Re: Valtrex and sleep

October 1, 2012

You should call your doctor. That's a side effect that might not b a good thing. Could be a kidney issue. Could be he needs a lower dose. Drowsiness is not a typical die-off reaction so while it may be fine, it's impossible for anyone to say. BUT fatigue is a very common die off reaction so it's not impossible to say that your son is just responding to the fatigue with sleep. It might be something alarming, it might be something you should wait out. If he falls asleep at school, so be it until his body adjusts (if that's what needs to happen - my son fell asleep a lot in school when we first started biomed for several reasons and you just deal with it). Call your doctor, s/he'll possibly want to go ahead and run labs now to find out how the kidneys are functioning. But you shouldn't start and stop antivirals. It can cause viral mutation. Talk to your doctor before you stop or start unless you're actually fearful for his health. When starting any new therapy, don't wait a month to tell anyone about side-effects. Call your doctor within the first few days of seeing them, even if you know it's normal. Having stopped them, it might not be a simple solution anymore. You may need to go back on just to find out if it was affecting the kidneys because the reaction is probably cleared from the system. I can't stress this enough to anyone: be safe. It's still medication and even though antivirals are typically pretty harmless, that doesn't mean there aren't people that react poorly. Keep communication open with your doctor when you first start something. Check in a week after starting anything new with a phone call or an email if something is happening that concerns you. Don't wait or just stop something. Communication is the only way to effectively work with your doctor.

* * * Cheryl * * * ~ Antiviral Therapy 101~~ Make a biomed book ~~ gryffinstail.wordpress.com ~~ @Gryffins_Tail ~~ Join the MB12Valtrex Yahoo! Group ~

Hello everyone,

My son is 5 and half autistic. Has anyone experienced a long sleeping hours on valtrex, drowziness with your son, we started a month ago and we had to stop it because my son couldn't get up in the morning and when I dress him up to the school he sleeps in the classroom.

I would appreciate if anybody know about this becasue I had to stop it because my son sleeps for almost 20 hours in several times and cant get up in the morning. I used to give him 250 mg three times a day.

Any idea why??? Thanks.

October 2, 2012

Thank you so much, I appreciate your reply and your detailed explanation. I have good communication with my doctor and he suggested to stop everything I newly started giving him such as Calsium, L-Theanine and valtrex. My son was sleeping and sleeping for long hours. While I was so excited starting the valtrex may be it will change the life of my low functioning autistic son I had to stop it when the doctor said so. He actually suggested to stop everything I recently changed and go back to where he was and this what I did. I will ask the doctor for the lab work if this is the issue. The doctor should tell me that the long sleeping hours is alarming and he should do the necessary. Now I remember that the teacher told me once that my son urinated a lot today. Thank you so

much, this is so informative.

To: mb12valtrex Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 1:43 PMSubject: Re: Valtrex and sleep

You should call your doctor. That's a side effect that might not b a good thing. Could be a kidney issue. Could be he needs a lower dose. Drowsiness is not a typical die-off reaction so while it may be fine, it's impossible for anyone to say. BUT fatigue is a very common die off reaction so it's not impossible to say that your son is just responding to the fatigue with sleep. It might be something alarming, it might be something you should wait out. If he falls asleep at school, so be it until his body adjusts (if that's what needs to happen - my son fell asleep a lot in school when we first started biomed for several reasons and you just deal with it). Call your doctor, s/he'll possibly want to go ahead and run labs now to find out how the kidneys are functioning.

But you shouldn't start and stop antivirals. It can cause viral mutation. Talk to your doctor before you stop or start unless you're actually fearful for his health. When starting any new therapy, don't wait a month to tell anyone about side-effects. Call your doctor within the first few days of seeing them, even if you know it's normal. Having stopped them, it might not be a simple solution anymore. You may need to go back on just to find out if it was affecting the kidneys because the reaction is probably cleared from the system.

I can't stress this enough to anyone: be safe. It's still medication and even though antivirals are typically pretty harmless, that doesn't mean there aren't people that react poorly. Keep communication open with your doctor when you first start something. Check in a week after starting anything new with a phone call or an email if something is happening that concerns you. Don't wait or just stop something. Communication is the only way to effectively work with your doctor.

* * * Cheryl * * * ~ Antiviral Therapy 101~

~ Make a biomed book ~

~ gryffinstail.wordpress.com ~

~ @Gryffins_Tail ~~ Join the MB12Valtrex Yahoo! Group ~

Hello everyone,My son is 5 and half autistic. Has anyone experienced a long sleeping hours on valtrex, drowziness with your son, we started a month ago and we had to stop it because my son couldn't get up in the morning and when I dress him up to the school he sleeps in the classroom.I would appreciate if anybody know about this becasue I had to stop it because my son sleeps for almost 20 hours in several times and cant get up in the morning. I used to give him 250 mg three times a day.Any idea why??? Thanks.

