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Sleep after daytime treatment steroid dose is hard: What helps?

Posted by treehouse5437 @treehouse5437, Mar 16 9:05am

Take a steroid Friday morning after treatments Thursday's (5th treatment this week) sleep the next few nights is rough- realize it's a side effect but anything you've done naturally to help this? I cut my screen time off at 8pm and try to go to bed around the same time nightly.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Mar 16 11:12am

@treehouse5437 I take dexamethasone once a week in my mm treatment. Taking it in the morning, I am able to get the advantage of "added" Energizer bunny benefits towards later in the day. Yes, sleep can be rough that night, but I have used that to my advantage of getting projects done late into the evening. The next day I am still feeling the effects, and again, use the added energy and focus to work on things.

Never have tried anything like melatonin, but you could ask your doctor their opinion.
Ginger

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