Tiredness

fulton

Just wondering if any of you guys get tired quickly? If i get a full nights sleep im still ready for bed by lunch time!

janie68

Yes very

I am exactly the same, even with a full nights sleep I need a 2 hour nap in the afternoon but due to work, daughter school run etc etc, its not always possible and then it makes me worse. Then Im ready for bed by 9pm, its notmvery sociabe is it? Oh dear,my hands have gone now

Janie

Airwave!

I wouldn't mind a kip when I wake in the morning! Enduring pain is tiring and it's hard work moving around.

dreamdaisy

Tiredness is part and parcel of arthritis. Rest whenever you can and if a nap is needed so be it. DD

julie47

Yes...I also get tired and some days just can not seem to wake up.
A ten minute rest of the eyes does the trick for me .
(2 or three times in the day )

Juliepf x

fulton

I dont really think this going to be much fun!

dreamdaisy

If a rest helps one to carry on then it has to be done. I must admit that the terms 'fun' and 'arthritis' do at first appear to be mutually exclusive but this cruddy disease does not alter everything. It does change us in some ways but the essential 'person' is still there. DD

moodyblue

Me too!
I love this forum. Just when I think I'm going mad, I find everyone else is too!
I feel like a nap by early afternoon. My brain gets foggy and a great wave of fatigue rolls over me. Is it the disease? Or the medication? Or the depression? Who knows.
So thanks for keeping me company.

fulton

I think im going to have to slow things down a bit!

valval

i work at 1pm and on bad days have to have half hour nap before going just to cope. it a matter of deciding what important to you and working around that time for you is very important wether it to read nap of chill remember it important helps keep head straight val

weejean

I also get so tired during the day and used to just try to fight through it but now I have a wee nap and feel a lot better afterwards. Gone are the days of me staying up to the wee small hours, I am ready for bed around 10pm, that used to be the time I would be heading out to a club/pub, oh how things change

skezier

Hi Fulton,

Glad you have found the forum and hope you will find it helpful.

There is no doubt its not always easy but you will have good days as well and it, by nature, comes and goes till oa reaches 3rd stage.

I have rough eyes and I don't read all the posts cus I can't so don';t know which type of arthritis you have but I do know that its not always bad.

The fatigue i get a lot of. I try and work through it.... Its hard to but once I sit down I invariably do a bit of unscheduled armchair duties and thats usually enough to do a bit more on.

I am lucky cus I am self employed... I am also used to being broke. Its not changed my life as much as I used to be scared it would but I am learning pacing your self when the fatigue is big helps.

There are some self help things on this site. The self help is also so good. If you look at the sticky at the top of the page by Ichabod you will find out also how to find an AC course in your area. those are also well worth doing especially the 6 weeks one.

You learn the meditation, relaxation and visualisation's as well as a lot of useful practical things.

There is also the helplines both to ring and get advice from but also they do information packs that they can send out to you and they are also useful.

The more you learn about it the better it seems to be in coping terms.

You hang in there and I promise you it's not as bad as you think cus its possible to make adjustments and still maintain your life as well. You d need some decent pain relief and a decent anti-inflammatory but with the medic help you will be ok.

Nice to meet you. Cris x

Hi Moodblue, Nice to meet you to x

nanasue

Hi fulton,
I too suffer from tiredness and sometimes need a nap in the afternoon, but I've found using a light box helps, also with the depression, I was only using the light box in the winter when there was a lack of natural daylight, which makes you tired and depressed, but the weather is so lousy at the moment I've gone back to using it and it is helping.I've found it's definately worth the money, I searched online to get the best deal, it's a small portable one, so I can take it with me if I go to stay with my daughter etc. Hope you find some way of dealing with the tiredness,oh just remembered, it is always worse in winter, due to short days. Sorry for rambling on, but a bit tired myself at the moment, sitting here waiting for effects of light box to take effect. Wishing you all the best,

Sue x

angie1973

It's one of my issues. I have fibromyalgia as well as OA in various parts of my body and I find it hard to fall into a really deep sleep, and I also wake frequently in pain with either my lower back or my knees clicking or locking or catching out. My neck is a nightmare as it takes me forever to get comfy.

I work full time so I am always trying to sleep when I can. I've found the worst thing I can do is try and plan a routine, as I guarantee the minute I do that, I won't be tired or the restless legs kick and then I'm like an Irish dancer doing a chair version. how my husband hasn't banned me from being anywhere near the same room I don't know!

I've found if I actually go to bed when I feel proper tired (not the normal tired I'm used), I have better quality sleep. I've also found now I'm walking in the evenings, even when I can only do my short walk, it helps tire me out to sleep better.

It's the pits not sleeping well, causes half the issues sometimes. I hope you find a way of catching more zzzzzzz's.

fulton

I set up a guard dog company about a year ago and im on my feet 19 hours a day and im struggling, but i know if i soon i will be able to take the backseat and relax and work as and when i can!
I have OA in my left foot and i get pains in my right from time to time so im not sure if ive got it in the there aswell! As i have an active past i was totally gutted when i found out i had OA and i still dont know how bad it is and when i asked the doctor all i got was i will send you to see a specialist(6 months wait)! Im so fustrated! Why cant doctors give you a straight answer! GRRR! :evil

dreamdaisy

OA can occur as a consequence of an active past, I must admit I grin a little grin as I watch runners pounding past on the hard pavement, thinking they are doing themselves some good when there's a good possibility they could be storing up a deal of trouble . . . . . . twerps. I have my OA as a result of the PA damage, of that I am sure.

As to how bad it will get, well no-one has the answer to that. Everyone's version of this dross is individual, no-one knows how fast or slow, limited or extensive things will be. There is not a lot to be done for OA, it is a matter of pain dullers and anti-inflammatories and eventually surgery if that is possible. I wish you well - and rest those troubled tootsies as often as you can during the day. DD

fulton

Well i broke the 5 bones straight across just below the ankle so i dont think that will help much!

skezier

Hi Fulton,

It may be you need a bit of better pain control? They are meant to take it down to the manageable level and if they aren't then its sometime a good idea to change them or add in to them.

I get bad feet and gel insoles can help with being on them as well as shoes you find comfortable.

It will be so much easier once you are able to get to the back seat time... hang in there and it progresses at it own speed. You might get a rest from the burn soon (it burns and stops for a while) and well sometimes the stop burning bit can last for a very long time.

Oh also maybe seeing a podontist could help you? Might be worth asking.

OA is just sods law they say but everything I have it in i have damaged before but obviously I had the predisposition to it as I got it some young. Cris x

fulton

Well ive had screws put in them and taken out and i have insoles made to fit by the doctors but still painful to walk on! I think i need a bionic foot! LOL