Hi Laurel. I haven't found anything that can take the bricks off your shoulders as you say. The only thing I can do is rest, rest, rest. Maybe you need to just relax and rest and in time those bricks may come off. Here's wishing you a better day tomorrow!

Thanks, Ichoppel:

I should have mentioned I've been totally resting!! If I see anymore tv I'm gonna go nuts! I think slowly doing things may help. take care!

I started walking. First day a few minutes, increased each week and now go for about 30 min which is my limit!

I have also found that aqua aerobics have been a great help.

Also if you are not taking Vit D have your doctor check your levels.

Jill

Hi

I got rid of most of mine moving. I move all I can.
Research wheelchair exercise on You Tube, upper body, yoga, seated zumba, anything, just move.

This is how I see it. In bed im in pain, exercising also hurts, so I choose to exercise and many months down the line you will see the changes.
Worth any effort.

Alma

You may need to talk to your dr about ms fatigue and getting on adderrall, amentadine(don't recommend), nuvigil, provigil (but most insurers don't cover nuvigil or provigil) to help boost your energy. I have been on adderrall for two weeks and it is helping me be more awake. The physical fatigue continues but I am mentally alert. This is a new kind of fatigue. My bones and joints feel tired! My muscles are fatigued and I am thinking this must be with people with fibromyalgia feel like. All the rest in the world wouldn't restore my energy. I tried for over a month in bed! Crazy! Now I am back working w/a trainer every few days to keep my muscles from atrophying. Good luck! Don't ignore the fatigue. I wish I had gotten on adderrall long ago!

Some people also take ritalin for ms fatigue too or a combination of the other I mentioned. Some have had to switch back and forth between some. Here is a link to another ms forum where you can search for posts about fatigue or those meds I mentioned.
This is f/the fb forum from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Here is the page I am on but you can go back to the main page to find different subjects.

https://apps.facebook.com/forumforpages/70484114314/68eb3a5d-1ec4-4dbf-aabe-76b9ad372900/0

Thanks, all! Lots of good things to look into! Here's to a bright day!!

The fatigue and generalized feeling ill is my worst day to day symptoms. If I get a cold or something the symptoms just pile on. If it gets bad enough, might be time for everyones favorite; solumedrol or Prednisone.

It is really had for me to accept that this is the way it is going to be for the rest of my life.

I too have seen enough TV for 5 lifetimes with the same old, tired commercials selling weight loss gimmicks, snake oil to make a man's member go "BIG TIME" and the like repeated over and over.

If you are up to it, swimming, and whirlpool baths help. If you are on Medicare, places like the "Y" are supposed to be free.