Back to it today after a week recovering from my back procedure-surgery-thingymebob
Looking forward to it! Just one thing, it’s a different instructor & my MS Anxiety doesn’t like change!
Bring it on! One more thing for me to overcome! I can do this! Sticking my tongue out to the alter ego ‘MegaSpecial’ in me! She will not win!
#strongerthanMS #MegaSpecial #megaspecialinme
The last part of ‘Constraints of my MS’ was
about PAIN & all the medication I take!
With that in mind, my next part talks about…
FATIGUEÂ
Fatigue is one of the commonest symptoms of multiple sclerosis and can often have a major impact on people’s lives. The level of fatigue does not reflect the severity of someone’s MS and people can experience fatigue that interrupts their daily life or that prevents them from working, whilst having no other symptoms.
Fatigue is very different from the tiredness or exhaustion that people without MS experience following strenuous exercise or a busy day at work. Fatigue is described as interfering with normal activity and being out of all proportion to any activity undertaken. It is often involves the sudden loss of energy and the inability to continue an activity. MS fatigue can not be worked through, as can sometimes be done with non MS fatigue, and recovery time also tends to be much longer.
Fatigue does not relate to relapses, nor to any permanent increase in disability. Previously experienced MS symptoms may get worse during fatigue but reduce again after rest. Fatigue can also affect cognitive symptoms such as short term memory, concentration or word finding. People report that it is harder to ‘think straight’ when they are fatigued.
As an ‘invisible’ symptom of MS, fatigue is sometimes not properly understood by family, friends or colleagues, who assume that the person with MS is depressed or just not trying hard enough. Fatigue is a major cause of early departure from the workforce.
Once again, I take medication for my fatigue which help by keeping my MS’y symptoms from getting worse throughout the day and help to keep me awake past 7pm!
Now, my fatigue is not only a symptom of my MS but it is also a cause from the cocktail of medication that I take!
I recently reduced the amount of Pregabalin from the highest amount of 600mg a day to 400mg day. I decided to do this so I could try & get a bit of brain function back instead of feeling as though I am in a daze 24/7 with my head in the clouds – also known as ‘Cog fog’…..
Suffering terribly with MS Fatigue I went on the search for some natural help! Let’s see if this helps!…
Firstly, they must have a camera on me when it comes to ‘Munching on a candy bar’ or as I like to call it… CHOCOLATE!
Secondly, when sitting in a chair looking up at the sky or tree, make sure you don’t get dizzy like me!
The best thing I find to help with this is an ‘Egg Chair’ you don’t fall out of it! (See photo)Â
GOOD LUCK
A Simple Breathing Exercise to Overcome Fatigue and Revitalize
Written by Jing J.
When you feel tired and fatigued, what do you do? For those of you whose natural tendency is to munch on a candy bar, hoping it’ll give you some energy and make you fell better…
Your instinct may actually be right. When you feel fatigued, your blood sugar level is probably low. Your body needs either more nutrients or oxygen to support its metabolic activities.
In this post, I want to share a simple breathing exercise to help you revitalize yourself without the risk of gaining weight by eating sugary snacks.
Here’s how…
Sit in a chair, preferably outdoors. Look up in the sky or at the top of a tree. Since we are going to fill up the vital energy center of your lower abdomen, you want to look at something over your head.
Take a deep inhaled breath, and try to draw the air all the way down to your lower abdomen if you can.
Hold the breath for a count of three.
Then release the breath slowly and gently. Make sure you exhale completely, emptying out the last drop of air in your belly. This is to release and detoxify the stagnant, waste energy inside of your body.
Repeat the breath cycle 5 to 25 times, and you’ll certainly feel reenergized and revitalized. Practicing this simple breathing exercise every day can help overcome chronic fatigue and enhance your vitality.
So next time when you feel tired and you’re about to reach out and grab a candy bar, try this exercise instead. Let yourself be nourished by the natural, abundant substance of the universe.
– See more at: http://www.cycleharmony.com/reme-dies/mind-body-healing/a-simple-breathing-exercise-to-overcome-fatigue-and-revitalize#sthash.crUg8I1X.dpuf
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