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Posted 12/3/2007 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
I would like to know if anyone else feels tired all the time.

I do sometimes I feel like I'm not gone be able to get through the day with out a nap, so I was wondering if there was any help for this???

Posted 12/3/2007 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
The fatigue came first when I went through my last flare. I knew something was wrong. I was working out 4 times a week and feeling just fine. One day, I woke up, and all of my energy was gone. The cramping/nausea came later. I tried to tell the doctor how tired I was, but he blamed it on the fact that I have a year and a half old baby to run after all day. They just don't get it sometimes!

Since my flare got under control, I've been feeling so different. I have tons of energy, but I think it's the prednisone. It gives me so much energy that I can't sleep at night. I'm scared that when I get off the prednisone, I'll start feeling sluggish again.

I've heard that B-12 shots may help. I wish I had more advice!

Posted 12/3/2007 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
Fatigue is probably my worst symptom right now. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow so I plan to bring it up then. Before my surgery and dx last year I could bare function. After my recovery I felt like a totally different person. Fatigue is one of my biggest fears.
Posted 12/3/2007 8:32 PM (GMT 0)
While I am still waiting for them to figure out what is wrong with me I do understand the fatigue issue. Since I have been having this latest flair I have no energy at all I used to stay up until at least 11:00pm or later and was fine and was able to get up in the morning and get going pretty easily. Now I am ready for bed by 7:00 or 8:00pm but I force myself to stay up until 9:30pm. When I wake up I feel like I haven't slept at all. I try to get up and force myself to do something but the more I do the more tired I become.

I am so tired of being so tired. I am hoping that when they figure out what is wrong with me that I might be able to control the fatigue.
Posted 12/3/2007 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
I know I have a problem when I want to lay back down after I take a shower.
Posted 12/3/2007 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
You might try B6 supplements. about 2 years ago I started taking them 2X a day and after about a month I no longer needed a nap every day. That's not to say I couldn't take a nap every day, but I didn't NEED it. I do get B12 shots every 2 weeks also. If you haven't had recent blood work and this is a newish issue you might want to have some done to check for anemia and B12 levels too.
Posted 12/3/2007 9:32 PM (GMT 0)
I find that I feel a zillion times better when i take a multi-vitimin.   I ususally take it before bed so that I'll have enough energy to get up in the morning. (And to not lay back down after a shower LOL)
Posted 12/3/2007 10:36 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so exhausted that I have to take naps every day on the floor of my office (I should really buy a mat), but apparently my exhaustion is due to prednisone withdrawal.
Posted 12/4/2007 4:51 AM (GMT 0)
There are a lot of times that I have to take a nap.I have times that I feel like I can't put one foot infront of the other.
Posted 12/4/2007 10:27 AM (GMT 0)
Hi I was really tired when I had my large abcess would sleep every day in bed real early too .Once I got DX and had surgery for abs. and got on meds I felt better . My B-12, protien, and potassium were low. I now take a multi vitamin and yesterday the DR. put me on calcium and Vit. D bacause of the long term use of pred. so I found the multi vit. has brought up my energy alot now I am doing more housework .So you should discuss vitties or get some it might make a difference. lol gail
Posted 12/4/2007 12:31 PM (GMT 0)
B12, iron, potassium.....mine were all drastically low and i couldn't drag myself off the couch. I was panting if I tried to mow the lawn-got one strip done and would have to take a break.

I have been on iron daily, increased the number of B12 shots and am eating a banana each day. I can't tell you how much better I feel! it is a joy to be able to do simple things again--like more than one load of laundry, walk thru a few stores to shop, walk from the car to the movie theater all without having to rest.

Get your iron/B12 levels checked and consider nutritional supplements. It really helps.
Posted 12/4/2007 1:04 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with HabsHockeyFan. Have your vitamin levels checked. As I was first being diagnosed, my doctor found somewhat lower than normal levels of iron and B-12. Not terrible, just on the low side of normal. Slight internal bleeding probably led to slight anemia. Between the prednisone, iron, and B-12, My energy level gradually came back. Not sure if any one in particular did the trick or if it was the combination of them. Good luck
Posted 12/5/2007 7:25 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry that you feel tired.  Yep I feel tired too.  After I tapered off the prednisone, I REALLY felt it.  Definately get your stuff checked. 

However, sometimes the results come back and show that there is nothing off balance so it can be frustrating.  Before I was diagnosed, I slept maybe 6-8 hours a day.  Now I sleep at least 9-10 and then sometimes need to take a nap.  Guess it's part of the crohn's.  I emailed my GI and my PCP and they ran blood tests on me and nada.  Thyroid is fine, I'm not anemic, B levels are fine.  I take multivitmins daily and occasionally do B complex shots every 3 weeks.  I just try to gage my day on how I feel.  Occasionally I overdo it and then try to recoup the sleep.  I slept 13 hours last Monday cause I went to a zoo on Sat, got insomnia so I slept for 6 hours and then had to work my regular 10 hour shift.  =0\  The vitamins and the B shots help though because I have no idea how I would be putt putting without them. 

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