Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 , Is there some reason you are taking your shot during the day, instead of at bedtime? Hope you feel better.. Sheena hello guys, i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of hours and woke up sick. i'm still here sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Sheena is right you should take your shot at bedtime so that you sleep through the side effects. The only time I had to take it during the day was when I very first started the first treatment I did. Then I was told to take them only at bedtime, so that I could sleep through the side effects. hon, try to take them at night. It is not fair to yourself to take them during the day. Too many things can wake you up. Really I slept through my side effects on the day of the shot. Next morning I would wake up, feeling kind of weak. But never like that first time I took it during the day. That was a horror story. My husband went back to work after I took my shot at the doctor's office thinking I would be okay, that I would go to bed and just sleep. Well I didn't the outside noises woke me up, cars driving down the road, horns beeping and so forth. I woke up with a high fever, well not that high 102.0 F, but still high. Aching to beat the band. After that, I always make sure that I was good and tired on shot night. Love Janet "There are souls in this world that have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go" Frederick Faber hello guys, i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of hours and woke up sick. i'm still here sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 hello guys,the reason that i take my shot during the day time is because the doctorsaid to take it at the same time every week. and i have trouble sleeping at night,my husband does not get off of work till 2 in the morning. i can't sleep withouthim. by the time i go to bed is around 3 - 4 in the morning. i have a mest up sleeping pattern. sarahTo: Hepatitis_C_Central Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:56:28 PMSubject: Re: shot 2 Sheena is right you should take your shot at bedtime so that you sleep through the side effects. The only time I had to take it during the day was when I very first started the first treatment I did. Then I was told to take them only at bedtime, so that I could sleep through the side effects. hon, try to take them at night. It is not fair to yourself to take them during the day. Too many things can wake you up. Really I slept through my side effects on the day of the shot. Next morning I would wake up, feeling kind of weak. But never like that first time I took it during the day. That was a horror story. My husband went back to work after I took my shot at the doctor's office thinking I would be okay, that I would go to bed and just sleep. Well I didn't the outside noises woke me up, cars driving down the road, horns beeping and so forth. I woke up with a high fever, well not that high 102.0 F, but still high. Aching to beat the band. After that, I always make sure that I was good and tired on shot night. Love Janet "There are souls in this world that have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go" Frederick Faber hello guys, i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of hours and woke up sick. i'm still here sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 hon,, why dont you take your shot at say 2 am,, when your hubby gets home so that it will take hours before it really hits and you'll be sleeping? I know about screwed up sleeping cycles, when I first was on tx, I was still working on the ambulance and had to be on duty for 24 hours at a time, So what I suggest is this and you can skip it if it doesnt work for you, but you 'COULD" take your shot instead of Fri am, take it thurs night, well move it back to fri am right before you go to sleep.. that way you'll be sleeping when the worst hits.. does that make sense? so if you take your shot on fri at 10 am, then take it the following week on Thurs nite./Fri am but much much earlier,, like at 2 or 3 am after your hubby comes home right before you go to sleep,, and then just do it every week at THAT same new time.. I think it will help as you'll sleep through the worst of the sides,, I hope you're on an SSRI already because the INF depletes the seretonin in your brain anyway and if you already have trouble sleeping, the tx meds will make it worse.. but thats what I would do if I were you.. take it after your hubby gets home but right before you both go to sleep.. hugs, jax hello guys, i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of hours and woke up sick. i'm still here sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 honey,, I posted a reply to you about changing the time of your shot, I hope you got to read it already,, if not let me know and Ill post it again,, Subject: shot 2To: Hepatitis_C_Central Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 1:00 PM hello guys, i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of hours and woke up sick. i'm still here sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hi , I know that we all react differently to treatment, but I wanted to let you know that my first few shots of interferon made me feel very flu-ish . . . aches all over, night sweats. Not nearly as bad as you're experiencing. But then those side effects subsided, as if my body adjusted to the medication or something. My injection sites were pretty red, and again that got better. What I'm getting at (LOL) is that I experienced different side effects throughout Tx and I think others have experienced this as well. Things may or may not change for you; I hope with all my heart they do. Try to take it one day at a time; pamper yourself anyway you can. Leigh > > hello guys, > > i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of > hours and woke up sick. i'm still here > sarah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ahhhhh we all have different sleep patterns. I stand corrected. Love Janet "There are souls in this world that have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go" Frederick Faber hello guys, i took my second shot at 10 am. slept for a couple of hours and woke up sick. i'm still here sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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