I have been feeling SO good since starting Savella...that is, until today! My pain level is still low, with the exception of my shoulders, but I'm so exhausted, I could close my eyes here at work and sleep for hours. I'm freezing and have absolutely NO energy! Any suggestions??????
Try taking some deep breaths. I have read somewhere that chewing a piece of gum will help. I hope your day gets better and you can rest when you get home.
I am also on Savella and find that I run out of energy quickly as well! I would try Crystal Light flavor packets for water, they make a wild strawberry one with energy. I like that, and also I drink a lot of green tea, both hot and cold! Maybe you need to add a multi-vitamin as well, but always check with your doctor before taking any meds!
Savella has a tendency to cause constipation too, so increasing your fluids can help with that as well!
I hope you start feeling better soon!!!
Hi D,
Lots of flues and viruses going around, big change in weather, lots of decaying leaves and vegetation the wind is blowing around, so take good care of yourself! Hot bath, hot tea, will help with the chills, and when you get home, and can hopefully lie down, throw your top sheet and blanket in the dryer a few minutes to warm them up! Vitamins will help too!
Hope you can throw this off, if this is not enough, please call your Doctor before you do crash!
Wishing you well, my friend,
SK
I’m so sorry to hear that you’re having so much trouble. I know when I tried Savella, I had real problems with my blood pressure. I’d suggest that you check your blood pressure. I was taking Savella for about seven days when my blood pressure went waaaay up!! I was just at the point where I was going to begin taking a larger dose when I started feeling the way you described. I immediately stopped the Savella after taking my blood pressure & it took several days for my blood pressure to get back to normal. Since then, I’ve had trouble with my blood pressure fluctuating. I occasionally now have my blood pressure drop way too low & stay that way for several days, as low as 71/47 even. Prior to that, I had been on a medication for high blood pressure. That’s been discontinued, the bp med, & my gp has me taking salt pills and Gatorade when my bp drops and I have an appointment set for the cardiologist at the MN Mayo Clinic in January.
Before Savella, I had well controlled, mildly high bp, since then, I’m dealing with incidents of very low bp and going to the cardiologist. My gp does feel that there is a strong chance of my current problem being caused by even the short-term taking of Savella since I had the trouble that I did on the Savella.
I hope that you get relief soon. Smiles & {{{Gentle Hugs}}}, Sue
I’m Savella also and have been for 6 or 8 months now and like Sue I had a problem with blood pressure on the higher dose. I take 25 mg 3 times a day. I can’t tolerate the 50mg twice a day recommended dose. My blood pressure just went to high and made my pulse too high but this dose is good and I don’t crash as you put it. I still have some fatigue issues but I think those are related to the RA issues more. I don’t know how you take your doses but maybe smaller doses 3 or 4 times a day will help. I do know when I hot the brilliant idea to try and when iff it I couldn’t get out of bed and I felt like all my clothes had stickers in them. Never again!
I also take Savella, when I get break through pain I use litacane patches they help me a lot. I am haviving higher than normal pain right now as well with this cold front coming through.