Guest guest Posted March 11, 2000 Report Share Posted March 11, 2000 Jessie My husband has found that Zoloft helped him a lot more then the Paxil for all the depression and yes crying that goes along with it - he was ready to give up he was having so many problems with that and being a man made it even harder but the Zoloft like Paxil takes a few weeks to get into your system and work the way it should. After about 3 weeks he was in a lot better shape to handle all the rest of the sides then and was able to just say its a bad day today and I'm not going to be able to do much today and not feel bad about it - that was hard for him - having to admit he couldn't handle everything he used to be able to and the Zoloft helped him with that thank God. Hang in there and try to stay positive I know its hard when you are feeling so lousy all the time and tired - but you are going through all this for your future not for today. YOU CAN DO IT - hang in there sweetie - your in our prayers. Winne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2000 Report Share Posted March 11, 2000 Jessie My husband has found that Zoloft helped him a lot more then the Paxil for all the depression and yes crying that goes along with it - he was ready to give up he was having so many problems with that and being a man made it even harder but the Zoloft like Paxil takes a few weeks to get into your system and work the way it should. After about 3 weeks he was in a lot better shape to handle all the rest of the sides then and was able to just say its a bad day today and I'm not going to be able to do much today and not feel bad about it - that was hard for him - having to admit he couldn't handle everything he used to be able to and the Zoloft helped him with that thank God. Hang in there and try to stay positive I know its hard when you are feeling so lousy all the time and tired - but you are going through all this for your future not for today. YOU CAN DO IT - hang in there sweetie - your in our prayers. Winne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2000 Report Share Posted March 13, 2000 Dear Claudine: I know people who don't even have hep c who cry at supermarket grand openings! Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2000 Report Share Posted March 13, 2000 Dear Claudine: I know people who don't even have hep c who cry at supermarket grand openings! Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2000 Report Share Posted March 13, 2000 Dear Claudine: I know people who don't even have hep c who cry at supermarket grand openings! Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2000 Report Share Posted March 13, 2000 Dear Claudine: I know people who don't even have hep c who cry at supermarket grand openings! Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Franz You are so lucky not to experience that part of the combo treatment and good luck on your 6 months blood work. My husband waited 2 months and couldn't stand it any more and went on Zoloft and it helped him alot to deal with the sides and the whole thing of having the disease and the treatment. Everyone is different but thank goodness they have drugs out there that can help the ones that have this trouble. Good luck now. Winne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Franz You are so lucky not to experience that part of the combo treatment and good luck on your 6 months blood work. My husband waited 2 months and couldn't stand it any more and went on Zoloft and it helped him alot to deal with the sides and the whole thing of having the disease and the treatment. Everyone is different but thank goodness they have drugs out there that can help the ones that have this trouble. Good luck now. Winne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 I am also in my sixth month of combo and not on Anti Depressants and am doing good (mentally). Physically, I have had all the sides but they are better. The exhaustion is the worst of all. Antidepressants >I'm way behind in reading the Digest, so this discussion may have already moved on, but ..... Jane asked if anyone out there is on Combo without taking antidepressants. Yes, many I suspect, but definitely me. I've never felt depressed in six months of Combo (that's not to say I never have bad days, but " being depressed " is certainly something different.) I'm doing injections 3 times a week. I've also had very light side effects overall. Am now awaiting my blood results to see how the old virus is doing after 6 months. Wish me luck! > >Franz > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 I am also in my sixth month of combo and not on Anti Depressants and am doing good (mentally). Physically, I have had all the sides but they are better. The exhaustion is the worst of all. Antidepressants >I'm way behind in reading the Digest, so this discussion may have already moved on, but ..... Jane asked if anyone out there is on Combo without taking antidepressants. Yes, many I suspect, but definitely me. I've never felt depressed in six months of Combo (that's not to say I never have bad days, but " being depressed " is certainly something different.) I'm doing injections 3 times a week. I've also had very light side effects overall. Am now awaiting my blood results to see how the old virus is doing after 6 months. Wish me luck! > >Franz > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Dear Grace: Once I started Celexa, anti-depressant, my exhaustion and pain were alleviated....from better sleep? Less tension? Who knows, who cares......it just helped tremendously! Take care, Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Dear Grace: Once I started Celexa, anti-depressant, my exhaustion and pain were alleviated....from better sleep? Less tension? Who knows, who cares......it just helped tremendously! Take care, Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 I went through most of my 53 weeks on treatment without an antidepressant. When my stepson moved back home during the last couple of months (?? long time ago now!) and things got really stressful (plus I was on high dose interferon then) I started taking St. 