always tired

hi is it very normal to be this tired.....i can sleep all day long...for the past few days all i do is sleep...is this making me more tired. I didnt do anything today but stay in bed and just relax and hang around the house. I could go to bed right now and i only been up and about since one. is this normal....is there anything i can do to stay awake or get my energy back from lyme

jennie48-
this is so normal. your body is telling you something and you have to listen. My suggestion is to find something you like to do while you are resting to help spend the time. I wouldn't suggest anything with sharp points like sewing or anything hot like using a glue gun!!! (I have scars to prove my point!!) Reading books were a challenge for me because I could not follow the story line, as I always got lost on the characters, but i did find looking at books with lots of photos gradifying. Do you play video games? My neurologist told me it was the best thing for me. The easy ones like mario were what I started with. It helps with hand eye coordination and memory recall. there are also free games on the interent to help too.

maggie

hello maggie---
thanks i was starting to think that i was just being really lazy i am at my most tiredness ever since i have had lyme. i see the dr on tuesday for a check up and got lots of questions for him. its funny that you mentioned mario cause i have an old school nintendo that i was going to huck up today and play to keep my mind off thing and to keep bussy while resting but instead i played moraff's more jongg on my computer and watched tv. thank you for the advice and i will have to huck up my nintendo and and try to defeat mario lol did your neuologist say why it helps with memory recal?

thanks jennie

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"I will not let Lyme controll my life i will controll my own life"

In the beginning (the first 2-3 years) I slept almost non-stop. I was constantly fatgued and tired. Now, I'm fatigued and tired and have insomnia... I have to knock myself out to get some sleep. I'm so fatigued and can't get any rest. I just hate the domino effect of not getting sleep, taking extra pills to get to sleep.... having the pills not work.... walking around like a zombie and then by the 3rd or 4th day I drop... I drop for 24 hours straight.

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We'll get through today - Jennifer