FATIGUE

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If you can find the right treatment for you, the fatigue WILL get better.

Remember, you are SICK, and when you are having a flare up, your immune system

is at war no different from if you were fighting the flu. When your rheumy

finds the right way to calm your immune system down, you won't feel as sick.

The fatigue is debilitating for all of us at times, and does alter your life.

I have an extremely active, physical career and life style and the fatigue was

the first thing that sent me to a rheumy(my GP's kept telling me my problem was

I worked too hard). What works for me is probably not ideal for most folks, but

the treatment has allowed me to continue to pursue my lifestyle goals.

Unfortunately at a price, and eventually the side effects of the drugs will put

me literally out of business. I am on Remicade every other month, methotrexate

at 15 mg once a week, Celebrex BID and prednisone PRN. My version of the

disease is VERY steroid dependent-I can not get off of it and have been on a

relatively high dose for two years. But it allows me to feel relatively good

and move. The first sign I need to raise my pred dose is....fatigue. When I

say " I'm tired " , my husband always asks me if I forgot to take my pred and that

is usually the solution.

So if you are still feeling fatigued, then your Rheumy has not found the

complete treatment for you. Keep looking at options. There are a number of

treatments out there, and one of them should help you feel better.

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