Fatigue and exhastion

I just get so frusterated because I get so sleepy that I feel like I am going to pass out and I can honestly fall asleep almost at any moment of the day. I go through periods where I feel like I am sedated and cannot stay awake. I just started the plaquinil and the prednisone. After the holiday weekend, I am so exhasted, I wanted to call into work for a day of rest after the holiday. How do you express to your family members that you are not lazy, you are exhasted? My husband keeps getting me to "help" him with projects at night when all I want to do is sleep. He also gets frusterated that the house is not always clean and I am too "lazy" to clean up after dinner (that is after I have worked all day, come hom and make dinner). I know that he is tired too, but what I feel is more than tired. It is barely functional. Well his understanding get better over time?

Thank you for all of your advice. I tried to talk to my husband last night. I told him that I hoped he did not think I was being lazy when I am too tired to clean or I just have to go to bed. He said he does think that I am lazy sometimes but that he knows that he can be lazy too. It is a start. I guess I just need to have him clarify his definition of lazy. I do not think it is lazy when you are completely and utterly exhasted and cannot push any longer. I think you are lazy when you have no reason to be tired and you choose not to do things. I think that he is #1 in denial that I have Lupus, #2 does not understand I am not choosing to fall asleep when I sit down, #3 worried because he knows how bad Lupus can get and his way of dealing is by pushing me harder. My family is a family of really sick and older people always in pain, so being tired and not feeling well is not something you complain about. I am not using it as an excuse to not do things. Maybe if I get him some literature about Lupus, he will see that it is not something I can help. I know he is tired too, but he is not the one making dinner and cleaning up every night. I think when the treatment begins to kick in I will begin to feel better, but right now it is hard and I am exhasted from getting up in the morning. I also think it is difficult for him because I go through times where I am not tired and i have normal energy levels and then BAM one day I wake up and cannot get up out of bed and struggle to stay awake during the day. Thanks for letting me vent.