Overdid it today

I am becoming painfully aware that this is going to require a complete and total lifestyle change on my part. I have good days where I feel pretty good, have energy, and am mentally with it. So...I get stuff done while I can. And promptly find myself in bed for a day or two. Today I vacuumed part of one small bedroom, one small bathroom and a short hallway. I did grocery shopping and a trip to Michael's Craft Store- about 1 1/2 hours tops and that includes the 20 minutes drive time to and from the stores. Other than that I sat and did a little crafting. By the time I got back home to make dinner I had a headache and severe pain in my upper back/neck area. I made a quick and easy dinner and come 7 pm I was lying in bed in severe pain from the waist down, a headache, tingling hands...and exhausted. *sigh* I have got to pace myself. Even if I feel good, I have to take breaks, I have to rest. It is so difficult to get used to. Especially because if you look at my day today...I didn't really DO anything. I mean, how hard is it to push the Dyson around, oh, maybe 25 square feet and do a fairly short shopping trip?? And, since I took an hour long nap at 7pm, now I am wide awake- of course. I am hoping beyond hope I at least have energy to do a few things around here tomorrow and am not flat on my back down and out for the duration.

"Monster List" of fibro symptoms...

http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/whatisfibromyalgia/a/fibrosymptoms.htm

WOW! A couple of these I have had for a while and I never would have made the connection they were part of this. Who knew...