Dealing with Fatigue

Doing a little research on the various ways you guys deal with fatigue.

Vitamin B12 has more to do with energy, so you might talk to your docs about it. Some will give periodic booster shots in addition to daily supplements. Also, Thyroid problems can be associated with fatigue. With as much cancer drug use altering your hormonal balance I would suggest you ask about some tests to assess your thyroid if that hasn’t already been part of your blood work.

I wasn't going to reply because you're probably one of the most active guys on the forum - I thought you were asking for yourself.

To combat ADT effects I walk four miles most days and do push-ups every day. I wouldn't call my routine rigorous, but it's sustainable and it definitely helps me.

Todd,
When I initially starting complaining of fatigue after starting Zytiga 5 years ago, My Naturopathic Dr. recommended CoQ-10 I took it for a few months ,but it did not seem too effective. The Dr. then recommended B-12 and a couple of other natural supplements. Their best advice to me was to do some regular exercise. I decided on Swimming so I do that whenever I can.
The latest in August, a specialist recommended Ridalin. I almost took that prescription, but declined it. Certainly did not want to get "hooked" on that. So these days I still suffer from fatigue, that Zytiga is a very powerful drug, and I have brain fog occasionally, like driving 40 miles with my parking brake on!.I am working full time so my own prescription to combat fatigue will be to retire next year. Hopefully that will help!
Take care my Brother, I know you will write a revealing article, look forward to it!
keep the Faith!
Wings aka Dan in cool So Cal.(sorry about that beating of the Seahawks by the Rams!)

Kombucha helps my fatigue. I don’t know if it’s the b vitamins or what, but I started brewing it at home because I notice such a difference when to fatigue. That brain fog is terrible.

Todd, good to hear from you, as always. If you have a moment sometime, give us an update on what you've been doing.

I'm going to offer a somewhat different perspective on this question, based on the (surprisingly) heavy fatigue that definitely hit me toward the end of my RT treatments.

I had read that something like this could happen as a part of RT, but when it did, I was, as I suggested above, not really prepared for the degree of fatigue that I did get.

So much so that I had to enlist my two sons to alternate driving me to and from treatment toward the end of RT.

My point being that calling upon relatives and/or friends to help you out when the fatigue hits is certainly an option you can suggest to the readers of your article, and that they shouldn't be reluctant to do so.

In my case the fatigue was bad enough that I was genuinely coming to believe that my driving ability might actually be bordering on questionable, so getting my sons to help me out with the transportation side of it was a very good idea.

Obviously assistance from others as a means of dealing with fatigue can work in a lot of areas. Remind your readers that if the help is there, they should use it.

I take Ginseng according to this study and feel it has helped: https://www.mayo.edu/research/forefront/ginseng-fights-fatigue-cancer-patients

On the other hand I stopped my ADT and the Hematocrit, Erythrocytes and Leucocytes recovered so that may also be the reason for the improvement.

It’s taken a torn rotator cuff and throwing my back out to get me off of my lazy ass. Two weeks ago I cut out all fat, sugar, salt, etc... lost 5 lbs (7 lbs) and I’m already feeling a bit like I did before surgery 4 years ago. It’s like my old self is coming back (or, maybe I should say, “A different self”. And, in my case...I’ll take different). PT for my back also has the added benefit of having to be somewhere healthy...being accountable to another human being.

A new boat, which I have no clue how to pay for, hasn’t hurt either.

In other words, a “complete life makeover” is helping mind, body, spirit.

That rotator cuff and lower back pain is giving me what I let cancer take away...IE...”motivation”.

Layin’ around feeling sorry for one’s self is exhausting.

Good luck with your article Todd.

Hi guys, thanks for all the great replies. There were several things that I have never considered or even heard of for that matter. It was a tremendous help and I appreciate it. I love all y’all

Amanda and I also enjoy snow shoeing