Hi guys
The flare that I'm currently experiencing is only my second in 10 years and the first was focussed on my platelets throwing a wobbly with a few sore joints (so very lucky, I know!)
This time however I've been totally floored by the pain in my joints and I what I'd like to know from you guys is how "normal" is it to be as stiff as a board on waking and then have the pain ease throughout the day? I'm finding that by the time I leave work I'm only experiencing about 20% of the pain and to be honest I think my colleagues believe me to be some kind of fraud the way I practically skip to my car!
I'm then finding that I'm wiping myself out by early evening catching up on all the chores I can't do in the mornings but reluctant to go to bed because the whole cycle will start again the next morning!
I've only been taking 400mg of Plaquenil for a month (in the evening as advised by Rheumy). Prior to that, my GP put me on 30mg of Prednisolone, tapering to 0 which brought immense relief and in the last couple of days I've decided to take 10mg of Pred to try to ease the pain.
Any thoughts or advise would be very much appreciated!
The flare that I'm currently experiencing is only my second in 10 years and the first was focussed on my platelets throwing a wobbly with a few sore joints (so very lucky, I know!)
This time however I've been totally floored by the pain in my joints and I what I'd like to know from you guys is how "normal" is it to be as stiff as a board on waking and then have the pain ease throughout the day? I'm finding that by the time I leave work I'm only experiencing about 20% of the pain and to be honest I think my colleagues believe me to be some kind of fraud the way I practically skip to my car!
I'm then finding that I'm wiping myself out by early evening catching up on all the chores I can't do in the mornings but reluctant to go to bed because the whole cycle will start again the next morning!
I've only been taking 400mg of Plaquenil for a month (in the evening as advised by Rheumy). Prior to that, my GP put me on 30mg of Prednisolone, tapering to 0 which brought immense relief and in the last couple of days I've decided to take 10mg of Pred to try to ease the pain.
Any thoughts or advise would be very much appreciated!