Lack of Progress in Cardio Conditioning

[bluestarman]

The tolerance I'm talking about from my experience is that when I'm running or whatever, I get winded sooner, my pulse rate goes high much quicker than it used to recently, and recovery is slower. I can't seem to make forward progress towards better conditioning. Also sometimes the next day it feels like a ran a marathon where I didn't but run around the block.

I found that going on Lexapro (I'm off now, thankfully), brought about both twitches and poor exercise tolerance. I briefly got better regarding exercise tolerance during the withdrawal period, then the BFS kicked in hard again and the tolerance went down. Never again on an SSRI...

 

[spinninghead]

I'm new to this site so please excuse my lack of knowledge about something that seems to be commonly understood here, but what are fingertip pushups?? )

 

[LisaQ.]

I find that "pushing through" actually ultimately helps me to get stronger and more tolerant of exercise in the long run. It also helps minimize my symptoms quite a bit (probably from the stress relief that regular exercise naturally affords me.)

The only caution is that when I'm tired, I am more injury prone, so I need to be careful about my form when I'm doing certain things. I've sprained ankles and torn calf muscles from overdoing it, and that doesn't help me to stay consistent in the long run.

Originally, I went through a really rough flare up where I got a viral infection and suddenly became quite deconditioned, and the perceived weakness, tremors and twitching got very bad. I was really scared that there was something terribly wrong with me, and it was before I knew about bfs. It wasn't until I found out my diagnosis and started forcing myself to walk, work-out, and even stand for prolonged periods of time in spite of my shaky legs that I started to dramatically improve.

 

[furballfury]

OK - good input. I think I will try to push through it, though be careful not to overdo it.

I think it's interesting you mentioned standing. Even just standing for a period of time can be fatiguing. That is where this thing has gotten. In one moment spurts, I'm as strong as I ever was, but endurance is so minimal and it doesn't take long putting even mild stress on my muscle(s) before I am shaking like one of those bodybuilders that pulls a truck along the road with his bare hands.

Tomorrow, time to feel the slow (well, not so slow anymore) burn again!!

JG