How the hell am I supposed to exercise with this disease?
I know exercise is meant to be beneficial for fibromyalgia, and it *has* helped on the rare occasions I've managed to do it consistently. But I *always* end up burning out and becoming practically bed ridden with fatigue.
On top of fibro, I also have depression, AuDHD, and possibly narcolepsy. Kind of the "super fatigued, zero motivation jackpot" lol. And when I do manage to exercise, even for 5 minutes, I burn out and end up so fatigued that I don't want to try again.
I sit in bed just about all day, every day. Often I want to exercise, even if just to stretch my muscles. But I like... physically cannot find the energy or willpower to do it. I can feel my health declining as a result; my muscles are stiffer, my pain is worse, I've started having heart palpitations, and I lose my breath so easily.
It feels like I'm killing myself from how little I exercise, and honestly? I probably am. But I don't know what to do about it because everything feels like too much. I feel like I don't even want to try anymore but I also don't want my body to waste away by the age of 25.
Has anyone else been through something similar? Has anything helped?