Sorry if I should know this but do others feel particularly exhausted w/i hours of an injection? I thought I may have been imagining this (because it makes no sense to me) so I paid attention today. Sure enough about two hours after the injection I feel complete exhaustion; not sleepy. Just super fatigued. Wish I could sleep it off but my body has a very strict circadian rhythm and it doesn’t allow me a nap during the day. It only frustrates me if I try. Resting doesn’t fix the exhaustion either. It is just all I am able to do without pushing really hard. Should I push?
Thanks for any thoughts.
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For a long time I felt exactly the same so started doing the injections immediately before bedtime instead. Weirdly if I did it just a few hours before bedtime I couldn’t sleep and my heart would be racing.
I still get tired following an injection but nowhere near so much. I was extremely deficient for a long time and everything was suddenly going into overdrive as my body was processing the b12 which I so badly needed and I needed to rest while this was happening.
Keep going but try to rest after injecting, don’t push yourself too hard until you have recovered a bit more. You could try injecting just before bedtime instead.
I suffer from extreme fatigue after an injection too. For me it's usually the following day or even the day after that. Total wipe out and then I'm back to normal. Interestingly it's not after every injection but most. No idea why. Body processes kicking in? I don't think you are alone though. Good luck with your journey because that is what having PA is, with many twists n turns along the road.
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