# Fatigue!

**URL:** <https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/fatigue/8225>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/fatigue/8225 "2018-02-22T01:14:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![McDadeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@McDadeS](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/McDadeS)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/fatigue/8225/1 "2018-02-22T01:14:44Z")

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I am constantly exhausted! Not sleepy…no energy at all. Any suggestions on how to fix or deal with this problem???

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**Author:** ![Seenie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/seenie/32/4466_2.png) [@Seenie](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Seenie)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/fatigue/8225/2 "2018-02-22T01:40:09Z")

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Yup, we hear you, Shelley, and welcome to our PsA club house! It’s great that you found us (but a bummer that you’re a member of our clan too).

The fatigue. Yes. I remember. I won’t ever forget. I recall sitting at my desk after school and wondering how on earth I was going to get up, and out to my car to go home. It’s really awful, isn’t it?

Mine melted like snow in the sun when I finally got aggressive therapy, that is to say, a biologic. But I see that you’re already on Humira. I would suggest asking your rheumatologist. I’m assuming you are already eating well and exercising judiciously and getting enough night rest.

Hey, have you seen our Newbies’ Guide? I think there’s something in there about fatigue as well.

We’re glad that you’re here, Shelley

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**Author:** ![Sybil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/sybil/32/2415_2.png) [@Sybil](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Sybil)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/fatigue/8225/3 "2018-02-22T10:08:11Z")

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I see from your profile that you are a teacher. I would imagine this might, at the very least, have something to do with the fatigue! However I know all too well that PsA can have A LOT to do with it.

If you are still teaching, I doubt you have much time to yourself. However, I’d urge you to find time for exercise if that is not happening already. Counter-intuitively, exercise can help with fatigue. But that sounds a bit limp, I’d go as far as to say that regular exercise is sometimes _amazing_ at countering fatigue. It does not have to be extreme, but regular is important. And results don’t necessarily come along immediately.

I know you’re on Humira but are you taking a traditional DMARD to prop it up? When my fatigue was worsening my rheumy increased the dose of Mtx I take to 20 mgs weekly.

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**Author:** ![Kmwestmo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/kmwestmo/32/6163_2.png) [@Kmwestmo](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Kmwestmo)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/fatigue/8225/4 "2018-06-20T23:37:33Z")

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please see my post under complementary therapies titled “A cure for fatigue, seriously.”