The need to sleep and the inability due to pain was my regular life before Enbrel, and then after I had to quit it and before I started NSD. I was always in a bad mood, so my poor wife suffered also. Before Enbrel, my only comfort was food, thus my weight ballooned up by 50 pounds (which I've lost since then). Yes, AS sucks big time.

--Greg

AS symptoms started 1991. Official dx in 2006 with HLA-B27+, fused SIJ, bone spurs in back, extreme rib/hip pain, and other family with SpA. Started Enbrel in 2006 with good results, but stopped in 2010 due to nerve damage (MS) from it. Getting good results with no-starch diet since 2011.