wat does everyone do 4 the fatigue????help!

 Caffeine is a fiend ! Notorious for it's ability to lift you up higher...only in order to throw you down all the harder !   The bounce it gives to your blood sugar is a truly evil effect...which makes you crave sugary foods...which stresses your pancreas...which affects your adrenals and your gut....

Joci I have same question as you, what do others her do for fatigue, its horrible evn with coffee, I have never tried provigil, not really that familiar with it, can anyone explain it a little further. Feel like I am on alot allready, but was fatigued before any meds, the darvocet actaully helps with energy when I take it, and even the valium when taken somewhat motivates me, but still overwhemlming fatigue. How does provigil interact with the other meds, i already have loose bowels ( IBS), so if it ( provigil) gave me enegry, I would deal with the IBS-D just to have more energy, and which type of soc would I ask, my fp, gyno-uro, pain mangement or pyhciatrist?
Sorry didnt mean to jump in on your thread , but you had same question I did?.. Any thoughts or suggestions, the b-12 sublinguals is all I can take, it doesnt do much. the pill makes me sick, now along time ago the shotsreally helped, but fp wont do it, so he proably wont presrcibe provigl either, thinking of phychiatrist best bet on the provigil. ANd if my fp wont give me b-12 shots who will, he says, there isnt anything wrong with the vitamin. ( except it makes me vomit, with or without food, no matter what timeof day I take!), Ok sorry so long..any thoughts???....

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Oh, so I should probably not take it, if D is already a problem. ANd I am on anti depressants meds. darn!! I needs soemthing for fatigue, I can tblame my meds, It was actually worse before and of my meds, but still at a point I really wish there was more I could do about it. I will email you, thanks for the info...

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I wish effexor gave me energy too :(

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dx: fibromyalgia, IBS-C,Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Headaches, hypothyroidism,anemia, insomnia,mild depression.

snohare gave the best answer there is, but most folks don't want to be bothered with it or like me, just can't afford all the supplements, etc..

I eat as healthy as possible ... but I'd rather drink coffee than take any drugs for energy, if I had to weigh the side affect differences.

The less drugs the better - my liver and other organs say. Most especially mood altering drugs. I'd rather cheer myself up some other way and I sympathise deeply with anyone who fights depression. Been there done that and I 'battle' for at least a few minutes with it now, if I'm not careful. Had the organic kind of depression that comes with this disease of the brain (Lyme/CFS), so that was a real battle to learn how to take charge of, without help. But Thank God Only, He threw me a lifeline and at the same time, showed me the way out.

These drug commercials crack me up sometimes. The side affects are worse than what you're being treated for. One side affect was lymphoma, and what it was for was some mild illness. Go figure.

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Late Neuro-Lyme & CFIDS. 

The first 4 years I took a lot of different meds but my body couldn't handle the side effects of most meds. Over the years I've noticed that staying as stress free as posibble helps alot. Of course it's hard to eliminate all stress but you have to try. I also learnt that when I do have a "good day" to not push myself too much to make up for my "bad days". I take it one day at a time, one activity at a time. I've been coping as best I can with CFS for 8 years now. On good days I try to go outside for a walk, not a fast or long one, just a walk to stretch my legs and get some fresh air. Most of the time I think I'm too tired to go outside and walk but once I'm back home I feel a bit better, at least mentally if not physically. I also am very aware or what I eat and drink; I try and stick to foods that are the most natural...you know, fruits, veggies, non-processed food. I noticed that when depression sets in, all my symptoms are aggravated and my exhaustion is really bad so it's very important to stay positive (which is really hard to do if you're new to CFS) Hope my input helped you a bit

I've been taking Provigil and it's worked WONDERS for me! Yes it is incredibly expensive, but I'm fortunate enough to have a doctor that keeps getting me these "cupons" for Provigil so I don't have to pay for them.

As far as drug interactions, you have to check with your doctor or pharmacist for which meds you can and cannot take with Provigil. I'm also on Lorazepam for anxiety, and that's fine.

Coffee or any caffiene has no effect on me anymore, as I've built up a tolerance to caffiene over the past 10-11 years I've been dealing with CFS. I can have 4 shots of espresso and go right to sleep!!!

But, I'll get up in the morning, and with my cup of coffee take my Provigil (200mg, once a day) and I'm good to go! I don't have any side effects, other than I'm awake, alert and can focus and don't feel like I want to sleep all day!!!!

*******side note*******

Anyone considering talking to their doctor about Effexor. BE CAREFUL!!! I was on Effexor once before, and it was literally h-e-double hockey sticks on earth. The withdrawls are HORRIBLE... horrible to the point I wanted to die so I didn't have to feel that way anymore. A lot of doctors (my past doctor included) do not know of the horrible side effects you can have, and over perscribe it. My new doctor explained to me that Effexor is really only effective for few people, and he said that doctors sometimes overlook all of the possibilities of the side effects.

I've found nothing in my research that says that Provigil contains high levels of magnesium though.

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Hugs,

Nikki

I do not know what's wrong with me yet, but hopefully I'll find out soon :D

 Hi Joci,

I think your question is so much in need for an answer for all of us... I thought thatnk God I'm not going crazy as I can not figure out how to live life on empty all the time.  I am also allergic to caffine and sugar pretty much all refined bad carbs.  But when you have no gas as I call it to keep going I have in the past got hooked on those mocha coffee's and just bad crabs. So it makes me have this energy for a short time just to hit hard rock bottom later.  So a visious cycle.  I have yet to find out how to give myself energy with out the blood sugar drop.  if anyone knows please pass it on.  Sorry no help

hugs, Donkey

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thanks for all the incredible input, wow...nikki, i had the same experience as you w/effexor...& similar with cymbalta,,god let them find some thing soon some common bond so they can come up wit better meds..wouldn't it be grear if they come up with i1that would work for us all...dream on...i'm grateful they're working on it, tho;n as well as all the other things.the other day, a young guy asked me what advice for life i'd give him...he's a neighbor, about7...cute as a button;we've t
been thght since his family moved in awhen he was 2.he's 7; probably won't remember, but i told him to take care of himself, let his mom take him for chechups, etc. he's a serious kid;wrote it down for his mom! i wish him and all of you/us better health.there's nothing more important, except love, i guess.ok/...did i get my 489900 words in yet?!

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i believe we are all connected;everything is connected on an atomic and subatomic level, so how can we be separate;how can one thing not affect another? another reason to be kind to each other...and to think before we speak. and to try to love one another or at least give up hatred for individuals. and i don't mean we should turn into Pollyanna .no way...we musk feel and acknowledge all our feelings;it's how  we handle them.   that is the hardest part for me, i:ve discovered. i don't like injustice & i don't stay quiet about it. sometimes i'm disliked for that. i can live with it...lots of practice.I was marching in the streets before a lot of you were born, so i think that tells you a lot. i'm not brave. but i care.and i try to help.  so do things like YOU do them;with the docs help

bob dylan said, "I aint gonna work on maggies farm no more            you all try to do the same;hold on to all the dignity you can& do as many things your own way as you can;of course swe have to deal with docs & so on, but we need to keep ourselves.