POLL: Morning Stiffness | Arthritis Information
Do you have morning stiffness?
How long does it last?
A few hours or until I get moving. The more I move the better it gets.right now about 45 minutesMy morning stiffness seems to last about an hour or less, but I gel rather quickly if I sit down or stop moving for a short period of time.
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Do you have morning stiffness?
My RD asked me how long my morning stiffness lasts. I explained the above to her, and now she asks me how my evening stiffness is. LOL!
Yes I do. How long does it last? Good question. I am one of those stiff people i more or less have varied degrees of stiffness rather than non at all. I will let you know when it goes away. LOL Also I can bring on morning stiffness by lieing around in bed watching TV. If I cozy in early and the get up to go to the bathroom it is a stiff and painful experience. My RD thinks that this is a good endicator that I have RA stiffness more so than fibro as that resting makes it worse. I pace alot around the house and stretch so I don't harden up. Drives others batty. Imagine a limping lady saying ouch that is back and fourth all over. Yes! I definetly have stiffness and like a lot of people it's not just inthe morning. Sometimes it takes 30-40 min to go away. I am on my feet for most of the work day, so when I finally sit and thenget back up I look like I'm 61, not 31. I feel particularly lucky. I feel stiff trying to get out of bed but by the time I get across 3 rooms to the shower- I am A-OK.
I have morning stiffness and it lasts around 45 min to an hour or so. If I have an early appointment I have to get up extra early to un-stiff. Then in the late afternoon I start to get stiff again. If I stand too long my legs get stiff and its hard to bend them to sit down. Like you Joonie, If I talk on the phone too long my arm/wrist gets pretty stiff.
I am lucky as no morning stiffness but the stiffness its me big time in the evening at around 8p.m. and I am just stuck with it until I go to bed. Hugs and good vibes.
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Joonie, no wonder you don't sleep at night. I'd never think of taking prednisone before bed. Why don't you switch to taking that in the morning.
If this topic had come up a week or so ago, I'd say I hadn't had morning stiffness since I started Enbrel. However, for the last couple of weeks I've been fighting it. Usually about an hour or so. Sometimes, however, I fight it all day long. I hope my Enbrel isn't failing me. about an hour to 90 minutes. I start waking up about 6 it takes til about 630 before I am fairly certain that I wont fall down the stairs when I attempt to head to the kitchen.
its happened several times so I do some stretches and a little walking up stairs.
I am so stiff that I often ruin 1 or more eggs trying to break them for poached eggs ( the mandatory breakfast around here lol) I spill or drop milk, drop silverware its a mess.
During years of bad flares, a lot worse. Nowadays, it's generally 30-45min. It reoccurs after sitting long or my daily nap but not as bad as after the long night.
It's embarrassing in public like at the show. I start standing when credits come on but can't walk until they are completely done... DH is so patient. At least I no longer have to break up the sitting time and go stand off to the side awhile during the movie. People look at me funny.
Hands have troubles in kitchen so I just have cereal, fruit in am and DH cooks dinner or I stick in leftovers in the microwave. My children are grown and gone so it's ok.
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