Living with inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and spondylitis affects every moment of your day. The same thing goes for any condition that causes you daily stiffness, pain, and fatigue.
You're completely over it from the moment you get out of bed, frustrated that you have to deal with this on top of all the stuff that comes with attempting to be a fully functioning adult.
Where other people your age may struggle to keep up with friends, you're struggling to keep up with dishes.
When your friend's toddler acts up, they just carry (or drag) the kid to relocate them. You have to hope that the child cooperates at least a little because you know your wrist cannot take carrying them all the way up the stairs.
Even on a good day, you know tomorrow could be a completely different story. It's hard to make plans when you never know how much energy or spoons you'll have on any given day. You feel like you have no way to predict how tired you might be or how much pain you'll be in.
You feel like you've tried everything
- Cutting out entire food groups, even the stuff you love
- Taking handfuls of supplements every day
- Following strict exercise routines -- when you could move at all
- Overwhelmed
- Isolated
- Anxious
- Helpless
- Frustrated
- and even guilty
No wonder you're burned out, exhausted and struggling!
