I know that fatigue comes with RA and I have had fatigue associated with mine. But in the last 3 weeks I have been way more fatigued than usual. When I wake up in the morning I take my daughter to school come home eat breakfast then sleep till 1130 get ready for work work 1 to 530 come home fix dinner shower and bath for her and me then in bed my 9. This is my routine for the last 3 weeks and still tired all the time. Any ideas on why the fatigue is getting worse? TIA
Fatigue increases when RA flares.
Have you noticed any other issues.
Winter and barometric pressures lows and drops are particularly difficult foam just like you at the moment, very tired.😃
Has your medication changed?
Rebecca, I have not posted here in a while but when I saw the topic Fatigue I had to come and read. I find myself tired all the time. Was diagnosed with RA a couple of years ago and it is not much fun. My sleep pattern is one of the worst parts about all of this. I am lucky I do not have a little one depending on me to get them to and from school. My sleep is somewhat similar to yours. I am asleep by 9 get up at 12:00 am up for about an hour trying to relax myself enough to go back to sleep then up again at 3:00 and here it is 3:30 and I am awake. Having some cereal then around 4:30 or so I will go back to sleep and sleep off and on the rest of the day. This has been going on for a long time and it is starting to get the best of me. I do not like being so tired all the time. It is just nice to know I am not the only one who has this issue. I will be following this post to see if anyone has any good thought or ideas, Thanks again.
JRA and I have been best buddies for 54 long trying years.
I was 11, 65 currently.
Tired is part of the disease.
You must be followed by a rheumatoligist.
You must be o medication, preferably DMADs, disease modifyng anti rheumatic drugs.
No reason for soeone today to suffer what I have.
When I was young, we had aspirin, aspirn, and more aspirin.
Young physicians just look at me when I share some of what was tried.
I am on rituximab infusions, have been for almost 6 years.
hugs
Thanks I do see a rumatologist on a regular basis. I am currently on Orencia infusions. Methotrexate, Cymbalta and whole bunch of other stuff. Sometimes I think my medication is to much.
I understand all about the fatigue. When I have a flare the old fatigue comes back.
One thing that can help is to take a pain killer before bedtime. Ask the rheumy which one is safe for you.....depends on the meds you are on. This helps me relax enough to go to sleep.
My doctor put me on a muscle relaxer....what a mistake. I was a zombie until 1PM after taking half a pill before bed.
Here's hoping for the best for you....
I was suffering from fatigue recently and I found out my calcium level was high. I stopped taking my calcium supplements and within a week I was feeling better. I never would have suspected that. Apparently it threw my whole body out of whack.
I am on a pain killer now because I suffer from chronic pain. I am just really tired all the time and it gets pretty depressing. I had a sleep study done in hopes of figuring out what is going on. Can I ask what some of you are taking for your RA? Just tired of being tired
Fatigue is an integral part of almost all autoimmune disorders - and the medication you take for most autoimmune illnesses doesn't change that part, the part of your immune system attacking your body, they manage the symptoms and damp down the autoimmune part but usually not entirely.
Fatigue in autoimmune illness has to be managed by you making lifestyle changes and resting appropriately. It's hard - but that is the way it is.
At the end of the post this link takes you to are liks to info about pacing:
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/pmr-gca-website-addresses-and-resources-35316
The fatigue will get more during a flare - and, unfortunately, there is nothing to prevent you developing another autoimmune disorder so if the faitgue symptom gets worse someetimes it may need more medication to calm a possible flare down or to identfy other problems. You need to speak to your rheumy.
Hi, I started taking Oriencia about 3 months ago and I have noticed that I have less energy then when I was on Remicade. I toss and turn all night and sometime I don't get up until 11:00 am. This is very unusual for me my family likes to call me the "energized bunny" not any more, it's difficult to even go for walks. Before Oriencia I could run circles around my husband and now all I want to do is sit on the couch and watch tv. I wonder if the dose of Oriencia isn't too strong? Last infusion I had I just felt bad and had no energy at all for 2 days. I get a treatment next week and will ask what my dose is and then talk with my doctor,
Perhaps we should have an RA Sleep Off... see who can sleep the longest!
lobg term use of painkiller narcotics eventually inhibits sleep.
Something hurts every day, including the carpal tunnel I have in my left hand and my neck that is showing some deterioration.
No I was diagnosed 8 months ago. Started out on diclofanac and mtx, I couldn't handle the mtx so it was changed 4 months ago to luflunomid. It's easier on my stomach but u don't notice a difference at all. If anything I feel worse being tired all the time.
I see my rheumatologist every 6 weeks, I go to see him again in 2 weeks. I am on luflunomide and diclofanac. For now. I see a med change in my near future.
I wish I could say I don't hurt everyday but it is just not true. My body hurtss from head to toe. Mostly in my legs, and my wrists and hands. The colder it gets the worse it gets. It is just depressing and I don't like feeling like that
Ha ha that is so funny. I feel sometimes like I could sleep for days and days
warmth is the best defense...I purchased an electric mattress pad. On top of it I put a 3 inch memory foam topper. On top of that a high quality bamboo topper. I run the electric pad on 1-2 during the summer and higher as cold weather sets in. This goes a long way towards reducing morning stiffness. I keep mine turned on all day...do not even notice a difference in the electric bill.
Yes my legs hurt too, but it's because of bad veins. I am having vein surgery in my left leg Jan 9 and my right leg Jan 16. Hopefully this helps