Delay between overdoing it and suffering bad bout?

yes but its normally the next day with me, i think its because we cant get on and do stuff most days and things build up ,so when we get a good day we go mad catching up with stuff ,only to crash a again, the fatigue is the worse part of it  for me. because i like to be busy.

Oh my goodness YES. This is exactly how I get. I don't get the whole pacing thing. It's easy for normal people to tell us to put off things or 'pace' every day chores that most people dont even think about before doing them - it's unnatural and basically requires completely re-training your brain - which is knackering in itself. Let alone the daily constant aches and pains! Frustrating is not the word. You're not alone I'm really struggling with this aspect of the fibro more than anything and am putting myself out of action for days at a time every 2 or 3 weeks at the moment. But I literally can't stop myself. It's an auto-pilot that when I feel okayish,  I get my stuff done. It's the worst! Xx

hi there,

i know the feeling, though it is normally the next day for me, as i found out after vdoing some gardening felt good and though i can do this and i could but as i say next day it did not half kick me in the teeth.  like many as soon as i feel a little better i think i can do what i could many a moon ago and forget what the outcome will be.  guess we are just fools to ourselves, want to feel as "normal" as we can and try and forget this horrid illness.

janet

 

Yes all the time I over do alot then pay the price,My family thinks oh it will get better keep moving,I wish I could just want to hide for days because it hurts so bad seems like it gets worse each bout I have.

iv always been active dancing every night as a teenager, horse riding, when i was a bit younger, worked the markets in my school holidays for pocket money, and as an adult , when my kids were babes i used to get so bored so i used to put them in a pram not a buggy, and do a 3mile round walk just to get a pint of milk,

i used to clean my house every day from top to bottom including skirtings and doors, not because i was house proud [i was] but just because i couldnt stay still i needed to be doing, so now i get so frustrated and depresed because of the fatigue ,which i cant push thru,so when i get the days with out the fatigue i go mad,then completly ceased up the next day and wiped out for several, its the worst part , i dont know the meaning of the word moderation.

It took me many years to learn that I can only do so much in a day or pay for it. I limit what I do. I just turned 60 and have had fibro for 30 years but of course they didn't have a name for it back then. When my kids were growing up, I would spend a whole day cleaning and doing errands and would be drained. Ten years ago if I tried to do that, my whole body would throb by the end of the day. Now I just don't do that much in a day, and I break it up to 2 days an it's much better. Same with pleasurable things. I have learned my limits - well most of the time ☺️

I certainly do Tigs, like all of you, i try to pace myself but its just not possible sometimes, this week prime example, i have elderly dad who is very ill so i try to get him out on nice days as much as possible, we only go visiting relatives or quick pop to town, but that shatters me. also try to help daughter with childcare. I gave my dads flat a blitz which i knew i would suffer for, that was friday. i spent all day in bed yesterday, attempted to get up and go to family BBQ today but only stayed half an hour, felt so weak. have had a couple hours resting and snoozing but still feel shattered.