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After the EQ I over exerted over a few days getting EQ supplies ready, and fell.
The stress, the over exertion, (could not stop to rest),and the pain of fibromyalgia were worse than the sprained ankle. Since falling in 2013 and again in 2014 (breaking same ankle),
I really slowed down, was so careful!
My therapist had pointed to the fibromyalgia symptoms, (saying no, not crazy,
no not dementia), in passing, so it did not connect with my mind that this is what having fibromyalgia is like.
to stop putting things in front of the clock, hiding the minutes! Last night, I could no longer see the hour! Yeah but, I could see those minutes ticking away.
Glad your advantage plan is working out for you.
Speaking of diversion techniques. I do not have to do that with Mom. She does it to herself. And to me. :)
There is a whole lot of shaking goin' on, even when we do not feel it.
Another good thing about this SUPPORT GROUP FOR CAREGIVERS, it has been 7 days since the sheets were changed! I love to deal in facts, not guessing. It tells me, just a few posts down from this one.
What is pure torture......waking up several times, the digital clock minutes are ticking away, but I cannot see the hour, so I don't know what time it is! Seems something is moved, placed in front of the clock, on an ongoing basis.....(not by me).
In the middle of the night, I don't want to get up to see the clock. So many small irritations can add up......
He said it is common for a person to not be able to hear you or concentrate, so he jumped over some seats to get near her, and repeated to count with him.
A great diversion technique. Maybe it would help someone elderly if one can interrupt their train of thought.
Sometimes one must just take action on one's own behalf.
Go to the laundromat, get gas for the car, pay the bills, change the sheets, cash in those recyclables, get bottled water on hand, stop to get coffee creamer on the way home.... all done by 10:00 a.m........Yay!
Uh oh, I forgot to get orange juice.
Did I mention he is retired?
Whew!!! Thank Goodness!
Not that I have anything against orange juice.
When I get stuck in the "pit of despair" I sing or say "Amazing Grace" out loud or just to myself. Focusing on the message of the verses lifts me above my worries & cares.
I do take Klonopin occasionally for sleep. Half the dose that was prescribed and still I feel zonked the next day. You know that feeling you get when you nod off in front of the t.v. and then suddenly wake up with a start. I feel like that the whole next day after taking Klonopin. We'll be driving along and then DH says something and I jump. No, I'm not the one driving. Can you imagine? LOL
Hubs and I rented a movie last night called The Mustang about a program where prisoners tame wild horses. The main character was this closed off, angry man who became totally attached to this horse he was trying to tame. It was a simple movie but I found it quite touching cause this horse tamed him too.
I don't need to be tamed but I'd love to have a horse to bond with.
Sometimes I grab one of the journal's I kept when I was caring for Mother and that makes my day harder.I know better ,but I still do it anyway.
What kind of studies show brain chemistry changes? I know my mood can change, even my responses. The way I start my day makes a difference. When I start with prayer and meditation, everything seems easier. When I don't, my thinking has been changed from negative to positive by reminding myself what I've been told by friends. I can restart my day at any time. That's the self-talk some one else mentioned.
I am trying to change my negative thoughts to positive but it seems like nothing is going well in my life right now. I wonder sometimes if I'm bringing it on myself somehow. While I do pray and trust the Lord I think he sometimes needs to bring us to a point where we have no other choice than to just give up and stop putting barriers up so he can get in there and help us.
I know I feel tired so much now and life seems impossible. I am getting to a point where I just don't care and feel like I'm standing back and watching things from somewhere else. I feel detached from myself these days is what I'm trying to say. I think it's a form of self-protection maybe.
Finally,brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.