Does anyone else find that forgetting to pace themselves can bring about a bad bout, but days later? Sometimes, when I forget to pace myself because I am feeling not so bad (rarely good!), I carry on and do too much. At the time I think it's all ok, then about four or five days later I am completely wiped out by it and have to rest for days. Unfortunately, I haven't really learnt from it as I - like many others of you - find it hard to adjust my activity levels to accommodate this horrible illness.
yes but its normally the next day with me, i think its because we cant get on and do stuff most days and things build up ,so when we get a good day we go mad catching up with stuff ,only to crash a again, the fatigue is the worse part of it for me. because i like to be busy.
Oh my goodness YES. This is exactly how I get. I don't get the whole pacing thing. It's easy for normal people to tell us to put off things or 'pace' every day chores that most people dont even think about before doing them - it's unnatural and basically requires completely re-training your brain - which is knackering in itself. Let alone the daily constant aches and pains! Frustrating is not the word. You're not alone 
I'm really struggling with this aspect of the fibro more than anything and am putting myself out of action for days at a time every 2 or 3 weeks at the moment. But I literally can't stop myself. It's an auto-pilot that when I feel okayish, I get my stuff done. It's the worst! Xx
hi there,
i know the feeling, though it is normally the next day for me, as i found out after vdoing some gardening felt good and though i can do this and i could but as i say next day it did not half kick me in the teeth. like many as soon as i feel a little better i think i can do what i could many a moon ago and forget what the outcome will be. guess we are just fools to ourselves, want to feel as "normal" as we can and try and forget this horrid illness.
janet
Yes all the time I over do alot then pay the price,My family thinks oh it will get better keep moving,I wish I could just want to hide for days because it hurts so bad seems like it gets worse each bout I have.
iv always been active dancing every night as a teenager, horse riding, when i was a bit younger, worked the markets in my school holidays for pocket money, and as an adult , when my kids were babes i used to get so bored so i used to put them in a pram not a buggy, and do a 3mile round walk just to get a pint of milk,
i used to clean my house every day from top to bottom including skirtings and doors, not because i was house proud [i was] but just because i couldnt stay still i needed to be doing, so now i get so frustrated and depresed because of the fatigue ,which i cant push thru,so when i get the days with out the fatigue i go mad,then completly ceased up the next day and wiped out for several, its the worst part , i dont know the meaning of the word moderation.
It took me many years to learn that I can only do so much in a day or pay for it. I limit what I do. I just turned 60 and have had fibro for 30 years but of course they didn't have a name for it back then. When my kids were growing up, I would spend a whole day cleaning and doing errands and would be drained. Ten years ago if I tried to do that, my whole body would throb by the end of the day. Now I just don't do that much in a day, and I break it up to 2 days an it's much better. Same with pleasurable things. I have learned my limits - well most of the time ☺️
I certainly do Tigs, like all of you, i try to pace myself but its just not possible sometimes, this week prime example, i have elderly dad who is very ill so i try to get him out on nice days as much as possible, we only go visiting relatives or quick pop to town, but that shatters me. also try to help daughter with childcare. I gave my dads flat a blitz which i knew i would suffer for, that was friday. i spent all day in bed yesterday, attempted to get up and go to family BBQ today but only stayed half an hour, felt so weak. have had a couple hours resting and snoozing but still feel shattered.
Yup!...Frustratingly happened last week when I did too many hours at work. I thought I could handle it but crashed and burned around days 3/4. Now on the go slow again, working my way back up gradually...that'll teach me! 
JK
Thanks for your reply. Yes, the fatigue is the worst bit for me too, I can cope with the pain. I sometimes find the pain is a warning of the fatigue to come though.
Yes, auto pilot is exactly it!
Exactly - I often think 'I can do this' and later I realise that I just can't without suffering. I look at people running and think 'one day I will be able to do that again' - ha!
It's so hard when people don't get it - my husband doesn't - then I think well why should he when i don't get it myself!
That made me grin - moderation!
I am the same age as you but think I'm still 40! Like many of us, I look fit and well so it's hard for anyone to imagine how it affects me. I was diagnosed about 7 years ago but it had been going on for a few years longer than that. I had a brilliant doctor then, who really wanted to get to the bottom of my problems.
Yes, you did brilliantly to do all that and as you say pacing is not always possible as life happens.
So many of us the same, reassuring in a way but still so difficult for us all.
I found out that same thing, I swepted and mopped my floors on a friday evening, monday came and i felt likeI had just been ran over by a dump truck. I did make sure we did not have any plans for the weekend because I new I would feel bad after doing my floors but I felt tired and very little pain. I am feeling like nobody will clean my house like I do.
oh god if i didnt get up and struggle to do it ,i would be knee deep in muck , but like you i am knackered once iv done it but when you tell anyone even your other half they just dont get it, have you tried any supplements .