Crashes

Bah, and I was doing so well the last few days! I've had energy, was getting up and getting stuff done, even cleaned up the kitchen with my partner yesterday. My mood's been really good, too. My bf and I made plans to host dinner with some friends of mine tonight. Then this afternoon we went grocery shopping, and shortly before going to the checkout counter, I crashed. I just kinda spaced out, and felt so weak and tired all of a sudden. I'm still kinda in this funk now, and our friends are going to be here in about half an hour and I have to cook for everyone, and now I don't know if I can do it. I just don't have the energy right now. This came on so suddenly and unexpectedly!

I can relate. I get those sudden crashes sometimes. It's not fun. I still don't quite know how to deal with them, so I have no advice. Just wanted to let you know, you're not alone. I hope your dinner with your friends goes well and you manage to have some fun. Maybe you can skip the cooking, explain to your friends what's happening, and order a pizza? I'm sure they'd understand.
Good luck!

I have the same issues with energy and being tired a lot

Sometimes we just wear ourselves out when we feel good. I do that......and then I do crash..........When I feel happy and elated I can conquer the world until the gas runs out........and it is always unexpected.........boom!!!......for me...and also because I am older, its about pacing myself when I do feel good...Hard to do sometimes though!!
Let me know how dinner went....I have a feeling you found your energy!!

Thanks for the support. I like the pizza idea. If I can't get myself motivated, maybe I'll do that. I was planning to do shepherd's pie, which isn't that much work, so maybe I can make it work for me. My friends don't know what's going on, they're not really close enough that I feel comfortable telling them.

I'm mostly worried that I'm not going to be very responsive tonight with my friends. I was looking forward to seeing them earlier, but now I just want to be alone and in bed.

Yeah that sucks when you wanna stay In bed .Yeah thats sucks when you have too prepared for someone

Just tell them you burned dinner and it's pizza tonight.

hey,

thanks again for the support, I did end up cooking for everyone, which helped me out of my funk. I had a fun night. However, I think I let it go on too long, because by the end of the night I started feeling really dizzy, enough that I think I looked like I was drunk and stumbled around, and I didn't drink tonight, either. I feel bad, because my partner now has to clean up everything himself

Going to bed and getting a good rest now. G'night everyone.

Well, I'm in here a day late.... Sorry,
Glad your dinner was ok. I had the same thing yesterday, so you really are not alone. Had a bunch of people over for a super bowl party. Was great til halfway through cooking everything, then crashed. By the time everyone was there, I just wanted to kick everyone out.
See? NOT alone!
Glad the night went well. So good that your bf is supportive, and understanding, and willing to pitch in. Well done, that one's a keeper!
Keep posting,
JJ

Woah, ok the night got even weirder. I got so restless in bed, so I took a zopiclone, and then got up and went on a turbo kitchen-cleaning binge while I waited for it to kick in. Got the kitchen pretty clean though! Even had time to have wild sex with my bf!

I definitely slept well, though now I'm a zombie today while I'm waiting for the zopiclone to wear off.

Those ups and downs are just part of who we have to learn to be.
Hey, you're doing better than me. My kitchen would have stayed a mess if my partner hadn't cleaned it.
Keep up the great attitude. And keep posting!
JJ

Wow, hanners! Sounds like you had a roller-coaster night! So glad you pulled it off. Doing something like that can give you a sense of real accomplishment! Way to go!


My guess is your friends will take your stumbling or dizziness as just having worked hard and being tired. Maybe they didn't even notice.

Yeah, it definitely was quite a night. Not sure if our friends noticed, but my partner sure did. When I went on my cleaning spree, he had to stop me from stacking the clean pots and pans up super high. Clearly wasn't safe, yet somehow I was so confident that I could make it work easily??? Also I put snack bars in the fridge when I shouldn't have. Noticed it this morning and thought 'wtf???'

Thanks for the kudos, though - I could really use it at this point!

That he is!

He's been a wonderful support through all this, so glad we're together. At least, with all my negative thoughts, the one thing I've never forgotten is how much he cares about me.

Crashed again. The past week I've been doing awesome, started going to the gym in the morning before work, and was actually working full work days for once. I was really confident again, it was really nice being able to see my business working out. This lasted until yesterday afternoon, when I lost energy all of a sudden. I finally went to bed around 8 and didn't get up until 2 this afternoon. Even now I'm so tired I don't even want to get out of bed, and I'm not sure anymore I can make my business work.

Blah.

((((hanners))))) it's really hard when all this hits unexpectedly. Is there any way you could get to the gym again soon? You mentioned it in your post and dunno about you but that really helps my mood go up sometimes =)

Yep, I went to the gym again yesterday. Felt worn out, and slipping and falling on some ice on the way home didn't help either. After being home for a while, I ended up going back to bed. Was still pretty depressed throughout the day. I want my energy back!