Fatigue

The past week I'm experiencing some serious fatigue. It took me an hour to get out of bed this morning. I ache, and could easily just go back to bed except for the fact that I have to go to work, and then at least I'm off the rest of the week.

I don't know if this is the cimzia or if it's the verapamil (taking for migraines) I started the same time I started having the fatigue; which was just a couple of days after my last cimzia dose. It's similar to what I experienced when I was on humira and remicade. I called the neurologist yesterday and they told me it takes a while to adjust to the medication. i'm going to go back to the 1/2 a tablet morning/night instead of 1/2 tab in the morning and a whole a night and see what happens.

I hate trying to sort out what's causing this. Fatigue is my 2nd least favorite side effect (nausea getting 1st place!). The cimzia was causing me 4-5 days of migraines so I went to then neurologist and got more meds added to my mix.

I'm taking D3, and B12, and as of a few weeks ago those levels were looking ok.

I can't live without weekly B shots. They make me somehow energetic, though I'm anemic. I take every day a multivitamin, folic acid and Arcalion forte which improves memory and combats fatigue. This doesn't mean that I don't suffer from fatigue but it has become less. If you don't take B shots and a multivitamin, ask your doc about them. Sometimes, having low blood pressure exacerbates fatigue symptoms and makes me unable to get out of bed, check you bp.
Hope you feel better soon:)
Take care!

Thanks everyone. Cutting back the verapamil dose alleviated the worst of the fatigue. So at least that was fairly easy to figure out. Joint pain and fatigue really make me worry I'm going down the same road I was when I was on remicade, and that was just an awful six months for me and I only had 2 doses.