Is this worth asking my doctor about...??

[bethaniet586]

I have chronic fatigue due to my medical condition (pseudotumor cerebri), I have recently been told by a friend that she is on medication ment for adhd to treat her day time fatigue.....My question is does adhd medications actually help with constant fatigue and is it worth bringing up to my doctor?

[Steven Y Park, MD]

Take a look at the post after yours. I wrote some comments that you may find interesting.

[Steven Y Park, MD]

It would be appropriate to bring up your chronic fatigue with your doctor. Medications used for ADHD are stimulants and should be used judiciously. Make sure you check for other reasons for your chronic fatigue, and not just assume that it's from the pseudotumor cerebri. Interestingly, there are associations between pesudotumor and obstructive sleep apnea. If you snore, or are overweight, maybe you should consider undergoing a sleep study.

[bethaniet586]

Thank you for answering so fast, I did automatically assume every new syptom of anything is a part of my pseudotumor cerebri including the constant fatigue, we're talking wake up at 7 am ready to take a nap by 7:30 tired constantly, maybe I will go for a sleep study.