Anxiety will do this to you. Drink some water to rehydrate yourself. That should help reduce the feeling you have now. You have been under strain for a time now, and it takes water away from your muscles.
Hope this helps.

Thanks, that is a good idea. It certainly could not hurt. I had a flurry of activity in which I laid out everything to pack before stuffing it in the suitcases. (I have only the stuff I took on the plane from California with me now.) Now I am flat on my back again. My whole body is achy--achier than usual--and my legs feel so heavy.

So there is a branch of my bank right down the street where I am moving. But I don't know how that will impress my new landlord. "Oh, wait just a minute while I run to the corner to get some money."

I swear, if I live through today, I am going to spend the whole Labor Day weekend flat on my back reading novels and goofing off. I think of myself as a lazy person, not someone who pushes herself too hard. But my living situation has been so haphazard for so long. I have been living out of a suitcase--sometimes bigger suitcases, sometimes fewer--for so long, more than a year really.

I get so exhausted at times its unreal there are times I do not hardly move for days. My legs will feel weak and I get tremors in my legs on my back and will so shaky can hardly talk at times. Not sure why it all happens this way but you are not alone, its a terrible feeling. Hope your day gets better and your weekend of relaxing sounds like a great idea! Just a question have you had your thyroid levels checked lately?

I hope it got better for you, it sounded a bit scary but it did sound very familiar. I've been over-extending myself for nearly 2 years and get that sort of feeling many times now (I get very pale and sort of jittery and can't breathe properly - it's not nice!). In fact, at the moment my exhaustion is my primary complaint now I dont' have to work for awhile, and I just rest rest rest and rest! But it is working, and then I can start working on the MPS.

The water tip is a good one, I've noticed when I'm knackered I really forget to hydrate and then end up worse. Vicious circle.

This should be short term exhaustion, hopefully, as long as you make good on your promise to rest over labor day weekend! And it's not goofing off, it's as important as a prescribed treatment. Well done for getting through so far, and good luck with the last step.

hugs, Pxx

I have these same feelings all the time. The exhaustion is awful and I get all flushed and sweaty and my heart races.........I am very intolerant to the heat also, I feel like I'm going to pass out all the time! I thought it was just me, never heard of anyone else having this. I just went through a bad spell of this and I have been taking a steriod, that makes it much worse. I was also taking a water pill and I think I got real dehydrated, my muscles were shivering and jumping all over! I stopped the water pill and the steriod and I feel much better now. It also caused a terrible bout of constipation???
I have been so sick for several days now, can hardly leave the couch, it sucks!

Chimercial,

I can relate on a few levels. Stress and anxiety will do it to you. I just moved (so did Pumpkin) and it feeds the stress. Hurricane Irene is causing me a problem with the closing of my house . . . darn storm.

Living with uncertainty is hard enough for people without pain let alone people like us. You struck a cord in me that you think of yourself as a lazy person. So do I and that kind of self recrimination isn't healthy for one's self image. We should make a pack to change that . . .

Getting back to your exhaustion, that happens to me. I get to the point where I'm shaky and my brain stops working along with my body. I think it's the central nervous system being overwhelmed by pain signals. I've also been recently diagnosed with fibro. Have you ruled that out?

You've got the right idea to relax over the weekend. The Central Park area is vibrant and beautiful. When you feel better, you'll have a wonderful place to explore.

Hugs to you. Tink

Thank you everybody. Your replies were wonderful. I am now in my new room and have the whole day ahead with nothing to do. It is a bit awkward living with a roommate I don't really know. I think anxiety had a lot to do with my reaction yesterday. I have the same exhausted feeling right now, however, but I don't have to go anywhere or do anything! Hooray.

I will never forget how guilty I felt when I was lying exhausted on the couch and my 2 year old was taking care of me :(

It happened again, this time when I was walking back from my massage appointment. It was a great massage. He worked out some of my trigger points I have in my calves and left hip. But then I was walking back from the grocery store and my legs felt trembly, I felt weak and a little like I was going to throw up.

I looked around on the internet, and found that the flushed sweaty feeling I have sometimes comes from the codeine pills. It is brief, just when they first kick in. The Cymbalta makes me prone to sweat anyway.

But this trembly leg thing is different I think. I remember now I had it years ago once right after swimming. This was before I knew I had MPS, even before I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It freaked me out, but the doctor seemed to think it was nothing.

Chimerical,

Boy you have had so much on your plate!! Moving, lots of packing /unpacking, evacuating and lugging all your stuff. Im worn out just reading what youve been thru.

i hope this weekend you can rest and enjoy your new place, I take codiene also, i get flushed at times.

Hang in there.
(((((((GENTLE HUGS)))))))

I had a fit of exhaustion yesterday...like I couldn't even take a breath and couldn't stand up.