Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
Is sleeping disorder one of the side effect of having liver disease.
Since the old post on Sleep, was from a old member who is no longer here, I thought we should have a new post, and opinion and input from the current members, suffering from hepatitis c.
In my opinion, Hep c is definately to blame in my case, for the sleeping disorder I have inherited from having Hepatitis c at one point in my life.
I'm have many symptoms of being narcoleptic.
Since doing treatment and managed to kill the hepatitis c virus, over 5 years ago, I have been sleeping an hour here and there, and not at night time either.
I take the day for the night.
Meaning, I sleep during the day, and not many hours, maybe one here and one there, then I am up till 3am sometime 4am, then get up at 5am to send my family off to job, or school.
Then I work on the internet on a few websites, for this liver disease including DS, and then around 10-11am, I take a nap and get up around noon., and so on.
I do this twice a day, take an hour nap, sometime maybe 2 hours, but don't sleep more than 4 hours in the 24 hours that do pass.
So yes I definately blame hepatitis c, for this sleeping disorder.
As for taking something to sleep, I believe that being on pain medication for chronic pain, and Osteoarthritis, and DDD, again probably activated from doing the tx for a year, and anti-depressants since doing tx, is enough pills for me, in one day.
So I rather not sleep or rather sleep the way I do now, than take something that will keep me sleepy all day.
This is my story, and my opinion, now what is your sleeping patern?
Love & Respect,
Mckenzie
genotype 1a
status: undie
One day at the time.
Since the old post on Sleep, was from a old member who is no longer here, I thought we should have a new post, and opinion and input from the current members, suffering from hepatitis c.
In my opinion, Hep c is definately to blame in my case, for the sleeping disorder I have inherited from having Hepatitis c at one point in my life.
I'm have many symptoms of being narcoleptic.
Since doing treatment and managed to kill the hepatitis c virus, over 5 years ago, I have been sleeping an hour here and there, and not at night time either.
I take the day for the night.
Meaning, I sleep during the day, and not many hours, maybe one here and one there, then I am up till 3am sometime 4am, then get up at 5am to send my family off to job, or school.
Then I work on the internet on a few websites, for this liver disease including DS, and then around 10-11am, I take a nap and get up around noon., and so on.
I do this twice a day, take an hour nap, sometime maybe 2 hours, but don't sleep more than 4 hours in the 24 hours that do pass.
So yes I definately blame hepatitis c, for this sleeping disorder.
As for taking something to sleep, I believe that being on pain medication for chronic pain, and Osteoarthritis, and DDD, again probably activated from doing the tx for a year, and anti-depressants since doing tx, is enough pills for me, in one day.
So I rather not sleep or rather sleep the way I do now, than take something that will keep me sleepy all day.
This is my story, and my opinion, now what is your sleeping patern?
Love & Respect,
Mckenzie
genotype 1a
status: undie
One day at the time.
Is there such a sleeping pill?
at 58 years old, i feel like 90
The liver synthesizes complex chemicals and processes toxins the most when the production of bile is the LOWEST. Bile is needed for food processing, so our bodies make it during the day. not so much at night, which is why a big meal at night is not a good idea.
Bile production is highest at 9 am and lowest at 9 pm. It shifts ar 3 am and 3 pm, and that is why people with Hep C or any liver disease tend to wake up from their sleep at 3 am. Often they wake up feeling depressed and can't go back to sleep, even though they are tired. The mind races on thoughts of melancholy, a term that means "black bile" and comes in part from the liver's inability to synthesize many of the hormones needed for well-being.
He suggests that if we go to bed earlier, at 9 pm and take our supps and herbs for the liver at that time, it will facilitate sleep, decrease depression, and help the liver do its much needed job of detoxification.
End
When I was really sick, I had a hard time. I was always waking up at 3, so I just started staying up til 3 and sleeping til 11-1. I was tired most of the time and very depressed.
I am happy to report that I now can go to bed at 11 or 12, even 1, and sleep through til 6 or 7, get up to go to the bathroom and get right back to sleep and get my 8-9 hours as I need.
Makiah
Not on TX, 1A, VL 2.2 million