Fibromyalgia & Energy Conservation
As is the case with many chronic pain conditions, one of the most overwhelming symptoms of fibromyalgia is fatigue. When you feel tired all the time, you just do not get to the things you want to do. You also might over-do when you feel good, causing more pain, fatigue, and stress. Using energy conservation techniques to help balance activity and rest can break this cycle and help you get more done during your day. Here are some simple energy conservation principles that you can use to help manage the fatigue you experience with your fibromyalgia.
First make sure to get the right amount of sleep for you. Go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time each morning, even if you don’t have to go to work. Make sure you have a comfortable bed and a quiet room to sleep in. If you’re taking care of young children who disrupt your sleep, try to sleep when they do rather than catching up on chores. Use relaxing music or relaxation tapes to help your body sink into sleep mode. If you’re experiencing extreme difficulties with your sleep patterns, consult your doctor. Regulating your sleep patterns is one of the most important factors in managing your fibromyalgia.
Please make sure to go through this particular blog post cautiously, the situation and the solutions have a multitude of differences. Next, schedule your daily activities. Make sure to prioritize these activities and try to complete the most important tasks first. If there are times of the day when you know you have more energy, schedule these important tasks for those times. Schedule the least important activities last or for times of the day when you think you might be tired. These activities can be postponed if you’re too tired to complete them.
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Nonetheless, make sure to schedule short rest breaks in-between activities. This is important whether the activities are physical in nature or mentally taxing. Another tactic is to alternate physical and mental tasks. This technique gives your body rest periods from different kinds of stress during the day, ultimately allowing you to take on more.
Here is a sample schedule to illustrate how to balance physical ad mental tasks with rest breaks:
8:00 – Walk the dog (physical stress)8:30 – Rest break8:35 – Call mother (mental stress)8:45 – Rest break8:50 – Vacuum (physical stress)9:00 – Rest break9:05 – Pay bills (mental stress)9:30 – Rest break9:45 – Exercise (physical stress)10:15 – Rest break
Your entire day can be scheduled on a similar basis. Once you get used to completing activities in this manner, you don’t have to write out a schedule if you don’t feel the need to, but you should continue to alternate the types of activities you do with rest breaks.
Last but not least, know when to quit. If you feel yourself getting tired and sore, stop doing activities before you hit that “point of no return”. If you have prioritized your activities, you’ll not have anything important left to do and you’ll be able to quit before becoming too tired. By following this technique, you should feel less fatigue the next day and should be able to get more done overall.
Fatigue can be very debilitating in fibromyalgia and can contribute to increasing pain. By following energy conservation techniques, you should be able to reduce your overall fatigue and get more done during your day.
If you would like more information on fibromyalgia, please visit the National Fibromyalgia Association at http://www.fmaware.org
Janet Meydam is an Occupational Therapist with twenty-one years of experience in the field. She and her husband have started a blog on the cognitive issues surrounding multiple sclerosis. You can view it at http://www.mscognitivemeltdown.blogspot.com
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Have I got fibromyalgia? – For five months: Physical & mental fatigue, Poor sleep (night sweats), Bad car crash.? I was innocent party in serious car crash in Feb 07 and suffered multiple leg fractures. Previous I very fit, sporty and active. Six hundred hours of physio to walk again and gradually went back to office job part-time Sep 07. Tried full-time work Jan eight but so tired (body and mind), muscle & joint pains, confused at times, migraines, IBS etc I became depressed (PTSD). On good days still went to gym with personal trainer and pushed weights! But suddenly woke one day in March eight – soaked in sweat. I've sweated EVERY night since (5 months) and also when I sleep in day (now need twelve hours sleep/day) – but dont sweat if awake unless stressed. Drs agree Im not getting quality sleep. I've no energy in day so had to give up work for four months! Im now on anti-depressants. Ive baffled Drs as had blood tests, CT scan, ECG, etc and all OK. Seeing Endocrinologist (Hormone etc) specialist soon. I'm on Tramadol and pain-killers so muscles not tender. Thanks to Rebecca who directed me to this diagnosis!
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Fibro unless your flaring at the moment won’t show in test, like a bone scan for instance. Fibro is a clinical diagnoses and it could possible be that and it can be caused from the car accident. I’ve had fibro since 1997, cant remember if i ever had night sweats, i do now I’ve problems with temp control, ie cold breeze trigger pain, total lack of tolerance to cool weather period and when its hot out my body temp is hotter. The PTSD could be the problem with the sweating. The symptoms your discribed could lead you and your doctor to believe fibro is the problem. I dont take anti depressants, i do take pain killers and thyroid medication, thats it. I did try all the drugs out there and none have helped. Now finding the right anti depressant to take with the pain med your on could help. My mother along with myself has RSDS, and Fibromyagia is a secondary thing to it and she takes anti depressants along with her pain meds and it does help her. Finding the right combo is the key and find a doctor that knows what this is and has treated others is another. You need to keep pushing yourself. Im in pain 24/7, pain i wouldnt wish on my enemy and everyday is a struggle. You need to slowly push yourself just past that i give up moment. Finding something to keep your mind off the pain and the other things that go along with it’ll help you. The point im trying to make here is don’t give up, don’t let this disease control your life if this is what you have. Know you’ll have good and bad days, so the bad days are more your still breathing and it could be worse. Just keep up the fight.
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Hi, I'm having acupuncture for ME, for about one 1/2 years. In the beginning once every week, now once a month or so (due to finances). It's not gonna cure you from CFS/ME, but for me it helped in relieving symptoms. And because of that, it helped me to build up some energy again. Sometimes the symptoms itself can cost you lots of energy. Like for instance if you have trouble sleeping. But it also helped me against nausea, stomach troubles, hormonal imbalances, headache. I can never be sure how big the influence of acupuncture has been on my health! But my health now is a lot better then a few years ago, or even then just a year ago. I still have ME, but I do work three to four days a week and last winter I’ve spend ten weeks travelling through SE Asia. Only one year ago this seemed like impossible. Is it because of the acupuncture? I really wouldn’t know for sure. Maybe I’m just lucky, maybe it's the sum of more things. Like, for example, I really watch my energylevels and listen very well to my body. I try to keep a balance all the time, between being as active as is still safe (which I really had to build up very slowly), and take enough rest. But I know for sure that acupuncture does help in relieving some of the symptoms.
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In my clinic, 70% to 80% of my fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue patients report moderate or better relief in their symptoms. They’ve less pain, more energy, and their mood improves with these changes. Do keep in mind that acupuncture is only one part of the treatment. Chinese Medicine incorporates herbs, acupuncture, diet, exercise, and more. If you decide to have Chinese Medicine treatments, I advise my new patients that four to six weeks of treatment is needed to gauge their response and to determine if further treatment is warranted. If at the end of four to six weeks there is no changes/improvements you may need to consider other options.