been doing the same routine for 6 weeks - two 3-hour work blocks with 30 min break between, light movement, structured rest. it was holding okay until about 3 days ago. now I’m hitting a wall by noon that I can’t pace through. yesterday: clocked in at 8am, pain was 3/10, felt stable.
took break at 10:30 like always. by lunch I was 6.5/10 and the brain fog was thick enough that I couldn’t read prescriptions. had to ask someone to double-check my work. the afternoon was worse, not better, even though I was doing lighter tasks.
same pattern today. the routine that worked for weeks isn’t scaling anymore. pain’s not from overdoing it. it’s like my baseline for what my body can handle just dropped.
wondering if this is a flare creeping in that I haven’t fully clocked yet, or if I just need to dial my pacing back further. anyone else notice their capacity suddenly shrink without a clear trigger?