's Wort and it worked very well for me. I'd say a lot of whether or not you can do with out antidepressants depends (among other things too) on the support and help you have at home. Everyone, and every situation, is different. Having said that, I will now say that when I do go back on a treatment again, I will probably ask for antidepressants. I think my family put up with a lot more than they should have and I don't want to put them through all that again. (I was VERY uhh... " irritable " while on treatment!) Alley, a question - if you are not depressed BEFORE treatment, how do you find out which one works the best for you ahead of time? Is the one you are on now the first one you tried, or did you have to go through several. What type of antidepressant is Effexor XR? I notice you said it helped you sleep better, and that is a problem of mine even when I'm not on treatment. During treatment, insomnia was one of the biggest problems for me. Claudine ===== Claudine claudinecrews@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 I went through most of my 53 weeks on treatment without an antidepressant. When my stepson moved back home during the last couple of months (?? long time ago now!) and things got really stressful (plus I was on high dose interferon then) I started taking St. 's Wort and it worked very well for me. I'd say a lot of whether or not you can do with out antidepressants depends (among other things too) on the support and help you have at home. Everyone, and every situation, is different. Having said that, I will now say that when I do go back on a treatment again, I will probably ask for antidepressants. I think my family put up with a lot more than they should have and I don't want to put them through all that again. (I was VERY uhh... " irritable " while on treatment!) Alley, a question - if you are not depressed BEFORE treatment, how do you find out which one works the best for you ahead of time? Is the one you are on now the first one you tried, or did you have to go through several. What type of antidepressant is Effexor XR? I notice you said it helped you sleep better, and that is a problem of mine even when I'm not on treatment. During treatment, insomnia was one of the biggest problems for me. Claudine ===== Claudine claudinecrews@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 <<BEFORE treatment, how do you find out which one works the best for you ahead of time? Is the one you are on now the first one you tried, or did you have to go through several. What type of antidepressant is Effexor XR? I notice you said it helped you sleep better, and that is a problem of mine even when I'm not on treatment. During treatment, insomnia was one of the biggest problems for me.>> Claudine.... Doc asked me if I thot I was depressed. This was last July when I first saw him, knowing I had no money nor insurance for tests but wanted to make sure HE was my doc I said I don't think so. I'm the most positive and centered person I know, except for occasional PMS. He said antidepressant can help wtih my insomnia.. ever since I was sick with the hep over 10 years ago, I haven't been able to sleep over 3 hours at a time. So I said I'll try it. I thot geez, this stuff is gonna zombie me out. But it didn't. I first tried Zoloft last July. It helped great with my sleeping and irritability. I didn't notice the irritable stuff, but hubby noticed a big difference right away. So I continued but I felt " dull " . I consider myself a creative person - I write fiction - and I found it hard to get my passions going and it seemed to stifle my libido (gawd forbid!). So after a few months I asked for something different. Doc tried me on Celexa. Didn't do anything for me. So then I tried Effexor XR, and it seems to be the perfect match. I sleep all nite and until I started treatment, wasn't irritable. Now it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from zero to kill in one second but never get physical. I will talk to doc this week about it see if she wants to give me anything for that. I can see me coming unglued all over a co worker! (I have a very sharp tongue, sarcastic wit, and mean dagger attitude when I'm really upset, but I never get angry quickly, at least not till now!) alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... http://www.flash.net/~alleypat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 <<BEFORE treatment, how do you find out which one works the best for you ahead of time? Is the one you are on now the first one you tried, or did you have to go through several. What type of antidepressant is Effexor XR? I notice you said it helped you sleep better, and that is a problem of mine even when I'm not on treatment. During treatment, insomnia was one of the biggest problems for me.>> Claudine.... Doc asked me if I thot I was depressed. This was last July when I first saw him, knowing I had no money nor insurance for tests but wanted to make sure HE was my doc I said I don't think so. I'm the most positive and centered person I know, except for occasional PMS. He said antidepressant can help wtih my insomnia.. ever since I was sick with the hep over 10 years ago, I haven't been able to sleep over 3 hours at a time. So I said I'll try it. I thot geez, this stuff is gonna zombie me out. But it didn't. I first tried Zoloft last July. It helped great with my sleeping and irritability. I didn't notice the irritable stuff, but hubby noticed a big difference right away. So I continued but I felt " dull " . I consider myself a creative person - I write fiction - and I found it hard to get my passions going and it seemed to stifle my libido (gawd forbid!). So after a few months I asked for something different. Doc tried me on Celexa. Didn't do anything for me. So then I tried Effexor XR, and it seems to be the perfect match. I