evening pain & stiffness with RA

topcatt
topcatt Member Posts: 63
edited 5. Aug 2009, 17:46 in Living with Arthritis archive
Yes I do, start the day off bad and then it gradually gets better during the day and then starts to be painful and stif towards bedtime - can only think that it is due to fatigue, so just get my trsty hot water bottle hot cos I find that heat therapy works for me.

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  • carol71
    carol71 Member Posts: 131
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm Like topkatt, first thing in a morning I wake stiff with pains in my arms fingers and neck but these ease once I drag myself out of bed and get moving. Throughout the day I get really tired around mid afternoon and start to ache again throughout the evening.
    At least now I know why I feel this way.

    Carol xxx
  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,395
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    This is perfectly normal for Rheumatoids, we start the day with stiffness, this eases and then as the goes on our joints start to tire, get sore and uncomfortable - we fall into bed at night and, I feel, bed heals and rests our joints ready to face the next day.

    This is worse at the beginning of the disease and for spells as the years go on but it isn't like this forever. This is my experience anyway.

    With Mtx I hardly ever feel like this anymore and that shows my RA is well under control.

    Hope this helps.

    Luv Legs :D
    Love, Legs x
    'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi, I do the same with OA. As linda says I think its the joints getting tired! Its worse if I've done more in the day. Hope you have a good nights rest, it can be hard to get comfy, can't it?
    Love Sue