So, a little background

I've never had the stamina of my peers. At least not since I had mono in high school. But while annoying, it wasn't "disabling". I had no problem with school, made it through for my bachelor's in Geophysics, then worked full time for a few years before I added getting my Master's (while working) to my schedule. And participating in the embroidery guild. I was even designing my own patterns.

Long way of saying, I was burning the candle at both ends and the middle, and we always joked that I'd eventually run out of candle.

Well, once I finally got my Master's... yeah. There went the candle. Fatigue finally set in entirely, and it hasn't left me since. That was over a year ago.

The nice thing is it waxes and wanes... so some months, I've been able to go on vacations and other than the fact that I had to drop the embroidery guild and going out with friends, I can carry on a fairly normal life.

Make that could.

Past few months, I've fallen into a slump and other than a good day here and there, I'm pretty much able to get about 6-8 *functional* hours in a day. The rest of the time, I can maybe watch TV... lie down and think... hm... that's about it. Do you know how boring and frustrating that can get?

And those are on typical days. Oh, those hours are also in 2 clumps of 3-4 hours each.

Bad days, it can be a struggle just to get out of bed, take a shower, and get to the kitchen to eat.

So, needless to say, I'm wanting to find something that will make me feel better. To go from enough energy to work full time and go to school and still play games and such...to the brain stuttering when trying to write even at my best of times? Not fun. Very frustrating, to say the least.

And I don't even have it as bad as some do.

Current status? A friend pointed me to a specialist here in town who has put me on ATP shots. And... they're helping! Only minorly so far, but I've only barely begun. Not enough I can go back to work yet (and I'm lucky -- I still have a job, even if I *am* on medical leave no pay for up to a year)... but we're working on it.