Dead Battery

What is your battery charge?  Imagine that most people go to bed at night, get a full nights sleep and wake up with their batter charge at 75% to 100%.  For someone with FM (and I am using me as the example), I am lucky if I wake up with my battery at 50% after a full nights sleep.  On the bad days, it is 25% or less.  Now imagine trying to function all day with your battery starting out so low...it can't happen. 

This is one of the hardest things to explain to other people.  When I say I am tired, people just don't understand how sever it really is.  I have started using the battery with ML so he knows exactly where I am at and when I need his help.  I will tell ML that my battery is on low or flashing red, etc.  There are some days where I can go a little longer with my battery low or if it is flashing red that means I need to lay down immediately before I collapse (literally).  It has become a good visual to let him know where I am at and to help explain to others what people with FM go through.