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Posted 6/17/2012 12:20 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone have any ideas of what to do for energy to get thru the day? I work 10 hour days then as soon as I get home I make dinner, clean up, get the kids ready for bed, etc. I am continuously moving from 6:30am to 10sh t night. I'm feeling better because of the remicade but I'm so tired. The only break I get is driving to and from work and my half hour lunch break, when I get one.
Posted 6/17/2012 2:42 AM (GMT 0)
Supplement with B-vitamins and Electrolytes, you can do this by getting Emergen-C packets and mixing in water, helped me alot!
Posted 6/17/2012 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Stereo - B-Vitamins are really the only non-stimulant that will help boost your body's energy levels. Try to keep your vitamin levels up and that should help a little bit. For me, personally, I didn't start to get my energy back until I changed my diet. That put me in remission, and the lack of processed crap seems to agree with my intestines, thus improving my overall wellness.
Posted 6/17/2012 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
I think anyone would be tired working your schedule, even if they were perfectly healthy. Do you have to work so many hours a day? You need to get enough rest even if you have to let some things go a bit, (like housework) or ask for your family members to help you out. I personally fall apart if I don't get enough sleep!
Posted 6/18/2012 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
Heck! I would be tired with your schedule too! But ever since I started Remicade back in September, I have been even more fatigued than ever. So I started on a Super B-complex and my energy is back up. I'm still tired but that heavy body fatigue that I was getting is gone.
Posted 6/18/2012 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
I see your signature says that you are anemic, and in another thread you mentioned you had strictures. That's where I was 18 months ago, and I was tired all the time, too. It would be worse on days where the pain bothered me. It didn't alleviate it completely, but I believe it helped some when I switched to a chewable multivitamin with iron. I also drank about 4-5 Ensure or Boost per day.
Posted 6/18/2012 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
With the anemia you might need to be taking an iron pill as well.  When your iron is low it makes you tired.  I had to take a perscription iron pill for years.
Posted 6/21/2012 12:37 PM (GMT 0)
SORRY - I think I got your userID confused with someone else who commented in another thread. Some of my comments were based on having strictures, which I now see was someone else (another mommyof2...) I apologize for the confusion.

You should also run any increase in iron (either via multivitamin or supplement) by your doctor. I had my iron supplement increased before we realized how severe my strictures were, and it really bound me up and led to a lot of pain.

Posted 6/21/2012 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
my schedule is hard but its worth it for the extra day off with the kids. i try to take it easy on the 3 days a week i have off. I even get naps those days which really keeps me going. I've been taking a multi-vitamin and b12 sublingual but my energy is going down again like crazy. The next time i go back in to the doctor i'm going to ask them to recheck my vitamin b & iron levels because it has been a while since it has been checked.

I've had 3 doses of remicade so far and felt bad just the days of the iv treatment. I even stopped having stomach aches and pains. Today was the first time in a while i had stomach pains.

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