TIREDNESS WITH OA

wendylou
wendylou Member Posts: 88
edited 18. Jan 2010, 13:57 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi all i was wondering if everyone who has OA has this tiredness :roll: that i have, yesterday got up and i felt fine did not have the tired feeling on me, then today i just wanted to sleep, i cannot understand how one day your fine then next your not, :? does anyone else feel like this, i am on variouse medication for blood pressure and angina but i feel as if im'e the only one to feel like this please help to put my mind at ease. :| Wendylou.

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  • trisher
    trisher Member Posts: 9,263
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Welcome to The Sleepy Club.

    I think there are lots of people on here who get tired. I do but I have different types of arthur.

    Just take a break when you need to.

    Trisher xx
  • markc1
    markc1 Member Posts: 253
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    wendylou wrote:
    Hi all i was wondering if everyone who has OA has this tiredness :roll: that i have, yesterday got up and i felt fine did not have the tired feeling on me, then today i just wanted to sleep, i cannot understand how one day your fine then next your not, :? does anyone else feel like this, i am on variouse medication for blood pressure and angina but i feel as if im'e the only one to feel like this please help to put my mind at ease. :| Wendylou.


    You are not alone :roll:
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi I have OA and get very tired during the day. By tea time, I pick up the paper and start to read it, then my eyes close.
    The next thing I know and its an hour or so later!

    I asked my doctor, in the early days, when it started, and he said that what did I expect? I wasn't sleeping properly at night, pain makes you tired and so do pain killers. The best thing is to have a sleep, then feel a bit better in the evening! I still manage to go to sleep holding a cup of tea, and wake up when it spills down my lap!!! :oops:
    Love Sue
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi yes do find this it also the extra effort to move joints that also does not help. can get up feeling great then couple hours later need nap before work at 1 life not good some days slept most of yesterday as over did things in morning then slept all night so must have needed it lol . so be nice to your self listen to your body
    val
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sleep what's sleep?, I wake up worn out these days. :roll:
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Wendylou

    Yes, tiredness appears to go hand in hand with arthritis. some days, weeks worse than others, for me. Some days and weeks really good. I sometimes think it can depend on how one feels mentally too. If I am a little down then I am more tired/lethargic but perhaps that is just me. We have to learn to try and pace ourselves which none of us find easy because when you feel ok, you do so much more, sometimes without even thinking about it.

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • rosyred
    rosyred Member Posts: 150
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    yes wendy i am the same as u ..... sleep hours then no sleep at all... Dont understand why myself been told its the arthitis.

    funny how it can affect you hey .. xxx
  • joyful164
    joyful164 Member Posts: 2,401
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Wendylou
    Sorry about the exhaustion/tiredness, I can give you the same answer as everyone else, join the club.

    I've got to admit that I seem to have got the right cocktail and if I take my meds (24mg Candisartin(blood pressure), 1 150 gm Tramadol SR and 150 to 300 mg Pregabelin, I can go to bed and go immediately to sleep. Then sleep anything from 4 - 6 hr without stirring. The Candesartin has a sedative in also, because I do suffer from very high blood pressure.

    However, in order to do that I have to make sure I don't nap too often in the day. when I am feeling really bad, then I can nod off for an hour or two during the day and still sleep at night.

    If I sit in my chair too long and upon waking in the morning, I can hardly walk, it is so painful, from my toes to my fingertips. Everything hurts. I'm fairly OK once I get going and then have to keep going so I don't sieze up again. How does one get it right? I have just managed to finish a pile of ironing and I'm exhausted. I think the OH can get the tea tonight.

    Joy
  • annebr
    annebr Member Posts: 730
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I am also a member of this club. It amazes me that I can wake up tired. I am hoping to go back to work and I can only imagine how I will feel then?

    Anne
  • wendylou
    wendylou Member Posts: 88
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    wendylou wrote:
    Hi all i was wondering if everyone who has OA has this tiredness :roll: that i have, yesterday got up and i felt fine did not have the tired feeling on me, then today i just wanted to sleep, i cannot understand how one day your fine then next your not, :? does anyone else feel like this, i am on variouse medication for blood pressure and angina but i feel as if im'e the only one to feel like this please help to put my mind at ease. :| Wendylou.
    Hi everyone thanks for your replys, i have just woken up after a nap and read them, your such a helpfull lot and you have cheered me up so funny :lol: idid say to myself today that i will try and stay awake but just after my tea thought i would just lie down well as you can guese yes i fell asleep :roll: know i will have a job getting to sleep tonight but never mind thats the way our body's work i will just go with the flow and i have joined your sleepy club may i say again thaks all. love to all Wendylou :wink::wink::D xx

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