I feel exhausted pretty much all the time! I usually sleep 7-8 hours per night and it doesn't seem to matter. I have to drag myself out of bed every morning. I feel like my tank is empty and I am running on fumes. I don't know if there is a solution to this, it seems to be part of the illness. I just can't do all the things I want to get done anymore. Sometimes laying down for an hour or so in the afternoon without actually napping seems to help.

Ditto on the exhaustion. I go to sleep early and wake up late. I still feel like I need a nap and I usually take one. I don't know if the quality of sleep I'm getting is just plain bad, but I know that I'm exhausted all the time. It sucks.

My fatigue can be crippling and often worse than the pain. When I go down I call it a crash rather than a flare because it can last for days or months.

I rarely can sleep or nap and even if I do it isn't refreshing.

No amount of sleep seems to be refreshing for me.

Even if I didn't work and could nap, naps just make me feel more tired.

Same with me. The fatigue usually bothers me more than the pain.

I nap 4 out of 7 days every week. I am fatigued almost every day

So I have been dx with both Fibro and CFS. I recently told my doc that I have learned to "deal" with the fibro stuff but the fatigue is KILLING me. Since I work full time I don't have the chance to nap during the day and there are some days that when I get home I just lay down for the rest of the night - sometimes not even eating dinner. I sleep about 8-9 hours a night and there are some mornings that I wake up fine but by the time I'm done getting a shower and putting on my makeup I am ready to go back to bed...and sometimes it's just after a shower. I have narcolepsy (in addition to the fibro) - mine is the form where I don't reach the deep sleep stage - so I take a medication (dextroamphetamine) to trick my brain into thinking that I got a full night's sleep...but even that doesn't work all the time. Oh well...it TOTALLY sucks!

I feel exhausted a lot! I get about 7-8 hours of sleep at night and lately it has been decent sleep. I am so tired most of the time it is a struggle to drive to and from work (30 min each way). I have had to pull over and take a cat nap just to get home.

I could nap at work and sometimes do. It seems like just a few minutes of rest I am rejuvenated for a little bit.
I just think it is how this illness is.

I have fatigue constantly but it just depends on each day and the level of it. I am even on a cp machine for sleep apnia and I still wake up in a groggy fog!

I do take melatonin to help me fall asleep at night and that does seem to help, but I wake up quite a few times during the night still

My morning it's better for me. I tiered as the day goes on I crash. Or I get ready to go some where and I crash right after and end up forcing my self to go or not going.

I need to nap every day. Usually it's like between 1 and 2 PM. I just feel so tired that I have no choice, but to get some sleep. I'm only 56 and wonder how much worse things will get as I age. Maybe some day they will find a cure for this horrible disease.

YES! I am probably going back to work soon and am going to ask the dr. for meds to help with it. My pain is manageable most days with Lyrica but the fatigue often hits like a freight train. If I really need to be alert I try to take a quick walk or put my feet up the wall for a few minutes. These help a little bit when I am starting to nod off but I feel like I am walking uphill through the mud most days.