthlessness. I want to push on and get

my houses clean and I wand to do all the things that I used to be able

to do and I can't. Some days I wonder why I even get out of the bed, By

the time I am dressed and have breakfast ready for the kids, I am pretty

much wiped totally out and I want to take a nap. I just wish for the old

days and live in the new ones. Oh well thank you all for listening to

my ravings. I am so glad that I found this place where even though I

don't post often I feel like I have a new family that not only listens

but understands and will just let me whine.

Soft hugs to all of you ,

Rise " Wampler

Wife to Rich, mother to 11 Angels straight from God .

Hebrews 13:2, " Be not forgetful to entertain angels for thereby some have

entertained angels unawares. "

The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance

between your knees and the floor.

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