Have you ever stayed up all night? That same 'wired and tired' feeling might be happening on a lower scale on a daily basis now that you are sick #MECFS #LongCovid 

You probably noticed that past a certain point (of not sleeping) you actually got a rush of energy. This occurs as a normal part of our physiological response to stressors (in this case 'lack of sleep' is the stress).

Its a strange phenomenon. You know you need sleep and could hardly stay awake before but past this point it actually gets hard to fall asleep because of the adrenaline spike. 

This is one of the classic dysfunctions we experience in #MECFS and it leads us to feel better in the evenings. We do more because we feel like we can but the truth is that our bodies have already passed the danger point and we are in the 'wired and tired' state.

It then becomes hard to fall asleep and our sleep cycle starts to shift - with difficulty falling asleep at a normal time. As this continues we also experience a decrease in deep sleep which affects recovery and without decent deep sleep healing just doesnt take place.

This is the stress-sleep cycle that helps 'lock-in' chronic illness.