Fatigue or just laziness
I need some help with this issue, please. I am still working a 40 plus hour week. I am a medical research librarian, and work primarily from home and go to the office, usually, 1 day a week. On at home days, I get through my day, make dinner, maybe get a chore done, then I sit and do mindless activity until bedtime. I try to have leftovers ready so on the days I go to the office, I can get to the mindless portion of my day faster. I am slightly more productive on weekends, but still spend a chunk of time either sleeping or on mindless activity. Am I just lazy and need to get my rear in gear, or is something else going on? Does anyone else have this issue?
The fatigue of RA and chronic illness is real and it can be debilitating. It isn't just a matter of more sleep either, unfortunately. It's threefold - it saps your energy faster, it kills motivation, and, yes, it makes physical exhaustion too. So it really is a triple whammy. There isn't much of a cure for it other then to find out what best you can do for your own illness to help lessen it and, yes, sleep may be a part of that, but it also may not! I wish we had a better answer for you but fatigue is not only ubiqutious for RA but also enigmatic! Just know you are not alone! Keep on keepin' on, DPM Thank you. "Lack of motivation" explains it exactly. Even when I know what is on my need to accomplish list or want to accomplish something, many times it doesn't get done if it doesn't directly affect the health or safety of me or my dogs.
I'm trying to do less meaningless, by switching to audio books instead of YouTube
