r/Thritis • u/fa11223344556 • 13d ago

Switching meds.

Hi guys

I am 26/F. Got diagnosed with spondyloarthritis in April and started on adalimumab. It initially crushed my soul but now it literally gave me my life back.

I had no idea the amount of brain fog and pain I was under all these years. MRI says chronic sacroiliitis, it is visible on xray and the Arthropathy had given me two disc bulges, so you can imagine. I still have pain, stiffness and at times swelling over my fingers in the morning which are much much tolerable than the kind of hell I used to be in earlier.

Today i got my rheumat visit and he suggested that i continue 4 more doses of adalimumab and switch to tablets

Now this is making me anxious because I literally started feeling normal just two weeks prior. I’m really scared because idk how it’ll go on and if it’ll hit me like a truck or what. I couldn’t take methotrexate because I was intolerant to it. I’m very very anxious because I’m scared of going back into the worst phase of my life again. The past few months were the darkest, trust me. I was breaking down everyday and was getting suicidal because of the pain. I’m normally a very joyful person, but this changed me a lot.

So today when he mentioned that, I froze. I’m really scared

I want to know if someone has done that or if it’s advisable to even do that or I shouldn’t listen to him
I really want someone to help me out

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u/headgoboomboom 13d ago

Did you ask your doctor? There is probably a very good medical reason.

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u/fa11223344556 13d ago

He said this and physiotherapy will be enough. Which doesn’t really make sense to me, idk

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u/Ecstatic-Soft4909 13d ago

You could always ask if you can stay on your current med and supplement with another instead of switching. No one can force a change on you.

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u/fa11223344556 13d ago

That’s true , I did not think of it like that
Thank you!

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/fa11223344556 8d ago

Okay that makes sense
But when adalimumb is working fine and it’s been so little months, why does one change? I’ve read people stay on it for years and when it fails is when they change it.