Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I have the fatigue too. I have to stop for a rest a few minutes when washing clothes, doing the dishes, cooking or many of the household chores that used to take me 20 or 30 minutes to do. they now take hours. Even more than the fatigue is the weakness. Enbrel helped w/this initially but then stopped and medrol dosepaks helps. but w/the weakness, i have to push off from the bed with the back of my head using my neck muscle and elbows to come to a sitting position. it feels as if I am lifting 200-lb weights to come to a sitting position. so that I have very sore neck muscles most of the time. my stomach and thigh muscles are extremely weak. so could probably beneifit from some phys. therapy and weight training. Ebony > > Hi Dennis, Fatigue is my biggest and most troublesome problem also. The > Humira seems to keep my RA under control. (unless I forget to take it for a > couple of days like I did this week and have flared everywhere possible...) > > I think it was someone on this board that mentioned they were taking > Provigil for narcolepsy and that it was working great. Is anyone else here > taking Provigil? I'm going to ask my rheumy about it. Maybe it would help > people with RA? I'll post his response when I get it. > > Take care and thanks for listening, > Joanne, IL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Fatigue has increased 10 fold in the last 5 > > years and won't turn me loose. I think that's the biggest problem I have > > now, and don't know what to do about it. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Oh my gosh!!!!!! I have had the fatigue problem for years and I just thought it was all in my head. I'd think about going down stairs to do a load of laundry and had a hard time going because of how awful I feel when I come back up the stairs. Well, thank you all. It is good to know it is part of the illness and not all in my head. Robin [ ] Re: Fatigue Me too. I have the fatigue too. I have to stop for a rest a few minutes when washing clothes, doing the dishes, cooking or many of the household chores that used to take me 20 or 30 minutes to do. they now take hours. Even more than the fatigue is the weakness. Enbrel helped w/this initially but then stopped and medrol dosepaks helps. but w/the weakness, i have to push off from the bed with the back of my head using my neck muscle and elbows to come to a sitting position. it feels as if I am lifting 200-lb weights to come to a sitting position. so that I have very sore neck muscles most of the time. my stomach and thigh muscles are extremely weak. so could probably beneifit from some phys. therapy and weight training. Ebony > > Hi Dennis, Fatigue is my biggest and most troublesome problem also. The > Humira seems to keep my RA under control. (unless I forget to take it for a > couple of days like I did this week and have flared everywhere possible...) > > I think it was someone on this board that mentioned they were taking > Provigil for narcolepsy and that it was working great. Is anyone else here > taking Provigil? I'm going to ask my rheumy about it. Maybe it would help > people with RA? I'll post his response when I get it. > > Take care and thanks for listening, > Joanne, IL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Fatigue has increased 10 fold in the last 5 > > years and won't turn me loose. I think that's the biggest problem I have > > now, and don't know what to do about it. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I recently went to see a 3d shark movie and fell asleep! Joanne, IL [ ] Re: Fatigue Me too. > > > I have the fatigue too. I have to stop for a rest a few minutes when > washing clothes, doing the dishes, cooking or many of the household > chores that used to take me 20 or 30 minutes to do. they now take > hours. Even more than the fatigue is the weakness. Enbrel helped > w/this initially but then stopped and medrol dosepaks helps. but > w/the weakness, i have to push off from the bed with the back of my > head using my neck muscle and elbows to come to a sitting position. > it feels as if I am lifting 200-lb weights to come to a sitting > position. so that I have very sore neck muscles most of the time. my > stomach and thigh muscles are extremely weak. so could probably > beneifit from some phys. therapy and weight training. > > Ebony > > > > > > Hi Dennis, Fatigue is my biggest and most troublesome problem > also. The > > Humira seems to keep my RA under control. (unless I forget to take > it for a > > couple of days like I did this week and have flared everywhere > possible...) > > > > I think it was someone on this board that mentioned they were > taking > > Provigil for narcolepsy and that it was working great. Is anyone > else here > > taking Provigil? I'm going to ask my rheumy about it. Maybe it > would help > > people with RA? I'll post his response when I get it. > > > > Take care and thanks for listening, > > Joanne, IL > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Fatigue has increased 10 fold in the last 5 > > > years and won't turn me loose. I think that's the biggest problem > I have > > > now, and don't know what to do about it. > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Add me to the list. I get fatigues if I overdo chores or other things. I just got home from spending 20 minutes walking back & forth in my gym's pool. Now I am way tired! First time trying it. It was recommended for my very sore hip related muscle. See how I feel tomorrow. I took a Medrol pack for it which helps few days. Now painful again. Can't take anymore steroid till after my allergy test tomorrow. Debbie L --- In , " rw creations " <rw_creations@...> wrote: > > Oh my gosh!!!!!! I have had the fatigue problem for years and I just thought it was all in my head. I'd think about going down stairs to do a load of laundry and had a hard time going because of how awful I feel when I come back up the stairs. > > Well, thank you all. It is good to know it is part of the illness and not all in my head. > > Robin > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 > > I recently went to see a 3d shark movie and fell asleep! > Joanne, IL > > > Hi Dennis, Fatigue is my biggest and most troublesome problem > > also. Hello all; I have been trying to lurk here, so haven't contributed a lot. There are so many interesting posts here that I can't get time to read all of them as I become so exhausted some times I nearly fall asleep on the computer. I seem to have enough reflex that catches me before my head hits<G> How lucky can one get?<G>I really think it's my Guardian Angel just carefully holding my head before it hits. Kathy (I think it was) wrote such a great post back a while and I can't seem to find it again but it is one of the best discriptions of RA symptoms that I have run across. I try not to be depressed and really didn't realize i was because I couldn't think of any thing I should be depressed about nor anxious about (have been able to pretty much accept the situation,) but finally realized it is the constant fatigue and pain that took the edge off my normally positive outlooks. I really appreciate all the posts. Thought I might have been some what of a ninny. Leo/lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Hi all: I think we can all say we're fatigued at times. Sometimes I can be sitting in a chair an feel like I'm running as race. An be totally fatigued sitting still. You feel like someone pulled the enegry out of you. RA is hard to live with. Right now I'm doing OK!!! But I don't know what the future holds. I worry about it!!!! Clare ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM® Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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