CHRONIC FATIGUE!!!! | Arthritis Information

 

I have both Fibro and RA and am constantly battling chronic fatigue and brain fog and I'm a Financial Advisor for one of the top brokerage firms!!!   Recently talked my MD into letting me try Provigil for the fatigue.   Rheumy just  laughed off Provigil as a stimulant!!   Sorry, at this point I need a stimulant to get to work everyday and support my family!   Anyone else here had any experience with this drug????

Hi Karen,

Sorry, I can't help with the drug.  But I do understand about the chronic fatigue and the brain fog.  It's gotten especially tough for me lately, with not having a day off work in 3 weeks.  I'm a store manager, and for one reason or another, haven't been able to take a day off, so the fatigue and fog are even worse than normal. 

I usually drink a cup of Latte when I need a little energy. It gives me the energy I need to finish my day, so I can go home and DROP into bed.

Good luck.  I hope it works for you.

Cris

Karen;
I was on the sulfasalazine for a while if is the med I am thinking of (for sleep) but now I am taking seroquel. I became angry when I heard these sleep meds with the trisiline(sp) in them could be the cause of my increase in weight. So I stopped taking it for a few days and discovered my day time fatigue went away. I'm not sure why, if I was just drugged up all day or what. The point is, perhaps you are being over medicated. I don't know for sure, I am going to look for herbs to try for my fibro related sleep problems, I'll let you know if I find some that work for me even though I know every one reacts to herbs and drugs differently. Good luck to you and God bless.

Tracy
Tracy Sulfasalazine is not a medication to help you sleep it's a DMARD, and used to slow the progression of the disease. Perhaps you're referring to another medication? Or do you mean that Sulfasalazine was making you sleepy?FUzz, YOU TALKING ABOUT TRIPTALYNE??(SP).  Yes, i tried it per rheumy.  made me drugged the day after  so told rheumy no way.  i was waking up 50 times a night with pain and it was increasing my fatigue and pain level.   that's why she prescribed.   also tried lunesta, same thing.   WELL, HAD READ ABOUT PROVIGIL FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE.  MY RHEUMY LAUGHED OFF AS A STIMULANT EVEN THO I'VE READ ABOUT IT IN ALOT OF ARTHRITIS MAGAZINES.   GOT MY REG. MD TO PRESCRIBE AND IT WAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER!!!   WOW!!!   NORMAL ENERGY LEVEL, NO BRAIN FOG, SLEEP ALL NIGHT W/O PROBLEMS.  NO SIDE EFFECTS EITHER!!!  depression doesn't seem as bad as well!!  it was originally prescribed for people with sleep apnea but fda has expanded use for people with chronic fatigue.    would highly recommend.  ( sorry, my caps buttons keep sticking)  Only advise I have is take early am; has a life up to 15 hrs so if you take in afternoon, you might still be awake at 2:00am.   LOL   USUAL DOSE IS 200 MG EVERY AM.  EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. KarenNTx38547.8495717593Thanks Karen and lovie, i have been on so many drugs in the course of my illness that it is hard to keep track of them and what they were used for. I will keep the Provigil in mind for my next trip to the rheumy. I have been drinking catnip tea for my sleep problems and taking the herb 5 HTP for depression,supposed to increase serotonin and dopimine levels. The tea seems to help but not sure about the other, it is too soon to know for sure and I have not stopped taking effexor.
Is the Provigil expensive? i do not have perscription drug coverage so that limits my choices.

thanks.. Tracy

KarenNTx

Hi,

I've been using provigil for over a month now and it has made a profound difference. I have the same afflictions you do

 KarenNTx & fuzz.....I just wanted to poat a couple of things in referrence to your posts....I read in one of my health letters that Valerian worked as well or better than any sleep aid on the market...& it's a natural remedy so you don't need a prscrip.

Fuzz beware of stopping the effexor...you must wean off of it gradually- I had a horrble withdrawal experience when my (then)pd told me to just stop it for a few days  before I started Zoloft.

Okay...just FYI - hope it helps!

Lulu

Hi my name is diligent,

I am new to this forum but not to fibromylagia i was diagnosed in 2001 am on loadz of meds iam waiting for pins put in my foot in Sept/Oct for arthritis ect;

It is 3.45am and have got up for some meds and a drink so i thought i would pop in for a while as i cannot sleep now perhaps i should have a sleeping tab,or wont get back to sleep.

Great to have found u all i hate having this d/d and everything that goes with it ugh wish i could still be me as of 20 yrs ago?

Well perhaps i might get a lie in the morning will see.Do any of you have ibs too same as me as if the above isnt enough to cope with.

I have five children 3 at home and 2 living with b/friends plus 3 dogs must be mad egh

Hope youre all keeping as well as could be...... in the circumstances

of what we have to put up wiv.

Hope to chat again soon

luv diligent

 

 

 

 

 

Diligent - Howdy!  I do have the IBS  thing...since I was about 7yrs old - always have leaned toward the "loose" end but since I have been taking Darvocet things have "firmed up" considerably, if yu know what I mean

Being from different parts of the world makes our slang interesting.....'get a lie' & "sleeping tab" - I'm guessing is a nap & a pill?  Fun! 

Accents & coloquilisms have always fascinated me!

Lulu

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