Solumedrol fatigue

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Avatar f tn I am currently being treated with 1 gm Solumedrol once/month. I had a three day course last spring and felt AWFUL afterwards. I did eventually feel a bit better overall, so maybe it was worth it. Even the one day dose makes me feel pretty lousy. My sx actually seem to get worse for a few days afterward! I'm not dx, but symptomatically fit the diagnostic criteria (we'll see what the 3T MRI has to say...
Avatar f tn my first time on Solumedrol and slept all day and all night. Once home, did the same thing for 2 weeks. Occasional nausea abut 3-4 times a week, using dissolvable Zofran which works almost instantly and is great. At April appt, doc said I was right where he expected, (labs I guess) and am due to see him again in September, he said I would feel much better by then. Next Lemtrada will be in February 2017 for 3 days and NO Solumedrol, am going back to Decadron.
Avatar n tn I just finished a course of 5 days of IV solumedrol for my MS. I am very concerned about the severe depression I am experiencing. Any information?
Avatar f tn I'm finishing a course of Solumedrol tomorrow for what sounds incredibly similar - started last Saturday. I talked to my Neuro Monday, and started the infusions Tuesday. I already feel better in the balance department, and feeling a wee bit more energetic, too. The muscle fatigue in all 4 extremities hasn't changed, but both my Neuro and I believe that's left-overs from prior attacks. Call your Neuro! The sooner you're treated, the better!
Avatar f tn I had my first dose of solumedrol this morning. For a while I've had some weird tremors (with muscle contraction primarily, but also visible when I hold my hands out, to type or something). I know some fine tremor is normal, but these were more than usual. Now they're much more pronounced today. Is this a normal side effect? I don't feel particularly jittery or wired, but I know it can affect people differently.
559187 tn?1330782856 I have only had one experience with the solumedrol and it was like a miracle! I had sudden double vision and trouble walking. I saw the neuro the next day (Friday) and he got me on solumedrol the following Monday. I was on for 5 days in a row. By the end of the third day the double vision was gone and by the end of the fourth day I could read again! I still, two months later, have a little residual nystagmus in my right eye and I need the cane when out and about, but not around the house.
Avatar f tn they ceased within a week or two of Solumedrol IV x 5 days. The whopping fatigue passed initially, and what was left behind was fatigue of a lesser degree that is almost a daily thing. Also, I have still not recovered normal vision; this may or may never ever happen fully. I continue to see two horizontal images with both eyes open, though my measurements have improved as per regular eye exams. I can't really tell much of a difference though.
Avatar n tn Okay, I've had MS for 13 years. I was just taken off Tysabri in July, I was on that for almost 5 years. I now have to go on Gylena in January, but before I start the new drug...I have to do 6 months of iv steroids. 3 days every month with NO taper! I have just finished my second round...and I'm ready to through in the towel. The side affects of the steroids are at this point almost not worth doing. They are trying to prevent a relapse since I am not on any MS therapy.
400099 tn?1282954864 ve been battling a major exacerbation. Had 3 days soluMedrol IV and while my legs could once again hold me, still alot of other stuff I'm dealing with such as increased pain, crushing fatigue, brain fogs. Saw neuro today and he is putting me on ritalin 5 mg twice a day for the fatigue. I'm a little nervous about that but I read the archives and sounds like it might help. I had been on copaxone for a year and a half and had to stop for huge welts.
Avatar f tn Searching, I found you and am excited that there is a group that may actually be able to answer some of my questions. The first thing he wants to do is put me on solumedrol for 5 days, I am not currently in a flair. Any reason I should put myself through that if I am not currently having symptoms?
Avatar f tn I know steroids can make you susceptible to infections, but has anyone developed a UTI on solumedrol? I had the unmistakable first inklings of one a bit ago. I rushed out for cranberry juice and a blueberry smoothie (blueberries are supposed to have the same effect as cranberries, and it's a good excuse for a fruit smoothie!!) and I'm hoping I can keep it at bay this way, but I guess I'll know in a few hours. These things tend to come on fast for me.
1172359 tn?1310667693 I am scheduled Monday to do an IV for three days of Solumedrol. Has anyone else done that and if so, what is your opinion. I am alittle nervous about it.
97654 tn?1214348650 ve had a horrible experience with Solumedrol as well.....Back in March I had extreme leg and groin numbness and went on IV Solumedrol for 3 days....I had a nasty reaction to it, but it DID take away the numbness and vision problems almost immediately....Well, within 48 hours anyway..... In May the left side of my head and face went numb and because I was visiting the MS Clinic at that time, I declined the Solumedrol treatment.....That numbness didn't go away for 20 days.....
