I have been on MTX for about a month now and I have been out of that really bad flare for about 3 weeks. I dont think the two are directly related. I have occaisional swelling and some pain but not too bad. I still get tired pretty quick and I was wondering if if was a symptom of RA or a side effect of the MTX. I know that fatigue comes with the RA but I guess I thought it was due to the constant pain, weakness and stiffness. But do any of you have fatigue even when your other symptoms are under control? Do you think it is stress, the RA, the MTX--or maybe just a wonderful combination of all three? Or is there something else I could be taking to improve this? I do take the folic acid daily and a multi-vitamin. And coffee...
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