Email me when you're feeling bad, honey?!? Have I been too tough on you? But you've gotta fight this! Jen's right. If you're gonna hurt inside - get outside! I know doing anything seems to make it worse right now, but that's because you have no idea of your limits yet. You'll learn, but it's like with IBS and how far you can push it - the ONLY way you can learn is to make mistakes and learn from them. DON'T think..."that walk hurt so I'm not doing that again", think "that walk hurt so next time I go out for half as long". The Fibro depression sucks. I think everyone goes through it. You feel like this is never going to end and you'll never feel better, but you WILL. The first major flare is always the worst as you don't have a clue how to cope with it. It WILL subside and you WILL be able to do more stuff.
Doing nothing is NOT GOOD FOR FIBRO! Remember this. So if you go out and it's hurts - think of it as taking your horrible medicine. I'm not saying overdo it, but I know what it's like when you're in flare. Going for a walk can be agony, ESPECIALLY in the first few minutes. But it will help in the medium and long term.
Come on sweetie! You can do it! Remember what I said about having one mission a day? When I'm bad, I write down this week's missions on a list, then I tick them off one by one. Walk Shana round the block. Write a Christmas card and post it. Do the washing up. Anything you can think of that can be done in one go. And reward yourself with a nap and painkillers afterwards if you need to, but it will really help both the depression and the physical Fibro to have done SOMETHING. Can you try walking Shana everyday, even if it's only a 5 minute outing? Or try and play with her in the garden. Sit down for this, don't overdo it, but it can still be great fun for both of you. Does she like playing tug-of-war with a favourite toy? Or fetch? Or just roll around on the floor with her.
Have you stopped the Elavil? I take that at bedtime now to help me sleep properly and it really seems to be helping. Anything that'll help, right? You need to talk to your doc about this. And get a new therapist - I'd have strangled that one by now! Grrrr! This is a shitty thing to have. Okay, it can make you a more caring and thoughtful person in the end, but at the moment it just HURTS, right? The Lexapro should help - you've just gotta survive the next 4 weeks without seizing up!
Good luck sweetie. Email me whenever you want.
Lots of love and gentle hugs!
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