Re: Evening Stiffness and Pain

[Guest guest]

Hi Sam- I find that pain management works well. If you find your pain and stiffness are more pronounced in the evening, perhaps taking pain meds, such as ibuprofen at dinnertime might help. I take my meds BID which is twice a day. That means am and pm. PM can be with dinner or before sleep. I found that taking a milligram of prednisone and ibuprofen in the pm, makes all the difference. If I have overdone it, which is often the case, I take an ibuprofen and it helps. I also drink something hot, like tea with the pills, so they will start working alot faster. I find that hot showers arent just for the am but for the pm too. Nothing like an ibuprofen, hot tea and dessert. I only take it if my bones hurt badly in the evening. With effective pain management, by listening to my body when it hurts, I get by well. Yours, Deborah

[Guest guest]

Hi Sam,

I am much the same! I do have a bit of morning stiffness and overnight

stiffness which gets better when I get moving in the morning. But by the end

of the day I am really suffering with the pain, swelling, stiffness, etc. The

pain

definitely gets worse throughout the day.

I have had a pretty bad week for someone who was having such good results

with Humira! Today I felt the pain coming on at work. I got out at 4:00 and

instead of going to the grocery store as planned I went home to take a nap. I

found that my pain did not escalate. Obviously, for me more sleep = less pain

but its hard to get the sleep I need while working full-time:-(.

--- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , Sam Rocci <samrocci@s...>

wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

> I am wondering if anyone else experience's more stiffness in the

> evening rather than the morning? As my day goes on, if I stop and sit

> to read to the kids, fold laundry, etc... it gets increasingly more

> difficult to get up. By 7:00, I am done, creaky and stiff. My RD

> always asks about morning stiffness, which does not bother me nearly

> as much. Just checking to see if this one is weird and unique to me.

> Thanks for the input as usual...

> Sam

[Guest guest]

ELIZABETH ,

YES THIS IS MY PROBLEM TO AND AS SAM ONCE MORE SLEEP

= LESS PAIN TO ME ALLSO BUT I SEEM TO HAVE PAST THAT

POINT NOW TO I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE WORK SINCE I NOLONGER

COULD STAND TO GET UP AND DOWN AND WALK SO MUCH AND

I'M NOT EVEN FINDING MUCH RELEIF BEING AT HOME I'M

STILL EXSHAUSTED AND FALL ASLEEP DURING THE DAY SLEEP

EARLY AT NITE AND MUCH MORE PAIN OF THE EVENING I AM

FINDING NOW BY MY R/A DR THAT I HAVE SOME SORT OF SI

JOINT INVOLMENT CAUSING MUCH PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK TO

MY ANKLE OF THE RIGHT FOOT ( GO FIGURE ) ENOUGH IS

NEVER ENOUGH I GUESS .

JOHN

--- <catdelouise@...> wrote:

> Hi Sam,

>

> I am much the same! I do have a bit of morning

> stiffness and overnight

> stiffness which gets better when I get moving in the

> morning. But by the end

> of the day I am really suffering with the pain,

> swelling, stiffness, etc. The pain

> definitely gets worse throughout the day.

>

> I have had a pretty bad week for someone who was

> having such good results

> with Humira! Today I felt the pain coming on at

> work. I got out at 4:00 and

> instead of going to the grocery store as planned I

> went home to take a nap. I

> found that my pain did not escalate. Obviously, for

> me more sleep = less pain

> but its hard to get the sleep I need while working

> full-time:-(.

>

>

>

>

> > Hi Everyone,

> > I am wondering if anyone else experience's more

> stiffness in the

> > evening rather than the morning? As my day goes

> on, if I stop and sit

> > to read to the kids, fold laundry, etc... it gets

> increasingly more

> > difficult to get up. By 7:00, I am done, creaky

> and stiff. My RD

> > always asks about morning stiffness, which does

> not bother me nearly

> > as much. Just checking to see if this one is weird

> and unique to me.

> > Thanks for the input as usual...

> > Sam

>

>

>

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