Well, I see I'm not alone in having a physical dimension to my struggle with depression. At a real young age, I experienced the fatigue. Now, further along in life, I have pains and aches that xrays say are connected to mild-to-moderate arthritis. I've read that depression "lowers the pain threshold." If I was less depressed, I think I would ache less. But a lot of what has me depressed is that I can't get as much done in a day, as I used to. I know we slow down, as years go by. But this is way beyond what I expected. I don't have any real tough, chronic, physical disease.

I can relate to not feeling rested from sleep. Also, staying motivated seems to just get harder and harder.