October 2, 2012

Oi. It's so very annoying to see that a doctor isn't actually trying to find out what the problem IS. It could easily have been something that you needed to just push through. It could also be something problematic and dangerous. You may have just done better with an antiviral switch instead of stopping it completely. There are 2 other antivirals you could work with if necessary.Just stopping everything doesn't tell you anything. Now what if you want to try again? You have to go through the whole thing all over again. And what does your doctor plan to do the next time it happens? Just give up? Is he going to tell you to stop everything every time something happens? Sheesh.

* * * Cheryl * * * ~ Antiviral Therapy 101~~ Make a biomed book ~~ gryffinstail.wordpress.com ~~ @Gryffins_Tail ~~ Join the MB12Valtrex Yahoo! Group ~

Thank you so much, I appreciate your reply and your detailed explanation. I have good communication with my doctor and he suggested to stop everything I newly started giving him such as Calsium, L-Theanine and valtrex. My son was sleeping and sleeping for long hours. While I was so excited starting the valtrex may be it will change the life of my low functioning autistic son I had to stop it when the doctor said so. He actually suggested to stop everything I recently changed and go back to where he was and this what I did. I will ask the doctor for the lab work if this is the issue. The doctor should tell me that the long sleeping hours is alarming and he should do the necessary. Now I remember that the teacher told me once that my son urinated a lot today. Thank you so

much, this is so informative.

To: mb12valtrex Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 1:43 PMSubject: Re: Valtrex and sleep

You should call your doctor. That's a side effect that might not b a good thing. Could be a kidney issue. Could be he needs a lower dose. Drowsiness is not a typical die-off reaction so while it may be fine, it's impossible for anyone to say. BUT fatigue is a very common die off reaction so it's not impossible to say that your son is just responding to the fatigue with sleep. It might be something alarming, it might be something you should wait out. If he falls asleep at school, so be it until his body adjusts (if that's what needs to happen - my son fell asleep a lot in school when we first started biomed for several reasons and you just deal with it). Call your doctor, s/he'll possibly want to go ahead and run labs now to find out how the kidneys are functioning.

But you shouldn't start and stop antivirals. It can cause viral mutation. Talk to your doctor before you stop or start unless you're actually fearful for his health. When starting any new therapy, don't wait a month to tell anyone about side-effects. Call your doctor within the first few days of seeing them, even if you know it's normal. Having stopped them, it might not be a simple solution anymore. You may need to go back on just to find out if it was affecting the kidneys because the reaction is probably cleared from the system.

I can't stress this enough to anyone: be safe. It's still medication and even though antivirals are typically pretty harmless, that doesn't mean there aren't people that react poorly. Keep communication open with your doctor when you first start something. Check in a week after starting anything new with a phone call or an email if something is happening that concerns you. Don't wait or just stop something. Communication is the only way to effectively work with your doctor.

* * * Cheryl * * * ~ Antiviral Therapy 101~

~ Make a biomed book ~

~ gryffinstail.wordpress.com ~

~ @Gryffins_Tail ~~ Join the MB12Valtrex Yahoo! Group ~

Hello everyone,My son is 5 and half autistic. Has anyone experienced a long sleeping hours on valtrex, drowziness with your son, we started a month ago and we had to stop it because my son couldn't get up in the morning and when I dress him up to the school he sleeps in the classroom.I would appreciate if anybody know about this becasue I had to stop it because my son sleeps for almost 20 hours in several times and cant get up in the morning. I used to give him 250 mg three times a day.Any idea why??? Thanks.

October 2, 2012

I contacted him the first two days when we started the anti-viral and I told him that my son is irritated and looks very tiered, and I asked if it's normal to happen when we start the anti-viral, he replied that he never heard that anyone of his patients experienced such symptoms and this is uncommon!!!, then I was confused and thought that I am probably mistaken, I browsed online and read about the regression healing phase and got more confused considering the doctor's reply, for that reason I joined the group because I got very confused. In about a week my son became a bit better but sleeping more and more until I got so embarassed everytime I ask about my son and the teacher tell me that he slept most of the time in the classroom, then I contacted the doctor again and

told him what's going on and he replied to stop everything I started since we started a new plan when we spoke last and restart them again one by one (Valacyclovir 250 three times a day, Calsium and L-Carnosine) as soon as I stopped them my son sleep went back to normal but my son got very bad throat infection, fever and rash all over his body and very bad one in the diaper area.

