I didn’t quite get the sleep I wanted, but I did get better sleep. I fell asleep fast, and sleep was better quality, but I still woke up early. My spine didn’t hurt nearly as bad as it has been for the last few days. The better sleep and less spine pain has helped lower the fibromyalgia. The inability to sleep when you’re feeling your worst is just insult added to the injury.
Oddly, I’m not inspired to play games or walk or whatever. I just want to chill out in my recliner. I need to catch my breath. That’s the thing about this fibromyalgia cycle. You might think that if I get a decent day, I can just get back on the horse and go do all the things I need/want to do. However, I have burned all my mental energy just getting through the difficult days, so there is a period where I just want to sit and enjoy not having mind-breakingly pain and to catch my breath a tiny bit. Refill the mental energy tank just a bit before I do anything (that might end up causing another flare up.) Of course, not being active enough can also cause flare ups, so who knows!
I did some much needed cleaning in the evening. I wouldn’t call it inspired. It was more like I was tired at looking at the dirty areas of my home. To say it hurt like a motherfucker would be an understatement. It doesn’t take much these days to push me to my limit. I already feel sore in a handful of places. Oh well. These things need to get done. If it flares me up, well, there’s nothing I can really do about it. I put magnesium oil on all the places that hurt. Took some ibuprofen and put on an ice pack. I’m just going to relax for the rest of the night and hope I recover.