I have been feeling exhausted for a while. Despite wanting to sleep, it was never enough. I’ve been feeling a weaken feeling on my muscles. Ten days ago, went I went to my Pilates class, I wasn’t able to raise my legs and arms. Was in so much pain. I thought I was going through a fybro flare. Couldn’t do anything during the weekend. I had no energy. Then, I was able to be seen by my rheumatologist and after the tests, apart from the lupus antibody increase, there was absolutely nothing wrong with my tests. I was so embarrassed, ashamed. Started thinking that my doctors would say I am crazy. Then, today I was talking to my doctor about it and he told me that what I am having is exhaustion and burn out. The symptoms were the way my body was yelling at me to pace down. I know it’s a holistic approach, but that made complete sense. I’ve been doing so much, working so hard… maybe, I am indeed burned out. So, my question for you guys is the following: how do we cope with burn out and exhaustion?
I am starting to feel a bit stronger. My legs have strengthened and my arms are also slowly getting better. It still shakes like a jello, but is improving.