Psoriatic arthritis and just feeling uneasy, not well and mentally beside myself.

[Siriasis]

Hello everybody,

I have been in a flare up for the last three days due to cold weather changes and my flare up has been different this time. I have sore/painful joints and extreme fatigue as usual but this time I almost feel as if I'm sick, like I have a flu or something. I'm dizzy, confused at times and just generally feel unwell or unstable. Im not depressed or anxious but I feel beside myself. I'm currently on Tylenol 3 3x a day, Advil and Cymbalta. has anyone else experienced this strange/weird feeling?

[Jacki08]

Hi-- that I'd exactly how I feel when I am having a flare-- it's horrid. I always explain it as that I am"" losing me"". The pain is bad enough - but that general unwell feeling just tops it off. ..sometimes sets off anxiety too. Hope you are soon feeling brighter. X☺

[Siriasis in reply to Jacki08]

Oh thank you for the reply. I'm sorry to hear you expirence the same thing but I'm also glad to hear it as well. I thought I was losing my marbles. I feel much better now thx.😀 I helps to know I'm not alone in this.

[Sanbanan in reply to Siriasis]

hi.

I'm going through exactly the same at the moment but due to start biologics today.

I always feel most folk don't understand what I'm going through so nice to hear I'm not alone.

Best wishes and hope you feel better soon x

[youngnanny]

Morning Siriasis

I dont as far as i know have any form of athritis, i joined this forum on behalf of my hubby who does but having said this ive been feeling the exact same as you in every detail but i have M.E. so put it down to this. Im seeing doctors on Tuesday morning in connection with a severe dizzy attack on Sunday and like you feeling fluey. Worse in mornings as regards the soreness and the feely sick, just feel awful in the mornings.

No your not losing your marbles.

[moomie]

You have asked the question I have been wanting to ask for over a week. I have Sero negative inflammatory arthritis Dr is now saying possible PSA. Awaiting scan results of MRI on SI joints. I go back next week.

Had a bad flare in my lower back since Christmas. He didn't want me to have steroids until after the scan. I can only sit up in a chair for an hour before the pain gets too bad. I have also started to feel really ill like I am starting with a cold or flu. Really tired all the time and cannot push myself anymore. Some days are better than others. Thank you for asking the question. I hope you feel better soon.

[edwin1956]

hi there i understand what you are going through i am the same at the moment hope things improve when the weather gets warmer i am on 40mg of slow release morphine and when pain is really bad i have to top up with liquid morphine

i am so glad that there our people out there who feel like me it the sickness i dont like and my G P increased my Amitriptyline from 20 mg to 50 mg to try and get me a good night sleep but fall asleep for a couple of hours then wake up during the night due to pain then cant get back to sleep i am under the pain management at the moment and they have said i will never get better only worse i am only 59 worked all my life and when i want help there is nobody there to help all i want is a good quality of life and a pain free life

[flow4]

I felt just like that last time I had a flare. I haven't been diagnosed for long, though I have been struggling for a few years, so it has made me wonder whether some of those 'viruses' I have thought I had in the past have actually been flares...

[lornaisobel]

I do but Im not on the same drugs as you ?? but I often feel spaced or dizzy etc when I ask the nurse she says it is probably the side effects of drugs ?? Im not much help but I sometimes think its the RA itself x

[popsmith1874 in reply to lornaisobel]

I think that's the first thing their told to tell us when treating us(it must be the drugs) but today my doctor who treated me and I must say the best consultation I've had in 2 years at rheumy very competent German doctor as I've had these symptoms as well ,also blurred vision and he said it's the RA not the drugs

[Siriasis in reply to popsmith1874]

I also have blurred vision periodically. Like I have Vaseline in them. Also pain in them.

[flow4 in reply to Siriasis]

Me too. Last summer, one eye suddenly flared up dramatically, and since the doctor happened to see be in the morning with a normal eye, then again 6 hours later with a crazy red one, that was partly what finally confirmed inflammatory arthritis.

[Hidden]

Hello Siriasis,

yes I have definitely felt like that. I associate that 'malaise' with uncontrolled disease as that's how I was before starting Methotrexate. Are you taking anything to tackle the disease itself?

[flow4 in reply to Hidden]

That's interesting postle. That fits with my experience too.

[Hands_1]

I am not on any tablets apart from Ametriptlene at night,but this morning woke to severe pain all over. I took a codeine phosphate 15mg which helped with the pain,but trying to climb the stairs was an effort.had a dizzy spell in bed like vertigo which is aweful. Terrified it had came back as I had this about 15 years ago. On top of this my stitches had to come out at lunchtime boy did I feel like an old old lady, felt like crying as it felt like a lot of bee stings. I believe it is the weather,or should say hope it is. Cannot stand this feeling.

[edwin1956]

to you all thank you for your comments and a big thank you for caring xx