Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 In a message dated 04/29/2002 7:21:04 AM Central Daylight Time, margd@... writes: > I've been tired all the time for years, but this is something new. > Now just climbing a flight of stairs can exhaust me--makes my > heart labor and muscles tremble with weakness. Yesterday a > fifteen minute trip to the store gave me those symptoms plus > made me break out in a sweat and made me so dizzy I was > afraid I was going to faint. I've been in bed ever since and now > have to somehow find the energy to go to work. I'd have your blood checked, this sounds like me, when I get anemic, or low in iron. ~*Meredith*~ @~Atl~@ We're the renegades we're the people with our own philosophy we change the course of history everyday people like you and me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 I can't believe you wrote that..I've had that happen a lot. I always thought maybe it was my heart or because I smoke. > Hi everyone, > > I'm curious about the way other people's fatigue feels to > them--the reason is because mine has just changed in nature > and I'm trying to make sense of it. > > I've been tired all the time for years, but this is something new. > Now just climbing a flight of stairs can exhaust me--makes my > heart labor and muscles tremble with weakness. Yesterday a > fifteen minute trip to the store gave me those symptoms plus > made me break out in a sweat and made me so dizzy I was > afraid I was going to faint. I've been in bed ever since and now > have to somehow find the energy to go to work. > > Does this ring a bell with anyone? I have been diagnosed with > lupus and fibro, but never CFS. Before I could force myself to > struggle on, but this fatigue is incapacitating. I'm going to the > doctor, but just wanted to run it by the experts as well. > > Thanks for any feedback you can give me, > Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Hi there Margaret, My fatigue changes daily. But when it is at its worst it is a killer. It usually happens on Saturday when I go to the mall. Yes, even though I have FMS, I still am thick headed and must go to the mall! I'm fine in the beginning, but after a while, my legs start to hurt so bad, I cannot move. It happens often when I'm in the book store (when you stand in one small section for a long period). I also get very sleepy and when that happens I get irritable. This fatigue doesn't happen too much when I climb a short flight of stairs or walk a straight distance, just when I stand around without moving too much...it is strange. I usually go home and just sit around, but I force myself to do stuff, since I'm a single mom with 2 kids. I have FMS, Epstien-Barr and Chronic Lyme. ===== **Liz Kelso** " A nice pickle we have landed ourselves in, Mr. Frodo! " -- Samwise Gamgee. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Hi margaret, this sounds very familiar to me. some days, I am tired like I just need to lay down all the time; other days I am mentally days, and still other days I can sleep for 10-15 hours at a clip. Recently, I have also felt the feeling of being sweaty, faint, and shaky after walking room to room in my apartment. Usually after a couple days, or a week of resting, it goes away for a while. I just figure it's a flare or something. Shandi > Hi everyone, > > I'm curious about the way other people's fatigue feels to > them--the reason is because mine has just changed in nature > and I'm trying to make sense of it. > > I've been tired all the time for years, but this is something new. > Now just climbing a flight of stairs can exhaust me--makes my > heart labor and muscles tremble with weakness. Yesterday a > fifteen minute trip to the store gave me those symptoms plus > made me break out in a sweat and made me so dizzy I was > afraid I was going to faint. I've been in bed ever since and now > have to somehow find the energy to go to work. > > Does this ring a bell with anyone? I have been diagnosed with > lupus and fibro, but never CFS. Before I could force myself to > struggle on, but this fatigue is incapacitating. I'm going to the > doctor, but just wanted to run it by the experts as well. > > Thanks for any feedback you can give me, > Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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