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"Painsomnia" from Fibromyalgia

August 30, 2019: 3:25 AM: Can't sleep. I'm in so much pain tonight. All I can think about is sleeping.  I've tried relaxing music, heat, tylenol-arthritis strength, my usual daily medication for my fibromyalgia,  and my essential oils.  I asked my fiancee kinda teasing but kinda serious if he could come over and slide my warm fuzzy socks on and pull my blanket over top of me because I couldn't move hardly. I'm so stiff, weakened, in pain, and extremely fatigued by my fibromyalgia flare. I was feeling great and was looking forward to seeing my fiancee for a dinner date until I got a call saying I would have to work an 11.5 hour shift today. I was supposed to train a new person at work and that person was a no call no show. Then got told that I would have to work all day. This is the life of management I guess. I thought I was doing ok when I got home but the moment I got into bed I could not move anymore.  At one point I almost didn't make it to the bathroom in ...