Hi all,
New at this forum!

I got my diagnosis in 2011 at age 43.
My life had more or less involved exercise in many different shapes since I was in early teens. 12-15 hours weekly doing spinning, wheight training, cycling, inlines etc..
In January 2014 I gave up spinning and spending time at the gym, it didn't work anymore.
I miss it extremely!!
Walking has been a struggle and every climb has been heavy and stairs can be a nightmare if steps are to high. I have getting along fairly well anyway and have solved more or less every obstacle until now. During summer we moved and I did take in a pace that I thought was ok, but I managed to do more than what my body accepted. From being able to walk without the people around noticing that I walked strange, a bit slow, but besides that, without real signs of my diagnosis.
During the vacation I walked too much, or take too many stairs and now I cannot walk normally. It seems as if my muscle memory is gone and power is running out after 20-30m and I am forced to keep the speed of a turtle. I cannot walk without limping and it's frustrating not being able to move between our office buildings (200m) without taking pauses and use only 35-40cm steps in a very slow speed.
My specialist sent me to an AT doctor, "this cannot be the Kennedy!".
Have I gone over the edge and lost my walking for good, or will it return?

What experience can be found here at this forum?

Regards
J

Hi J
My experience is that after a prolonged period of stress/exertion, it can take me several weeks to a month to recover to what passes for my "normal".

Hello J; I'm adding a link of a recent research project that may be helpful for your specialist. If you scroll down to the Conclusions you will get a pretty good idea of why you may be feeling muscle fatigue without losing mass or neurological function.
Cam's response is valid, it may well take longer to recover from over exertion as our muscles seem to lose their tone more quickly and re-enervating them takes a little longer. Don't give up hope.
My personal experience is that I have regained energy, balance and stamina in some muscles even while total strength has been gradually diminishing. Not sure of the Swedish equivalent, but in Canada a doctor of physiology is called a physiatrist. ask yours about acetyl L-carnitine for the muscle fatigue. Remember that we expect more from our muscles than others do, so treat yourself like a professional athlete; diet, hydration and rest are important. As muscles gradually loose strength, more force is also transferred to tendons and ligaments; there are tests your physio people can do to check to see if your symptoms are related to strains and sprains. while you are somewhat weaker, use whatever aids necessary to keep safe; falling is hard on the ego.

forgot the link; here it is
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25663674

Good thoughts and observations. When I was a little younger, I often pushed myself too far and it would take days to recover. The legs didn't want to work correctly. Through rest and proper nutrition along with hydration, I would bounce back again.

I still have moments where things are not working correctly and it seems my muscle memory has forgotten everything it knew a day ago. During those times I perform very light exercises to remind the muscles what they need to do. It seems to work and I bounce back.

It would seem to me that recovery time should be only a day or two - three maximum. More than that might say you have aggravated a tendon or ligament or ???

As BC Paul mentioned, now you need to take extra care and be safe during the recovery process.