sleep all nite and until I started treatment, wasn't irritable. Now it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from zero to kill in one second but never get physical. I will talk to doc this week about it see if she wants to give me anything for that. I can see me coming unglued all over a co worker! (I have a very sharp tongue, sarcastic wit, and mean dagger attitude when I'm really upset, but I never get angry quickly, at least not till now!) alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... http://www.flash.net/~alleypat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 <<BEFORE treatment, how do you find out which one works the best for you ahead of time? Is the one you are on now the first one you tried, or did you have to go through several. What type of antidepressant is Effexor XR? I notice you said it helped you sleep better, and that is a problem of mine even when I'm not on treatment. During treatment, insomnia was one of the biggest problems for me.>> Claudine.... Doc asked me if I thot I was depressed. This was last July when I first saw him, knowing I had no money nor insurance for tests but wanted to make sure HE was my doc I said I don't think so. I'm the most positive and centered person I know, except for occasional PMS. He said antidepressant can help wtih my insomnia.. ever since I was sick with the hep over 10 years ago, I haven't been able to sleep over 3 hours at a time. So I said I'll try it. I thot geez, this stuff is gonna zombie me out. But it didn't. I first tried Zoloft last July. It helped great with my sleeping and irritability. I didn't notice the irritable stuff, but hubby noticed a big difference right away. So I continued but I felt " dull " . I consider myself a creative person - I write fiction - and I found it hard to get my passions going and it seemed to stifle my libido (gawd forbid!). So after a few months I asked for something different. Doc tried me on Celexa. Didn't do anything for me. So then I tried Effexor XR, and it seems to be the perfect match. I sleep all nite and until I started treatment, wasn't irritable. Now it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from zero to kill in one second but never get physical. I will talk to doc this week about it see if she wants to give me anything for that. I can see me coming unglued all over a co worker! (I have a very sharp tongue, sarcastic wit, and mean dagger attitude when I'm really upset, but I never get angry quickly, at least not till now!) alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... http://www.flash.net/~alleypat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 <<BEFORE treatment, how do you find out which one works the best for you ahead of time? Is the one you are on now the first one you tried, or did you have to go through several. What type of antidepressant is Effexor XR? I notice you said it helped you sleep better, and that is a problem of mine even when I'm not on treatment. During treatment, insomnia was one of the biggest problems for me.>> Claudine.... Doc asked me if I thot I was depressed. This was last July when I first saw him, knowing I had no money nor insurance for tests but wanted to make sure HE was my doc I said I don't think so. I'm the most positive and centered person I know, except for occasional PMS. He said antidepressant can help wtih my insomnia.. ever since I was sick with the hep over 10 years ago, I haven't been able to sleep over 3 hours at a time. So I said I'll try it. I thot geez, this stuff is gonna zombie me out. But it didn't. I first tried Zoloft last July. It helped great with my sleeping and irritability. I didn't notice the irritable stuff, but hubby noticed a big difference right away. So I continued but I felt " dull " . I consider myself a creative person - I write fiction - and I found it hard to get my passions going and it seemed to stifle my libido (gawd forbid!). So after a few months I asked for something different. Doc tried me on Celexa. Didn't do anything for me. So then I tried Effexor XR, and it seems to be the perfect match. I sleep all nite and until I started treatment, wasn't irritable. Now it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from zero to kill in one second but never get physical. I will talk to doc this week about it see if she wants to give me anything for that. I can see me coming unglued all over a co worker! (I have a very sharp tongue, sarcastic wit, and mean dagger attitude when I'm really upset, but I never get angry quickly, at least not till now!) alley/ ICQ 12631861 alleypat@... http://www.flash.net/~alleypat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 --- " Ken & Pat @home " <alleypat@...> wrote: Now > it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from > zero to kill in one second LOL I hear you! That's exactly how I was. I would actually go around LOOKING for things to bitch about. I knew I was doing it, but I could NOT stop myself! So of course, that made me feel even worse! I never knew my husband had so much patience. The worst time was when I stopped taking the Xanax cold turkey. (My doctor had me taking that at bedtime for the insomnia.) For two weeks I was a basket case, while torturing my family. When my doctor found out I had quit he said " And your still married?! " He put me right back on it. Later, another doctor wanted me to quit taking it so I could take a muscle relaxer he wanted to start me on. When I told my husband this the look on his face was priceless! Pure and total panic!!! I do love him, so I really don't want to put him through all that again. So I am still trying to decide between St. 's Wort (which worked fine for me) and an antidepressant. ===== Claudine claudinecrews@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 --- " Ken & Pat @home " <alleypat@...