What about Post TX symptoms

[geterdone]

I have been thinking about this for some time and throught I'd post it and see what happends.


How many people at the end of their treatment 24, 48, 54 or 72 weeks have gone cold turkey?

Meaning on the last week of whatever cycle you were on, say this was my last week shot and followed through with the coming weeks riba then stopped all together at the end of that week.

It would be interesting for everyone to see the results,,,

The reason I ask this is because the way I look at it, it takes a good 12 weeks for these powerful meds to Plato into our systems and we keep pumping them into the system for what ever duration we have to take them and then all the sudden we stop.

I wonder if there have been any studies or research to provide data showing the with draw symptoms of these drugs?

Let’s say I’m doing 48 weeks, should I start reducing the riba and inf in say week 44 and gradually reduce the dosage for the next four weeks or start this process at week 48?

I hope this makes sense and after reading so many post tx problems weeks, months, and years if this may have some merit or not.

jasper

[geterdone]

this is what I am alluding to, the chain of command. If the pituitary gland is the Master and the second in command is the (Thyroid) and if the thyroid is bouncing because of the INF it is telling the master to produce more/less hormone which sets off a chain reaction to all the other systems. Strictly TX related problems, if the thyroid is damaged during the prolong usage of INF and is saturated at a constant level it becomes non self regulating and needs hormone replacement to keep it a normal range.

(Strictly TX problems), I did not have any thyroid problems before TX but do now, so if I do a step down process away from the toxins in stages, hopefully my system will start working on it’s own little by little instead of getting choked all at once.


http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/324670

If you have autoimmune stuff, or trouble healing or exhaustion same thing. Thyroid, arthritis, vitilago, fibromyalgia, even MS, where the body attacks the nerve sheath and many more things are directly related. The pituitary is the MASTER gland which tells the others what to do. It's like the General; the thyroid is the next in command and on down. Our pancreas, our sex glands, is all part of this glandular system. When one thing breaks, then everything begins to break down.

Why do they give methadone to drug addicts trying to kick the addiction?

jasper

[merryBe]

hmmm  I can kinda see where yer going with this....the riba makes folks speedy, the INF boosts immune so it goes lower suddenly at tx end....maybe we do get a smack when coming down???

there's lots of things besides this virus or tx that can kick autoimmune things in.
everything from adrenal exaustion, to Human Growth Hormone (see my Know This thread) to just the cells getting confused as to who and what they are.....wanting to keep working overtime when the need to work is gone....

reminds me of that callahan/rossPerot guy...."who am I and why am I here"........cells can forget.
anytime you mess with one log you can get a jam downstream? (pardon the LOG pun)....

[desrt]

Interesting ideas. I can only relate my own experience: g3 dropped from 1200 riba to 800 at week 19, discontinued tx after 23rd shot. Felt great and all labs back to normal one month post - full of energy. One year post started treating hypertension, insomnia, chronic joint pain. Honestly don't think there's been much, if any study done on 'tapering off'. We're all still labratting at this point.
Best of luck.

[geterdone]

Although I do plan on completing the 48 weeks of my treatment the question (s) are one, should I consult with my doctor at what point (yeah, right like he’s going to know) do I start to reduce the meds close to the end of tx and to maybe head off the many post tx problems others are having or have posted as having. I know some do come off the meds with no problems and continue on with life and then there are others that have many serious autoimmune problems directly related to the drugs used in treatment. Or two, complete the 48 weeks and then continue for another 5 weeks, say starting with present dosage at the end of 48 weeks.  Then the first week “past that time”, reduce it by a quarter then the second week a half, the third week another quarter and then the last week the final quarter.

Would this allow the body the time to naturally adjust to the step down of medication in my system and thus allow my own body to start to kick in and slowly adjust to the absent of the higher doses with out sending it into shock which seem to me what may be happening.

jasper

[desrt]

Stay on full dose to the end. The only 'withdrawl' you're going to feel is feeling better.