Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
I have been taking self injections for the past few years and had originally started on Enbrel. Enbrel always seem to really hurt as it was going in but the actually injection itself was never bad. I never dreaded the shot or even really was bothered by taking it.
I've been on Humira self injection pen with for the past year and I have to say that on the day I have to take the shot, the entire day I am dreading the moment I have to actually give myself the injection. I will put out the pen for about an hour to gain room temperature and then for the next hour, I am holding the pen against my skin and I just can't make my thumb push down the button. I don't know if it is the big "bang" noise that the humira pen does or what, but I am almost in a sweat the entire time as I try to 'psyche' myself into taking the shot. What is crazy for me though is that the injection and the humira going in actually doesn't really hurt at all. After I take the shot, I think to myself "wow, that was really not bad at all" and I feel relief like a load has just been removed from my shoulder.
Please tell me I'm not the only one that is experiencing this. I never had this with Enbrel and can't understand what the difference is really.
I've been on Humira self injection pen with for the past year and I have to say that on the day I have to take the shot, the entire day I am dreading the moment I have to actually give myself the injection. I will put out the pen for about an hour to gain room temperature and then for the next hour, I am holding the pen against my skin and I just can't make my thumb push down the button. I don't know if it is the big "bang" noise that the humira pen does or what, but I am almost in a sweat the entire time as I try to 'psyche' myself into taking the shot. What is crazy for me though is that the injection and the humira going in actually doesn't really hurt at all. After I take the shot, I think to myself "wow, that was really not bad at all" and I feel relief like a load has just been removed from my shoulder.
Please tell me I'm not the only one that is experiencing this. I never had this with Enbrel and can't understand what the difference is really.
the syringe does not have a hydraulic inside it and the needle is smaller and you control the push. For myself, only, every person is different, I had both the click darth vader sure click thing pen and the syringe. I liked the syringe. needles don't bother me. I don't need a pen to hide the needle for me and I don't find it difficult to insert a needle that hurts less and push the medicine in s l o w l y.
I can see the benefit of the sure click stuff for some folks. It's just good to know you have an option. for those that prefer the pen power to you. if you are on this stuff for decades though and the pen is bothering you - it might hurt less - to try the syringe for a 12 week run and then go back to the pen if you hate the syringe. what the heck. options.
Humira was the one that hurt the most out of all the crap I have stuck in. like with humira I never passed on icing. i liked your post katie. i just set a piece of chocolate beyond reach of the needle set up area.
my enbrel feels like water and I don't care about syringes. the needle seems insignificantly small.
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