> wrote: Now > it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from > zero to kill in one second LOL I hear you! That's exactly how I was. I would actually go around LOOKING for things to bitch about. I knew I was doing it, but I could NOT stop myself! So of course, that made me feel even worse! I never knew my husband had so much patience. The worst time was when I stopped taking the Xanax cold turkey. (My doctor had me taking that at bedtime for the insomnia.) For two weeks I was a basket case, while torturing my family. When my doctor found out I had quit he said " And your still married?! " He put me right back on it. Later, another doctor wanted me to quit taking it so I could take a muscle relaxer he wanted to start me on. When I told my husband this the look on his face was priceless! Pure and total panic!!! I do love him, so I really don't want to put him through all that again. So I am still trying to decide between St. 's Wort (which worked fine for me) and an antidepressant. ===== Claudine claudinecrews@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 --- " Ken & Pat @home " <alleypat@...> wrote: Now > it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from > zero to kill in one second LOL I hear you! That's exactly how I was. I would actually go around LOOKING for things to bitch about. I knew I was doing it, but I could NOT stop myself! So of course, that made me feel even worse! I never knew my husband had so much patience. The worst time was when I stopped taking the Xanax cold turkey. (My doctor had me taking that at bedtime for the insomnia.) For two weeks I was a basket case, while torturing my family. When my doctor found out I had quit he said " And your still married?! " He put me right back on it. Later, another doctor wanted me to quit taking it so I could take a muscle relaxer he wanted to start me on. When I told my husband this the look on his face was priceless! Pure and total panic!!! I do love him, so I really don't want to put him through all that again. So I am still trying to decide between St. 's Wort (which worked fine for me) and an antidepressant. ===== Claudine claudinecrews@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2000 Report Share Posted August 21, 2000 --- " Ken & Pat @home " <alleypat@...> wrote: Now > it's the 3rd month of treatment and I can go from > zero to kill in one second LOL I hear you! That's exactly how I was. I would actually go around LOOKING for things to bitch about. I knew I was doing it, but I could NOT stop myself! So of course, that made me feel even worse! I never knew my husband had so much patience. The worst time was when I stopped taking the Xanax cold turkey. (My doctor had me taking that at bedtime for the insomnia.) For two weeks I was a basket case, while torturing my family. When my doctor found out I had quit he said " And your still married?! " He put me right back on it. Later, another doctor wanted me to quit taking it so I could take a muscle relaxer he wanted to start me on. When I told my husband this the look on his face was priceless! Pure and total panic!!! I do love him, so I really don't want to put him through all that again. So I am still trying to decide between St. 's Wort (which worked fine for me) and an antidepressant. ===== Claudine claudinecrews@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Hi All, I have been on as antidepressant for awhile know. If I wasn't I don't think I would want to live with me. My moods go so up and down I drive everyone crazy.One minute I am so cold I am under elc. blanket next I am so hot so i get it so cold in the house you could hang meat. One night I sleep like a log next up at 2 am. My bones in my upper back hurt all the time and my wrist are killing me. I do take paxil it seams to help a little. I know all this I am feeling is from treatment. But gee some days you just want to throw in the towel you feel so bad that is the way I have been feeling. I called my hepc doctor he had said he wanted to see me in Sept. know he can't see me till Dec. It just seams like he would want to take blood before then I have been on treatment 7 1/2 months haven't seen him for almost 3 months.Love to All Jessie EZ-DOES IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Hi All, I have been on as antidepressant for awhile know. If I wasn't I don't think I would want to live with me. My moods go so up and down I drive everyone crazy.One minute I am so cold I am under elc. blanket next I am so hot so i get it so cold in the house you could hang meat. One night I sleep like a log next up at 2 am. My bones in my upper back hurt all the time and my wrist are killing me. I do take paxil it seams to help a little. I know all this I am feeling is from treatment. But gee some days you just want to throw in the towel you feel so bad that is the way I have been feeling. I called my hepc doctor he had said he wanted to see me in Sept. know he can't see me till Dec. It just seams like he would want to take blood before then I have been on treatment 7 1/2 months haven't seen him for almost 3 months.Love to All Jessie EZ-DOES IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Hi All, I have been on as antidepressant for awhile know. If I wasn't I don't think I would want to live with me. My moods go so up and down I drive everyone crazy.One minute I am so cold I am under elc. blanket next I am so hot so i get it so cold in the house you could hang meat. One night I sleep like a log next up at 2 am. My bones in my upper back hurt all the time and my wrist are killing me. I do take paxil it seams to help a little. I know all this I am feeling is from treatment. But gee some days you just want to throw in the towel you feel so bad that is the way I have been feeling. I called my hepc doctor he had said he wanted to see me in Sept. know he can't see me till Dec. It just seams like he would want to take blood before then I have been on treatment 7 1/2 months haven't seen him for almost 3 months.Love to All Jessie EZ-DOES IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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