Mental exhaustion is common in graduate [gradual students, we used to say] work. I know of which I speak, as I have 3 degrees [fool that I am], though I didn't know I had MS at the time. My dx came much later, but the damage had been around for at least 30 years [since my teens] when I was dxd in my 40s.

I'm so glad I didn't know back then===maybe I would have thrown in the towel and left grad school!

I did survive, as you will====take the weekends to totally rest, work like hell the rest of the time! I survived on lots of coffee and was much slimmer then - And best of luck!

Hi Lynn,

I give you a TON of credit for persevering with your education . . . way to go! That is a very ambitious goal, and one that I know I could not personally achieve any longer. (Remembering even a phone number can be a challenge these days. )

We definitely have to pace ourselves differently, and understanding why was very helpful for me. The following is a very good article, that put the fatigue factor into perspective for me:

http://www.jsumption.com/imssf/modul...tid=196&page=1

All the best,

Cherie

Thank you everyone

I really appreciate your support. Cherie, that was the best article about fatigue that I have ever read - it put things into perspective like never before.

I know I have bitten off quite a lot at the moment - working, studying, parenting etc. I never even started to study until I was diagnosed. Then I decided I was too young to put out to pasture, since then I have lost both parents and had open brain surgery to clip an aneurysm.

I know I should go easy on myself, but as someone else on the forum said, we MSers tend to be control freaks - and I feel like I have to rise above all this crap.

Hearing from others, and reading that article has validated my fatigue and frustration. So I might just give myself a break and listen to my body a little more.

Thanks again

Lyn