Coping with ongoing fatigue

Post date: 2018-07-20 02:16:29

Looking for ideas on managing my life while coping with intermittent fatigue.

I previously asked about fatigue focusing primarily on what to focus on with my doc. I'm working with her on that now.

I have good days and bad days. I need to work on managing my life so that while this is getting resolved (hopefully) I still maintain relationships and make progress on things like household clutter and hobbies that I care about.

I've tried limiting my social obligations but that has proved isolating and has led to depression, which does not help with the fatigue. I also hate feeling like I'm not making any progress in things like playing musical instruments, art skills, and other hobbies.

What seems to work best so far - Avoiding the things that seem to cause fatigue (tricky). Casual one-on-one lunches, movies, having people over (sometimes - sometimes it sparks more fatigue if I stress out over cleaning and entertaining), low-key household tasks. It would help immensely if I were an organized person and could stick to routine consistently - then I could just have a list of small tasks I did every day/week - sketch a little, clean a little, call someone on the phone or have coffee. (Complication - Adult ADD).

Question - how can I thrive at life while also coping with fatigue? Bonus: have you learned to be good at routines after repeated failed attempts to routine your entire life, and how?

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