Best Ways to Beat Fatigue on Lupron?

Hello Guys,

I'm coming up on my fourth and last Lupron shot. (at eighteen months now).

The Lupron is working in that PSA has been taken to zero, which is fantastic!

However, the worst side-effect has been fatigue. In fact, the fatigue seems to be getting worse with each month.

Any suggestions for anyone? Hours of sleep seem to make no difference. I'm sleeping a good ten hours a night with a few interruptions to go to the bathroom, eating healthy, and walking about two miles per day. Trouble is, I could sleep all day if I could and even after a night's sleep, I'm tired. I even take naps in the afternoon. Was full of energy before Lupron.

Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

Bob

Three suggestions:

1) The thing we always seem to recommend is staying active and getting lots of exercise. It seem counter-intuitive but most of us find that while on ADT the harder we work ourselves the less tired we get. Of course, it takes a certain amount of determination to drag yourself out to exercise when your a55 is dragging.

2) Have you had a sleep study to see if you have sleep apnea? ADT tends to make men gain weight and the extra weight can cause apnea or make it worse. What you describe is not uncommon for men on ADT but it also sounds exactly like sleep apnea.

3) If there are certain times when your daytime sleepiness is a problem for you you could talk to your doctor about a drug like modafinil that helps you to stay awake. I mention this third because you should look into the other two first.

Fatigue was the worst side effect for me. I've talked about it here a lot. This sounds very familiar.

PeterDA has a good suggestion - you might want to double-check it isn't some other problem causing the fatigue. It's possible.

I always felt like I could fall asleep if I just stopped trying to stay awake. Any time, anywhere. Driving was problematic, in that I could only be at the wheel for an hour or so, maybe an hour and a half. Then I was losing focus, awareness, and my wife would take over. Almost instantly I'd fall asleep for about 45 minutes. Then I could drive again for a while, but I couldn't take over half the driving by any means. Motorcycle touring was out of the question.

Fatigue seems quite variable from guy to guy for some reason. A lot of people have no issue with it at all. But man, I sure did!

Hello Everyone.

Thank you for your kind responses. You do not know how important each and every one of your emails are to me.

I will pursue some of your suggestions to reduce the amount of fatigue I am enduring. If there is any comfort, it is Lupron is doing what it is suppose to do in reducing my PSA and it is doing it well. Extreme fatigue appears to be typical side-effect from what I have read and this is comforting.

This is why this forum is so important. We can share our personal experiences with each other.

Thanks again everyone for taking the time to help me and best wishes to all of you. Feel free to email me anytime or post a question. I wish all of you the best of health! If any of you have any questions about my experiences, please ask.

Bob