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tired after injections?

6 years ago•8 Replies

Anyone find that they are more tired than usual after avastin injections? This is very uncommon for me, and I do not think I am stressed about the process( 4th injection, both eyes), but I have had to travel a lot for the injections. I notice it for several days. Rather subtle and it is not listed in general side effects so curious to know if anyone else finds this happening.

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6 years ago

Hi 2see

Yes, injection fatigue! Some people experience this tiredness more than others. If you consider that injections into the eye are rather like an injury and a shock - though short lived - to the body, even if we cope well enough with them. The body needs to heal and can take it out of you. I have noticed this myself, sometimes more and sometimes less, depending on how I generally feel. On top of that, if you have to travel a lot then that may well exasperate the situation. Make sure you eat a good healthy diet; it will go a long way towards your general health. Best wishes

6 years ago

Yes, exactly as ayayay says.

petr186 years ago

Yes. I got eyelia injections and after every procedure I felt tired and short of breath for a few days. Probably a common side effect.

alalex1016 years ago

Yes I have fatigue the day of the injection of Avastin and sleep for a couple of hours when I get home.

Catseyes2356 years ago

I do feel tired after an injection but mainly it is my eyes that feel tired and I think it is the scan of super bright lights that affect me. It's like the eyes take a while to recover from the assault on their rids and cones! A couple of times I went straight to having the injection without the scan and it felt very different . . No tiredness at all. I just have to keep my eyes shut and sleep more than usual.