I didn't have as much external pressure as you did, but I fell into a similar trap. I would push myself, because that's the person I always was, and then I would crash and get so much worse. I remember a time when I couldn't move basically at all from how badly I had overexerted myself, and I just asked my partner to stick a saltine on the pillow in front of my face so I could try to get to it at some point (saltines will melt in your mouth on their own even without chewing).

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

Wow... I don't know what to say about this @#*!$ disease, but at least we have each other to tell our tales, no?