I have a question.  If you have any ideas, let me know, especially if you excerise, cycle, walk or have a health care background.  I have epilepsy but it's never stopped me before.  I have fibromyalgia and a bad back..which seems better after cycling.

Since I've started cycling my body gives out after a half hour or about 5 miles.   I mean, it really gives out.  Nada.  Zilch.  Nothing.  I spend the rest of the day/night sleeping it off and still wake up exhausted.  It's to the point where I'm sleeping in until at least noon.

I walked a mile yesterday came home and slept for two hours.  DH and I went out for a simple bike ride, both on cruiser bikes.  15 minutes later I'm done..maybe 3 miles?  I've slept until almost 1pm today.

I'm 35.  Out of shape (unless you count round as a shape) which is why I started cycling.  I thought this would get easier..that's how it is with exercise right?  You lose weight, get stronger and healthier.

I know I'm not 15 like my son who can do 20 mile round trip, but after cycling since May you'd think I'd do more than 5 miles.

Sunday I went out for a ride, gone 4-5 miles most of it uphill (welcome to rural NE) came back home and slept.  I woke up a couple of hours later and the room started spinning.  For a second I thought I was going to have a gran mal seizure.  Thankfully; I didn't.  For about an hour every time I sat up the room would spin for a second or two.  I kept myself hydrated, ate like I was supposed to for a cycling trip and still spent all day Sunday and night sleeping it off.  

A few cycling friends said I was probably "bonking" which means your sugar levels are down to zero.  How do you "bonk" at 5 miles or at 1 mile of a walk?  DH can do 9 and not have any problems and he's not sucking down Gatorade, energy bars, etc.

This is also why I haven't done anything quilty.  I'm too busy sleeping.

Yeah, I know.  Go see a doc.  I've been around enough docs to know they'll say, "just take it easy and not overdo it".  I'm not cycling every day to give myself a break, but nothing is helping.  Maybe I should just give up cycling for now, but I love doing it.