little trouble sleeping

[edmed]

Hi to all, the last couple of days I've been having a little trouble sleeping. I usually go to bed around 10sh every nite and I'm up and ready to start my day at 6 in the morning. I'm on my 16 Th magic pill and i feel great for the most part. I go to work everyday and stand on my feet for 8 to 10 hours a day. I've been eating healthy and excercise for the past six weeks. When i started harvoni 16 day ago i had some mild headace on the first week but learned reel quickly how to regulate my water intake and the headache have pretty much gone for me. The last three or four night i notice my sleeping has been a little off. I sleep for a period of 3 to 4 hours then i wake up and have a hard time going back to sleep. I can handle it for a few days but I really would like to have a little better control of this issue.

 I'll take any suggestion that may help me sleep longer  thru the night.
 Thank to all, Ed

[gea]

Hi Ed
I am at eight weeks tomorrow with my Harvoni.... four weeks to go.
Right around the third week of taking the pills, I experienced trouble sleeping but only for about four or five days.  They were consecutive and just when I thought I was in for trouble, it went away... I have had no trouble since.   Good Luck!

[BattleTheBeast]

Ed and Gea,

I think we all have this phase we go through in treatment and personally I'd like to think it's when the medication is really kicking the crap out of the virus and our bodies are in a battle with the medication against the virus!

I am doing way better with my sleeping issues now that I am further along but have a night or two when I struggle but it's nothing like it was during that 3 week battle session I was in! Now I even dream again....

Stay strong, it's going to get better Ed!

Mel

[edmed]

Thanks for that Gea, 
I'm just a little concern because of busy work schedule and the busy life. if it's just a couple day I think I can handle it, but if sleepless goes on for ever my life would become very difficult. 
If any one else has this issue please share on what to do about it.
 

Staying positive,
 Ed

[rando archer]

Do you take your pill in AM or PM?

[Feetfried]

Doc offered Ambien if I wanted it.  Sleep

[Sacheen]

I've had a little problem w/sleeping also. I'm 4.9 million VL at Stage 2. I started Harvoni on Dec 26 for the 8 week treatment. I have had headaches ( not to bad) they have seemed to have gone for now. The last week evenings it's the gas that bothers me, pressure up by my rib cage. I'm surprised at the ease of the side effects most of the time I don't even know I'm on Harvoni. I hope this encouraging to those who are still thinking of treatment. I'm hoping that 8 weeks is enough. I'm scheduled for my first blood draw Jan 22 If my results don't look good will they suggest 12 weeks? or how does that work?

[Sacheen]

PS I take my pill with breakfast at 9 am and I drink lots of water during the day

[Feetfried]

Gas relief ....bloating.....OTC pills available for that.  Doc will rx you some to.  Yeah...that gas is troublesome.  I have good luck with the otc.......

[Vintag54]

I'm on S/O and when I can't sleep I take Melatonin 3mg (herb). Ask your doc.

[Sacheen]

Today is my last day of 8 weeks of Harvoni. I feel great, side effects were minimal. I'm praying that my blood work in May will show I'm totally cured. Please pray for me and the others that are going through treatment and those considering Harvoni.

[MEG]

Congratulations, Sachean. How are you feeling? I'm inside week 4 of an 8 week regimen. I also hope it's enough....

How are your symptoms now compared to when you started?

Wishing you a lifetime SVR.

[Sacheen]

Hi Meg,
In the beginning I had a few side effects pretty mild. The last four weeks the only complaint I had was gas on my stomach in the evening. To me this 8 weeks of Harvoni was a piece of cake. I pray you'll be able to say the same when your finished.
My only concern is will Hep C be gone forever? Is there a chance it will come back?

[MEG]

Sacheen, How wonderful that you didn't suffer difficult side effects during the treatments.

As I write this this morning, I hear the tinnitus---first time. My upper abdominal bloating is getting uncomfortable and I don't know what to do with that. Eating very simple meals(mostly soups with and without meat, and veggies that don't normally cause the bloat).

Because this is a new class of drugs, I don't think anyone will know re: whether it will be gone forever until those in all the clinical trials(since Gilead achieved its first SVR) and we who are taking it for the next couple? of years(they need enough # of patients to generalize to the entire population in their stat analysis) mature into our SVR over the years.

That said, 12 week and then especially  24week SVR should give us much piece of mind that the virus is eradicated from our system. It's only job is to multiply itself and if there's nothing there........

I'm wondering if looking at the data of people who achieved SVR on the interferon-based treatments would be helpful since there are many of them at this point.  How are those who achieved 12 week and 24 week SVR doing 5 years later, for example. 10 years later. My sense is that this data is somewhere within the maze of ongoing studies.

In the meanwhile, staying in the present moment and doing what I can do to make my life more meaningful is the only thing that has helped me over the years--- when my worry spiral itches to get started.  I've been focused on this all week, especially, because I just can't shake these cold viruses which began pre-Harvoni. Muscle aches, low grade fevers, profound fatigue---yikes.