Struggling
So I moved to Plegridy from Avonex very recently and after the first two smaller injections this week did the first full dose. Each time (as I had with Avonex), I've been getting the aching limbs, headaches and general flu-like malaise.
This week, after a failed first attempt, managed to inject my upper left arm ok on Thursday evening - although it did hurt much more than thigh locations have done. Didn't get the intense chills over night (yeah!) and just felt like crap the next day. Not really able to concentrate on anything. Usual medications of paracetamol and ibuprofen taken. Went out that night to a concert (pre-booked many months before I knew I'd be on medications) and kept the meds intake. Very late home and felt really rough. Got up Saturday morning expecting to feel pretty good again. No. Not at all. Struggled to do anything. Slept most of the day away and literally had to be woken to eat a meal.
So now on Sunday and still feel pretty low. Paracetomol been needed again today which I never needed on Avonex. Does this get better? I seriously can not deal with 3 days out of 14 feeling useless. The side effects were way worse than the worst sessions I had with Avonex. I only moved over due to issues with using the Avonex pen and the joy of once a fortnight medications. Scared I've made a really bad decision that will have huge impacts on planned weekends away and work.
Any advice/support hugely appreciated. Never felt so low as I do now
So I moved to Plegridy from Avonex very recently and after the first two smaller injections this week did the first full dose. Each time (as I had with Avonex), I've been getting the aching limbs, headaches and general flu-like malaise.
This week, after a failed first attempt, managed to inject my upper left arm ok on Thursday evening - although it did hurt much more than thigh locations have done. Didn't get the intense chills over night (yeah!) and just felt like crap the next day. Not really able to concentrate on anything. Usual medications of paracetamol and ibuprofen taken. Went out that night to a concert (pre-booked many months before I knew I'd be on medications) and kept the meds intake. Very late home and felt really rough. Got up Saturday morning expecting to feel pretty good again. No. Not at all. Struggled to do anything. Slept most of the day away and literally had to be woken to eat a meal.
So now on Sunday and still feel pretty low. Paracetomol been needed again today which I never needed on Avonex. Does this get better? I seriously can not deal with 3 days out of 14 feeling useless. The side effects were way worse than the worst sessions I had with Avonex. I only moved over due to issues with using the Avonex pen and the joy of once a fortnight medications. Scared I've made a really bad decision that will have huge impacts on planned weekends away and work.
Any advice/support hugely appreciated. Never felt so low as I do now
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