Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 No sleep ... Here I am at 4.23 am cant sleep . in pain. MISERABLE!!! Is this disesae always so miserable??? I have only had it about a year and everytime I go back to the dr. I never get any good news. I am ssure alot of you are the same way. had to go to my pain management Dr. yesterday , will be going in the 24th for my ephiderals, sure hope it helps. I take bextra, arava, predisone and am on the remicade injections. If any of you are on the remicade , please let me know what you think about it.. I have to go Thursday for that. it does sem to help but it seems after about 6 weeks i can tell its almost time for an injection again. I get them every 8 weeks. well I am just rambling on so I will go ... Would like to hear from any of you. God bless and pain free days... Gentle hugs and sweet blessings. Kathy in Fl. --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2002 Report Share Posted July 17, 2002 Dea Kathy...my rheummy changed my Remicade from an 8 week cycle to a 7 week cycle as it seemed to poop out at about 6 1/2 weeks. Will go to a 6 week cycle if necessary. Have you tried a small dose of Trazadone or Elavil before bedtime? I take 50mg of Elavil (Amytriptoline) an hour or so bfore bedtime and it does help sleep. For the really dastardly nights I will also take an Ambien, but that's not too often. Prayers & Hugs... Tess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2002 Report Share Posted August 2, 2002 Hi , I'm so sorry you're having trouble sleeping. I was having trouble sleeping, too. The pain keeps me awake. I went to my Dr. last week and he gave me Ambien, and it really has helped. Even the pain seems a little more tolerable when I'm well rested. I don't take it every night, but every other night. He said that would help keep me from building a tolerance to it. I never thought I would take a sleeping pill, and only went because my husband pushed me to. I'm glad he did though. Something to think about if you keep having problems. Love and hugs, Carol [ ] can't sleep I can't sleep again tonight so I am up on the computer. It gets so frustrating! My jaw is sore so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. Bad timing, Larry and I are going on vacation next week. Deb - I've been reading your posts about your husbands family situation. That is so unbelievable! My family may not understand my ra, but we are a close family. Larry's family isn't very close. He is the only member of his immediate family still living. He has a lot of contact with his own kids, but not with nieces and nephews like I do. I'm off to do some more checking out web sites. Gotta do something since I'm up. in Minnesota linda@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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