As soon as I received your e-mail this morning I requested for a requsition to do lab work specifically for the kidneys, liver and Cholestorol since he's on a cholesterol supplement for his low cholesterol level and because we are going to draw his blood anyway and I mentioned to the doctor to add whatever he feels necessary. Please let me know if any other lab work is necessary

May I know what are the other anti-viral are there? I feel so bad and worried now and I thank you again for your valuable advice.

Thank you so much and I highly appreciated. Please feel free to let me know if anything else I should know.

To: mb12valtrex Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 7:58 PMSubject: Re: Valtrex and sleep

Oi. It's so very annoying to see that a doctor isn't actually trying to find out what the problem IS. It could easily have been something that you needed to just push through. It could also be something problematic and dangerous. You may have just done better with an antiviral switch instead of stopping it completely. There are 2 other antivirals you could work with if necessary.

Just stopping everything doesn't tell you anything. Now what if you want to try again? You have to go through the whole thing all over again. And what does your doctor plan to do the next time it happens? Just give up? Is he going to tell you to stop everything every time something happens? Sheesh.

* * * Cheryl * * * ~ Antiviral Therapy 101~

~ Make a biomed book ~

~ gryffinstail.wordpress.com ~

~ @Gryffins_Tail ~~ Join the MB12Valtrex Yahoo! Group ~

Thank you so much, I appreciate your reply and your detailed explanation. I have good communication with my doctor and he suggested to stop everything I newly started giving him such as Calsium, L-Theanine and valtrex. My son was sleeping and sleeping for long hours. While I was so excited starting the valtrex may be it will change the life of my low functioning autistic son I had to stop it when the doctor said so. He actually suggested to stop everything I recently changed and go back to where he was and this what I did. I will ask the doctor for the lab work if this is the issue. The doctor should tell me that the long sleeping hours is alarming and he should do the necessary. Now I remember that the teacher told me once that my son urinated a lot today. Thank you so much, this is so informative.

To: mb12valtrex Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 1:43 PMSubject: Re: Valtrex and sleep

You should call your doctor. That's a side effect that might not b a good thing. Could be a kidney issue. Could be he needs a lower dose. Drowsiness is not a typical die-off reaction so while it may be fine, it's impossible for anyone to say. BUT fatigue is a very common die off reaction so it's not impossible to say that your son is just responding to the fatigue with sleep. It might be something alarming, it might be something you should wait out. If he falls asleep at school, so be it until his body adjusts (if that's what needs to happen - my son fell asleep a lot in school when we first started biomed for several reasons and you just deal with it). Call your doctor, s/he'll possibly want to go ahead and run labs now to find out how the kidneys are functioning.

But you shouldn't start and stop antivirals. It can cause viral mutation. Talk to your doctor before you stop or start unless you're actually fearful for his health. When starting any new therapy, don't wait a month to tell anyone about side-effects. Call your doctor within the first few days of seeing them, even if you know it's normal. Having stopped them, it might not be a simple solution anymore. You may need to go back on just to find out if it was affecting the kidneys because the reaction is probably cleared from the system.

I can't stress this enough to anyone: be safe. It's still medication and even though antivirals are typically pretty harmless, that doesn't mean there aren't people that react poorly. Keep communication open with your doctor when you first start something. Check in a week after starting anything new with a phone call or an email if something is happening that concerns you. Don't wait or just stop something. Communication is the only way to effectively work with your doctor.

* * * Cheryl * * * ~ Antiviral Therapy 101~

~ Make a biomed book ~

~ gryffinstail.wordpress.com ~

~ @Gryffins_Tail ~~ Join the MB12Valtrex Yahoo! Group ~

Hello everyone,My son is 5 and half autistic. Has anyone experienced a long sleeping hours on valtrex, drowziness with your son, we started a month ago and we had to stop it because my son couldn't get up in the morning and when I dress him up to the school he sleeps in the classroom.I would appreciate if anybody know about this becasue I had to stop it because my son sleeps for almost 20 hours in several times and cant get up in the morning. I used to give him 250 mg three times a day.Any idea why??? Thanks.

October 2, 2012

Because of the fatigue/sleepiness issue, I'd also look at cortisol and definitely pull T & B Lymph/NK Cells along with a CBC+Chem. And iron. And an anemia panel.The other two antivirals are zovirax and famvir.But first figure out if he's just reacting to the fatigue with sleep or if there really is a problem with the kidneys. I'm not sure you're going to be able to find that out right now, though. If you stopped the Valtrex more than several days ago, the kidneys may have recovered by now if that was the problem. And does the calcium contain magnesium?You might find it helpful to read the antiviral link in my signature.