My Fibro Journey Begins

To my knowledge, my Fibromyalgia journey started after I became pregnant. I had always been a person who required a good amount of sleep. My mother would always say it took her forever to get me to wake for school and I would often require naps afterwards. During my pregnancy though I became very sleepy all of the time. After I had my daughter the tiredness and constant exhaustion continued. I found myself falling asleep at work, struggling to drive from lack of alertness and struggling to make it through the day. I began to ask my doctor why I was tired all the time and staying awake was such a struggle. My doctor basically told me that I have to want to be awake in the morning and my family began telling me that I was being lazy. I thought I was lazy because I had no drive or motivation other than to sleep and nap. I could not reconcile the fact that I wanted to be able to do things but lacked the energy to do them. I was searching for answers, judging myself for being lazy and being blamed for my exhaustion by family and friends. I was miserable.