Enjoying the high before the lows come back...

I am always on here complaining or looking for ways to decrease pain. I thought it would be fair to write a post while being relatively pain free.

Last week was a horrible flare, probably my third worst of the last year of my Fibro battle. Nothing could touch the searing allydonia, the deep joint and muscle pain, nor help me with the awful depression. Fast forward a week and I feel calm, serene even, and my pain was so low yesterday that I did a quick (and careful) low impact yoga session at home. My sleep is better, I am waking up at 545 feeling rested, and I have enough energy after work to tackle everyday chores (grocery shopping, tidying up, etc). What a difference a week can make. I feel better than I have in months.

And I don't know why. My eating is the same, my meds are the same (I increased my patch 10mcg but that's really not much considering my normal treatment). I even forgot to take a pill. Twice. But the pessimist in me, instead of simply enjoying this moment of freedom, I am still constantly scourging through memories of what I might have done differently 'this time'. Oh well.

So to those that are flaring right now - remember that soon it will pass. Now I'm off to go enjoying sitting on my couch because I choose to, not because I *have* to. Choice is nice. :)

Good for you, Anna!   

You're celebrating the good times, just by writing about them. Of course, you're also feeling cautious - but how can you not, with Fibro? It makes sense to try to figure out why you're feeling better or worse. We have so little control sometimes, we have to maximize what we do have.

Maybe just that little increase in the patch strength really is doing it.

The last 3 nights, I've re-upped my Klonopin at bedtime, and so far it's making a difference in how I'm sleeping.  So I'll take it! 

May your good feeling last!

Debbie

I wonder, it sounds like it could be the increase with the patch. Sometimes you are so close, but maybe you needed the increase, even if it wasn't a lot. Regardless, I too am glad you are feeling better. Thanks for sharing the good news!!!

Hugs, Karen...