Re: Why am I exhausted all the time

[Guest guest]

I am new to RA but my first thought is you might be anaemic... have you had your

blood checked recently?

Soni

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> I usually don't post just lurk and read but I thought I would ask this of u

guys as nobody else can seem to give me much of an answer. I have ra and I'm

always pretty tired is there any one reason for this?

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[Guest guest]

Yeah Lea, unfortunately its caused by the monster known as RA. Recently my

doctor gave me something called Nuvagel for exhaustion because I was falling

asleep at the job.

Nuvagel is great, it does wake you up enuf. Check it out with your Rheumy.

OKD

[Guest guest]

Lee, unfortunately that is one of the symptoms of RA. Some of the meds

can help with that. I hope you're in the care of a good rheumatologist.

Sue

On Jun 16, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Lee Saul wrote:

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> I usually don't post just lurk and read but I thought I would ask

> this of u guys as nobody else can seem to give me much of an

> answer. I have ra and I'm always pretty tired is there any one

> reason for this?

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[Guest guest]

Have your doctors ever had you tested for sleep apnea? I didn't expect much when

I got checked, but was surprised to see that I had stopped breathing over 300

times in one night and at one time it was for well over a minute! I can't hold

my breath that long under water!! It was pretty scary. I wear a CPAP mask

everytime I sleep now. I can always tell when I need to be re-titrated, I get

exhausted again. Hope this helps..... Doreen

I usually don't post just lurk and read but I thought I would ask this of u guys

as nobody else can seem to give me much of an answer. I have ra and I'm always

pretty tired is there any one reason for this?

Sent from lee's iPad

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for the replies, It's good to hear your opinions/advice. I have

had anemia since I was a teenager off an on but I take iron supplements along

with folate and multi-vitamins to try and keep that in check. Anyway thanks

again.

Lee:)

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your sweet new grandson Debs! No wonder you are so tired - my

goodness! Any my gosh, you gotta feel for those husbands who need their precious

sleep. That just stinks.

I feel your exhaustion!!! I have 2 girls - 6-1/2 and 4 years old and they just

don't stop!!!!! I think that they are starting to understand that mommy has some

bad days - I don't want them to have to know that yet, but it gets bad some

times.

Well it sounds like Noah is being taken care of well, and I will keep him in my

prayers that he will continue to " bulk up " so he can come home to his family

soon, and will pray that you get some relief from pain and all the work you are

doing for your family! Venting is good!!!

Donna

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> Sorry that I have been so quiet here in So Fla. but I have been EXHAUSTED. My

daughter had her baby boy on 6-19-10 @ 8:00 am weighing 4 lbs, 9 oz. 16 inches.

He is in the NICU for quite some time. Yesterday he stopped sucking for some

reason, so they are bringing in a speech therapist to find out why they change

of events. During this time, my daughter and her 2 yr old have been living with

us since she first came out of this hospital for loosing all her amniotic fluid.

And then she had the baby last weekend, so we have had the baby non stop and my

daughter ,moved back in with us when she was released following her C-section

for at least 2 more weeks with the 2 year old. Her husband comes and goes

whenever the spirit moves him. Most nights he goes back to their condo so that

HE can get a good night's sleep!! I don't thinik that he has any C-section

scars ?????????Ugh, am so p-------d with him.

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> I am soooooo tired, I usualy fall asleep before the 2 year old and then wake

up @ 5:00 am worrying about everything. My food budget has had to be stretched

from 4 to 8. My hands are so swollen and painful from the baby and the cooking

and housework. Since I hace been sick (aboutg 10 years) I haven't done many of

these things. But now that my daughter and her little family are here, it is

like a frat house! I love them all so much, but I never realized how much of a

toll my disease had taken on me. This time of year, I take care of my familiy

graves in Chicago. After that, someone from the cemetary was trying to solicit

a " hole " at the cemetary and I almost said 'yes' ahd how soon can it be

ready!!!! Well, no really, not I feel so miserable. I want to try one of

biologics for the arthritis, but because I have had trouble in the past, the

rheumy keeps saying I have to wait,but there is no definite date. My HMO won't

pay for oxycontin ($1400.00 for 60 pills) so they are trying MS contin with

percocet as breakthru pain.

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> Sorry to have vented to all of you, but sometimes it just has to come out.

Thanking you in advanve. And please keep my grandson, Noah Canaan, in your

prayers, he still looks so tiny.

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> Gentle, tender, angel hugs watching over all of us.

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> Debs in FL

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