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Author Topic: Improved Sleep on Harvoni  (Read 7875 times)

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Offline Lukey

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Improved Sleep on Harvoni
« on: January 20, 2015, 11:55:30 am »
Hi,

I've been sleeping better the last several nights and I think I can thank Harvoni for that. I have pleasant dreams too but can't seem to remember just what they were about. But I wake up rested. My sleep has been up and down for years and lately I've seen other therapies improve it, but it still seems to fluctuate.

In Sept 2012 I flew from Charlotte NC to the SF Bay area to get 4 sessions of Biomagnetic Pair therapy on 4 different days.  They said it would eradicate my HCV, and it may have if I had got more sessions. One BMP healer told me I'd need to get 1 session per week for up to several weeks. The lady in SF did 4, one on each of 4 days. I could not afford to fly back there once a week for several weeks or drive 12 hours a day every week to N VA to see one up there.
http://www.biomagnetismusa.com/2009/04/about-medical-biomagnetism.html

It cost me $2500 and all I got out of it were that I slept like a baby for a few weeks, but that faded away and my sleep issues came back, probably as my HCV VL came back. I do think it probably knocked back my VL a lot, and for all I know, more sessions would have cured me but like I said, it was impossible because BMP healers are not plentiful in the USA yet. If one of them was in my town, I may have been able to cure myself with weekly sessions.

Last Summer I bought a Biomagnetism kit for $155

http://www.biomagscience.net/about/will-biomagnets-really-work-you

and that too was said to eradicate HCV bu using magnets placed on the body in certain places and by taking Megadose Vit C but that didn't seem to do much at all  for me. I even tested last Oct to have the highest VL ever at 5.4 million, and that's when I decided to go on Harvoni if I could.

But anyway, the point of my post is that HCV seems to affect sleep.
I'm hoping my improved sleep is due to a disappearing HCV VL.

Joe
« Last Edit: January 20, 2015, 05:15:41 pm by Lukey »
Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
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July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline bsmith9876

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Re: Improved Sleep on Harvoni
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2015, 08:27:16 pm »
Hi Lukey, I'm starting the harvoni tomorrow morning.  Are you taking your meds at night or in the morning?
G 1b

Offline Lukey

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Re: Improved Sleep on Harvoni
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2015, 08:45:55 pm »
Hi,

I take Harvoni mid day, around Noon to 1 PM. Seems to work out OK for me.

Best wishes on that. Let us know how you do.

Joe
Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

Offline cj

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Re: Improved Sleep on Harvoni
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2015, 06:07:00 pm »
Me too taking harvoni at 11am and sleeping really well...I also have porthyria and its still hanging tuff im hopeful at 4wks...I will see some change... can any body tell me when you start felling better cause im still somewhat tired...want my energy level back ...any advice would be appreciated thanks cj

Offline Lukey

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Re: Improved Sleep on Harvoni
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2015, 08:45:16 pm »
It varies from one person to the next. My side effects only last 3 or 4 days.
Make sure to drink at least 2 liters of water a day.

Joe
Male -  HCV since 1982 - Born 1951 ~ Geno 1a

Did 8 weeks of Harvoni in 2015. Got normal AST & ALT and undetected VL by week 5, then relapsed 4 weeks post.
-----------------------------------------------------------
July 5, 2018 : began 12 weeks of Vosevi with a VL of 540,000 and AST & ALT of 65 and 105.
2 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 20
5 weeks in : AST 18, ALT 12, VL "<15 detected"
10 weeks in : AST 19, ALT 14, VL "<15 not detected"
4 weeks post : "<15 not detected"

 


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