# Evening Flare Up Input **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 31, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200 "2012-05-31T00:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scanfield1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/scanfield1/32/184_2.png) [@scanfield1](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/scanfield1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/1 "2012-05-31T00:05:39Z")
Hey Everyone - thanks to all of you who commented on my last post. The tips you gave were genius! I thought while we were on the topic of flare ups I would mention my challenges with the evening time in general. It seems like no matter what I do, in the late afternoon/evening I constantly flare up. Is this something everyone with EM experiences? The morning and early afternoon are substantially better times for me and I wanted to see if anyone else has challenges particularly in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![joyfulj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/joyfulj/32/209_2.png) [@joyfulj](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/joyfulj)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/2 "2012-05-31T00:15:23Z")
My evenings are almost always more difficult for me. ---
**Author:** ![starsmurf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/starsmurf/32/61_2.png) [@starsmurf](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/starsmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/3 "2012-05-31T00:32:15Z")
It's a common feature of EM that those with it have flares in the evening/ at night, so you're not doing anything wrong! It seems to be a combination of factors, including the natural hormonal changes that take place later in the day. I hope that helps, I just wish there was a way to help stop you having those evening flares. ---
**Author:** ![leelee28](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/leelee28/32/66_2.png) [@leelee28](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/leelee28)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/4 "2012-05-31T03:01:02Z")
I'm glad you posted this! I always get flares in the evening. It's so frustrating because I'm a student and it's almost a guarantee that, at some point, my hands will flare when I'm trying to do homework - super annoying/distracting :( It's really hard to write/type when your fingers feel like sausages and all you want to do is hold onto something cold! I'm always amazed how, as soon as I remove the cold source, I immediately feel the burning again. In short - don't worry! You're "in the norm" (or so it seems) haha ---
**Author:** ![Don\_J](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/don_j/32/7_2.png) [@Don\_J](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/Don_J)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/5 "2012-05-31T04:12:12Z")
I am having some limited success with Acetaminophen. It is essentially a fever reducer and I've been taking 325 mg once during the afternoon and once in the evening - i.e., the warmer parts of the day - and I get some relief. I suspect that it tends to limit the increase in body/nervous system temperature that seems to occur as the day goes on. ---
**Author:** ![tillyp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/tillyp/32/44_2.png) [@tillyp](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/tillyp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/6 "2012-05-31T08:53:55Z")
I reckon most of us experience our worst flaring during the evenings. Mine are always worse then, and if I'm watching TV I nip out druing the ad breaks to stand on the cold tiles in the utulity room (my second home). Like Don, I too take acetaminophen (paracetamol), usually late evening before bed. Seems to work in lowering body temperature. If I forget to take it I seem to fidget a lot longer before dropping off to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![lauraflora1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/lauraflora1/32/38_2.png) [@lauraflora1](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/lauraflora1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/evening-flare-up-input/200/7 "2012-06-24T06:42:41Z")
Yes this is a common feature with EM, I've never really understood why because it doesn't matter what I've done during the day it always seems to appear in the afternoons like a bad penny..!