i sleep on a huge pile of money with many beautiful women. well almost. i sleep next to the change jar but its just nickels n pennies n a few metric bolts.
sally, trashed sleeping pattern is a primary indicator of depression. for us single people the depression probably comes from not havin the stuffing f-ed out of us at bedtime.
sorry, thats as close as i can get to a credible reply.ya know how a guy knows when hes had some hellacious oral sex? he wakes up with half a bedsheet sucked up his ass.
and all the nickels are missing.. :)>

LOL.... Thanks!!!!!!!!

Hi Sandy, I'm Becca
My sleep was very important to me before tx. I've been nine months post tx and still don't sleep right. Lucky to get four hours if any that day. Plus up and down all frickin night, it's like I have a fight with the bed every night, fisticuffs!
I just got new insurance and hoping to find a new decent doctor, maybe give me a pill or some thing safe to take for some help.
Nice to see ya round the site, you look and sound so cheerful and happy. Good for the soul. Will you add me as a friend?

Thanks crab so maybe has nothing to do with treatment just this frigging disease and of course ....... capnhardass.... hehe

I have a hard timesometimes sleeping, what I do is get a complete season of "the office" on dvd and watch it... sometimes im up all night, but I make sure im up at 6 in the morning... no matter what... Biting the bullet once works... then you will force yourself to stay up till about 9 pm the following night.. and up at 6 next morning... It takes me 48 hrs to get my sleep pattern straight... I do the hard way, but it works.

ya well, what i sed was funny cause its true. it IS interesting that something that winds your heartrate up so high can also make ya sleep like a newborn.. has to do with brain chemicals i s'pose.
they are powerful chemicals. years ago i busted my leg kicking a dog in the face . ( totally worth it ) i continued to drive the bike to the hospital and instead of pain, my leg felt like electricity were surging thru it. then the natural drugs were depleated and the sob hurt for the next two years.. heres where the story turns to whiskey n pain pills..
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I have to have eight hours daily. While on tx, I literally slept my life away. Depression is a nasty thing. It does affect sleeping. I use to take trazadone when going though my divorce because I could not sleep. With other health issues and HepC I stay fatigued, so sleeping is not a problem.

Thanks everybody.... at least I don't feel alone... Happy New Year

I dont think I have an acurate answer for you cause I still get up with a baby, and a new puppy, and then some more to go pee lol. And I have only had hep for about 5 years now, but I hope you get it figured out soon

I also slept better when I was having sex on a regular basis. No joke!
A good remedy is melatonin a few hours b4 bed and sleepy time tea!

This is an issue Ima have to address. I still, just being 3 weeks post tx, am having to take xanax to sleep at nite. I was takin 2mg a nite, now for last week, I'm decreased to 1 1/2 mg, but also have to take a over the counter sleeping agent. Tx really messed my sleep up, I use to be able to take a 3 hr nap, then sleep 9 hrs a nite. But I do have to wean down from the zannies and start to get a regular nite sleep without pills again! It sure will be nice when I can do this.

babies and puppies.... ok.. Sex??? I seem to remember that word... LOL.... now can't wake up so another night will be awake.. That is a problem sometimes... sleep during the day. thanks everybody. I'm blaming HEP C

I really really believe it is worse for those in treatment..... but I also really believe the non sleeping is from the hepc.... I never did treatment and have had sleep issues since around time of diagnosis... mj helps but messes me up in other ways. Today I feel shaky and just weird. I don't want to sleep or won't sleep at night. So, going to make myself get up, get dressed, go outside in the sunshine with my dog. Thanks all of you. I love my DS friends. Always there! I'm truly grateful.
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UUHHH, even w/ a partner, doesn't mean there's any "shakin' the sheets" going on. This damn disease (at least for me) takes away ALL the fun. I'm grateful and very lucky that hubby is understanding but I know its hard for him (opps no pun intended,...... really). There are days I wouldn't blame him if he just walked out the door and didn't come back. I'm not the same woman he married just 10 short yrs. ago.
Some days I can sleep for 14 or 16 hours. Its almost like being in a semi-coma and I can't wake up. Other days/nights can't sleep at all. Last night couldn't fall asleep until about 1 a.m, woke up a 5:00 a.m.
On the nights I do have a good deep normal 7-8 hrs, I have a much better day the next day.

My hubby is post (discontinued early) treatment since July. He would sleep 24/7 if he could. He pretty much comes home from work and veges out and then goes to bed. Sleeps all weekend long.