Re: off topic....labs, etc.and Ridalin

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/15/2005 7:42:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

shshonee@... writes:

No it abnomalized them. My labs are normal and almost always are (ast/alt's

weren't when I first got sick, back in 89/90)

Treatment triggered fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue

I went through that too. In fact, during treatment my viral load soared and

has since, gone back down........love those vitamins and milk thistle.

Chronic fatigue, I have, along with arthritis and something weird that,

periodically, either causes my muscles to freeze in mid-motion or

cramp...despite

my banana for breakfast routine. It makes writing, typing, and sometimes

walking an interesting experience.

Have you, or has anybody read anything about doctors giving scripts for

ridalin (Ithink I spelled that correctly) to HCV patients for brain fog? That

struck me as being ridiculous, but the source of info wasn't the best. We don't

have the energy to be hyperactive.

Anne

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/15/2005 7:42:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

shshonee@... writes:

No it abnomalized them. My labs are normal and almost always are (ast/alt's

weren't when I first got sick, back in 89/90)

Treatment triggered fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue

I went through that too. In fact, during treatment my viral load soared and

has since, gone back down........love those vitamins and milk thistle.

Chronic fatigue, I have, along with arthritis and something weird that,

periodically, either causes my muscles to freeze in mid-motion or

cramp...despite

my banana for breakfast routine. It makes writing, typing, and sometimes

walking an interesting experience.

Have you, or has anybody read anything about doctors giving scripts for

ridalin (Ithink I spelled that correctly) to HCV patients for brain fog? That

struck me as being ridiculous, but the source of info wasn't the best. We don't

have the energy to be hyperactive.

Anne

[Guest guest]

Yes I've read where some doctors, very few though, have given scripts of ritalin

and other meds like that for hep c brain fog. I asked for it from my gastro and

he refused. My shrink gave me Wellbutrin to help with brain fog and it did to

some degree but wore off after a year or so. I've since stopped the medication,

as it just caused me to take more medication (it kept me awake all the time, so

I had to take sleeping pills or other meds to sleep, etc).

Shrinks are often more lenient with meds for that sort of thing than gastros, or

at least it seems to me.

Alley

[Guest guest]

Yes I've read where some doctors, very few though, have given scripts of ritalin

and other meds like that for hep c brain fog. I asked for it from my gastro and

he refused. My shrink gave me Wellbutrin to help with brain fog and it did to

some degree but wore off after a year or so. I've since stopped the medication,

as it just caused me to take more medication (it kept me awake all the time, so

I had to take sleeping pills or other meds to sleep, etc).

Shrinks are often more lenient with meds for that sort of thing than gastros, or

at least it seems to me.

Alley

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/22/2005 3:09:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

shshonee@... writes:

Yes I've read where some doctors, very few though, have given scripts of

ritalin and other meds like that for hep c brain fog. I asked for it from my

gastro and he refused. My shrink gave me Wellbutrin to help with brain fog and

it did to some degree but wore off after a year or so. I've since stopped the

medication, as it just caused me to take more medication (it kept me awake

all the time, so I had to take sleeping pills or other meds to sleep, etc).

Shrinks are often more lenient with meds for that sort of thing than

gastros, or at least it seems to me.

I had a script for Wellbutrin masking in a smoking cessation program.

Obviously that didn't work, but it gave me a terrible case of the shakes and

kept

me awake. Drugs of that class do tend to lead to more scripts for other

things. Thanks for the info. Anne

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/22/2005 3:09:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

shshonee@... writes:

Yes I've read where some doctors, very few though, have given scripts of

ritalin and other meds like that for hep c brain fog. I asked for it from my

gastro and he refused. My shrink gave me Wellbutrin to help with brain fog and

it did to some degree but wore off after a year or so. I've since stopped the

medication, as it just caused me to take more medication (it kept me awake

all the time, so I had to take sleeping pills or other meds to sleep, etc).

Shrinks are often more lenient with meds for that sort of thing than

gastros, or at least it seems to me.

I had a script for Wellbutrin masking in a smoking cessation program.

Obviously that didn't work, but it gave me a terrible case of the shakes and

kept

me awake. Drugs of that class do tend to lead to more scripts for other

things. Thanks for the info. Anne

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/22/2005 3:09:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

shshonee@... writes:

Yes I've read where some doctors, very few though, have given scripts of

ritalin and other meds like that for hep c brain fog. I asked for it from my

gastro and he refused. My shrink gave me Wellbutrin to help with brain fog and

it did to some degree but wore off after a year or so. I've since stopped the

medication, as it just caused me to take more medication (it kept me awake

all the time, so I had to take sleeping pills or other meds to sleep, etc).

Shrinks are often more lenient with meds for that sort of thing than

gastros, or at least it seems to me.

I had a script for Wellbutrin masking in a smoking cessation program.

Obviously that didn't work, but it gave me a terrible case of the shakes and

kept

me awake. Drugs of that class do tend to lead to more scripts for other

things. Thanks for the info. Anne

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/22/2005 3:09:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

shshonee@... writes:

Yes I've read where some doctors, very few though, have given scripts of

ritalin and other meds like that for hep c brain fog. I asked for it from my

gastro and he refused. My shrink gave me Wellbutrin to help with brain fog and

it did to some degree but wore off after a year or so. I've since stopped the

medication, as it just caused me to take more medication (it kept me awake

all the time, so I had to take sleeping pills or other meds to sleep, etc).

Shrinks are often more lenient with meds for that sort of thing than

gastros, or at least it seems to me.

I had a script for Wellbutrin masking in a smoking cessation program.

Obviously that didn't work, but it gave me a terrible case of the shakes and

kept

me awake. Drugs of that class do tend to lead to more scripts for other

things. Thanks for the info. Anne