Avatar f tn I will be patient and give the Copaxone time to work. The solumedrol does help with the fatigue and it relieved my hand and leg pain for a few days but the pain came back. It did not seem to help as much as it has in the past. Maybe I just need a higher dose than 1000. Thanks again.
Avatar m tn I just had my first round of solumedrol (ever)....not feeling good, hot, sugar way up, headache. But up until recently I had been swimming, light weight lifting, and walking dog. Before solumedrol, balance suddenly awful, eye pain, constant dizziness, absolutely crushing fatigue, muscle twitches that wouldn't quit. My neuro told me in an exacerbation you can have same symptoms as "normal" but only worse. New one was head feeling like cotton and the constant dizziness.
721523 tn?1331581802 After responding to the other question about Picasso face, mine is back. I am having symptoms of a new relaps. For the first time places on my face and my ear are going numb. It started Thursday with bad fatigue. Then after a nap, my face began it's thing. Every afternoon, I get tired. My face is getting worse. I was going to call my dr on Friday, but I really was not that bad. The only thing other than my face and tiredness is a little cognitive disfunction.
97654 tn?1214348650 At one point this was happening about 15 times per day. I took a round of Solumedrol (3 days) and began taking 300 mg of Lyrica per day. It now happens 4 or 5 times per week. My doctor prescribed another round of Solumedrol which is scheduled for next week (30 days from the first one). I am trying to decide whether I want to do the 2nd round of Solumedrol. It made me feel horrible and was a miserable 4 or 5 days.
1196859 tn?1266134938 d had numerous times through my life where excessive fatigue has lasted for days or weeks but since this pain filled unsteady legs super duper flare up where the doctors are finally taking me seriously it's lasted since about August and is still going strong, in fact it's getting progressively worse. So about 6+ months. That seems like a long time to me. Is that normal to use an odd word? Normal for MS? How long do your flare ups typically last?
Avatar f tn I had a 4 day Solumedrol drip and then step down pack in February and it made me worse. All my muscles tightened up and I have more pain than I did before. Call it a major fibromyalgia attack. Even now in May, I am still as stiff and woozy as i was after the glucocorticoid therapy. Sigh. Did nothing for me that I can tell. I did sweat a lot during the treatment so maybe i lost a few toxins?
Avatar f tn t help, so I had the 3 day mega dose IV solumedrol. I did not do the tapering off pills, because I was having a reaction to the medicine. Since the end of February my ankles are swollen everyday, all day. I asked my neurologist, and she said it is a side effect of the solumedrol. Any one else experience this.....swollen ankles for so long? When will they return to normal? Help please. Thank you.
6222380 tn?1380055745 I am going to start a 5day run of 1gm daily Solumedrol. It has been a few years since I have agreed to this and if I was able to make it through more than 2 days a week of work I probably would think twice after reading other post. My last experience was of extreme moodiness and fatigue. I don't remember the metallic taste but will watch for that. Also have to have a repeat LP in the am so please keep me in your thoughts. I am a little nervous.
Avatar f tn lightheadedness, fatigue, muscle weakness, tingling in my feet and hands, unexplainable muscle/joint aches, memory issues, brain fog, migraines/headaches, etc. he stated that he was going to order some tests and treat me as if I have MS and do an IV infusion of SoluMedrol. I went through the week long treatment, I had a Lumbar Puncture, Evoked Potentials, bloodwork for blood cultures, Mog Antibody, NMO Antibody.
195469 tn?1388322888 These are the same problems I have with Solumedrol. Diabetics have a hard time with Solumedrol and it seems that insulin or diabetic pills, cannot work hard enough to get high blood sugar levels down. Here where we live in Virginia, they will not do a treatment, if your blood sugar level is about 200. This is a good drug, but very hard on someone that is prone to high blood pressure and high blood sugar.
Avatar m tn In february she experienced double vision, and different mild balance problems, when she was in higher tempereture, (only minutes) and her fatigue was stronger and stronger day by day. More than two weeks ago she experienced double vision, when she look right, and some days after she had a mild swallowing problems (the swallow of the food was difficult occasionly, and hiccup after meal). She worked abroad, but she experience to have flare, so came back, and met her neuro.
Avatar f tn I started rebif and solumedrol at the same time in July, but call your doctor.. Are call the MS lifelines??
1740498 tn?1328962585 I had my first course of solumedrol Friday-Tuesday. Last night (Thursday night) I began needing to urinate every 30-60 minutes. Not like tons and tons. But also not my bladder fooling me. And it continues today! I can't get a hold of my @$&#%& neurologist. So of course my question is whether this happens with steroids. Anybody?