PSA and Fatigue; Newbie

Posted Mon 13 Mar 2017 12.42 by Panicpacer

Hello all! Newly diagnosed...didn't take long to get the diagnosis, it was more I was blowing off my symptoms for a long time. Just put on Plaquenil, so waiting for that to start working. Besides the pain, I constantly feel exhausted to the point where moving is a chore. As if I have the flu, whole body aches and I need to sleep all the time. Doesn't matter how much sleep I get, can't manage to feel rested. I can't even participate in the day and this is very frustrating. I'm glad I have a diagnosis so I don't feel crazy anymore, like what is going on with my body. Are you feeling like this? What helps? I won't always feel like this, right?

Posted Fri 19 Jan 2018 00.36 by billtaggart

I felt exactly like this (exhausted, couldn't lift anything) - until I got on meds - didn't feel "normal" again until I got on Humira.

Posted Thu 1 Feb 2018 12.17 by Kate

Before I was diagnosed, a couple of weeks ago, I could feel like this for weeks on end. I had periods in between when I could do anything. Over the past few days I have been sleeping a q2 hour night, a four hour nap during the day and so on. I woke up this morning feeling fine. I read something yesterday that made sense to me. When you’ve used all the money in your daily budget of energy and start having to borrow from the next day = feeling shattered the next day. When I looked back that is exactly what I had done. So now for me, I will try budget we’ll or expect tired days if I have to borrow! I hope this might be helpful for you

Posted Thu 15 Feb 2018 08.11 by new to it

yes, fatigue and like there is no power to my arm muscled. can't lift even a 1l bagqcarton of milk/

Posted Fri 20 Apr 2018 09.16 by Elizabeth

I sleep for hours once I get comfortable, the fatigue is awful I love my garden but just about manage to sit on the swing not doing anything because my energies levels are so low. My kids say be positive and I am but it's not helping me at all. They don't understand at all think I've given up, I haven't I'm just so very tired . Started humira last week has anyone got experience of this drug feeling nauseated and done in .

To take part, sign in or register with us