Hi Bones:
Sorry to hear about another fine athletic bod taken over by the AS monster.
I'm 39 and healthy other than AS which started about a year and a half ago, but only diagnosed in January. I'm still pretty active and I feel lots better when I am active, so I try to exercise a lot. I'm on diclofenac (an old NSAID... Voltaren is the brand name) which has helped greatly. Also am on doxycylene and Azulfidine and my rheumy put me on a small 50mg dose of trazadone for sleep. I work fulltime as a nutrition consultant and I can't afford to NOT be able to think every day. I found that when I am sleeping better, the brain is much clearer. So do seek some help for your sleep problem.
The trazadone at first made waking up a little harder, but I soon adjusted and it's not so bad, especially if I can get myself off thecomputer and into bed ontime!
Good luck and welcome!
Darla
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