[Reblog] WebMD Fibromyalgia Community: Fighting Fatigue When You Have to Get Out of Bed

“If you have fibromyalgia and work outside the home, on the days when fatigue slams down on you like a lead blanket, how do you cope? This kind of fatigue isn’t just about being tired because you didn’t sleep well the night before, says a community member — it’s like being starved of food or oxygen. Another says that the fatigue of fibromyalgia is often more difficult to deal with than the pain.

So what do you do? How do you get out of bed when you don’t really have a choice?”