During the day, I can head off some things before they escalate--flex things that need flexing, stretch, move, re-arrange, change positions, adjust my stance or my pillows, stand up, sit down, and so on.

At night, I doze off (or not) and the discomfort gets a head start on me. I don't feel things coming on, and by the time I wake up, I'm not "ahead of the pain" anymore.

Sometimes I'm sitting here in my chair dozing off, puzzled to find myself thinking "I'm so tired, I wish I didn't have to go to bed". It's so complicated to get all of the details organized to be in one place for eight hours--(recliner tonight or bed? what's going on tomorrow?)--I'm usually oddly relieved in the morning, as if "Whew! I'm glad that's over and I don't have to do it again until tonight!"