Sorry to hear this...ususally I have good luck with water exercise. But why not just do half of it? You don't have to do the same as everyone else. Find the right amount and just do what you can. Talk to the instructor and explain that you might like to leave early. But I would also find out if there are any other classes that might be better for you. Is it just that you have not been exercising much for a while, and this is too much to start?

As to how much is too much, we each are different. I used to walk alot, like 25 miles a week, work on my feet for more than 8 hours a day, and do alot of yoga. So I like the feeling of physcally exerting myself, and being sort of worn out. But I have also found that if I do too much, I am worn out for days. You have to find the right place, but don't give up. Exercise is really good.

I would take breaks during the class as well so that you are not pushing yourself so much. It is good to tire a bit but not as much as you said.
Discuss it with the instructor as they are usually good at giving you ideas on how to ease into it.
Dont give up on it, see if there are gentler classes to start with or just do half the class to start with & ease into it.
Hope you continue as it will help in time.

I firmly believe that exercise can retrain our nerves and make us function better. Lots of info on biofeedback out there. Anyway... I about overdo it on my treadmill at times and some days I just have to take breaks. I started out with 3 minutes in January and now I can get up to 25 - not all the time though.... Sometimes I take a 3 minute break in between and more than once.

It's really all about our individual progression. I have to have my own goals and if a coach could help, that's great!

Hope I helped some!

I would say that 45 minutes is a big number to crunch on starting... Why not break that down... maybe 25 and a break? then back to it ?
The idea to get things going is to push a bit more every day.

i agree that you should just do a smaller portion of the class and build your body back up to the level of strength it takes to tolerate 45 min of exercise.

I started a New Year Resolution Excersize program of walking in the basement of the apartment building and riding an excersize bike.
Walk 1 mile around the storage lockers an 5 minutes onb excersize bike.

I told my doc I was doing it to show how well I was doing. That I had the ambition to maintain an excersize schedule. The problem is I told her it made me fall asleep so much. I started January doing iy every morning, but I was like a narcoleptic always falling asleep. It started to get me paranoid always falling deeply asleep like that. I'd wake trying to remember what I had been doing what I had been thinking and if there was anything I needed to do. It was making mew paranoid. I scaled back and found I could do it 2 days in a row, if I did it a 3rd day the sleeping started happening. I'm still maintaing my goal, but I only excersize for 2 days then I take a day or two off.

She said I was falling asleep like that because of MS spacity & she asked me if I wanted to start Fampridine(Ampyra) when it came out in march. She said not right away in March because the docs in the clinic do not like to prescribe a new med until it hasd been out for a while. But she thought wit Ampyra, I should be abkle to excversize every day without falling asleep like that.

So yes do mention it to your doc. Ampyra might be targeted to help you also.

I think the excersize is good. The only thing I think it is different for with MS and without. Before I had MS I excersized to build muscles,
with MS I just maintain. Perhaps you can do a half a class, you not building muscle you are maintaining.

How often are the classes? Perhaps decrease the # of times per week.

I think you are hurting things. MS excersize is to maintain. Find your maintaining point otherwise it hurts, just from a quality of life stand point.

Thanks for your question. I was going to ask a very similar one, so it was interesting to hear others answers. I wonder if there is any research on this...I should check. I am in remission and doing well in my daily life and have been working up to doing more exercise post-baby. A friend talked me into trying a step-aerobics class. In retrospect, I realize it wasn't a very good idea, but I really thought I was doing better than I am. After about 10 minutes, my legs and right arm were so numb and weak, I had to do the basic step for the rest of the class (which wasn't easy for me), since that day, I have been very fatigued and irritable. It was disappointing to feel so poorly, but at the time, it felt so good to really "work-out." I will have to change my activity and scale back. I just wonder if I will truly only maintain or if I can get stronger and more endurance if done correctly. I'll let you know if I find anything more out.

I'm totally with you on this one. Until my relapse last May I was playing volleyball 5 times a week and regularly getting comments about how I threw myself into every game, training session, even every rally.
SInce the problems started with my leg, I'm battling with how much I can do at each session and how often I can play. I'm down to two sessions a week and taking it easy in these sessions.
But it keeps me happy to be playing (even though I have bad days afterwards). Keep going while you can, but remember to talk to the people running the classes (as discussed above). If they're worth their salt they'll either know how you can modify their class, or they'll go away and come back with suggestions for you. Don't be afraid to ask them to do that. If they want a good reputation, they'll help. Nothing worse than a reputation as a trainer who won't help?
Good luck and keep going, at a steady pace.