irratable

why am i so cranky ? i dont care so much about what drug {riba  or interfreon} is the culprit .more is there any thing i can do post shot . can eating different help ./  im on soboxone  8mg  2 mg  ,klonopin,  plenty of bud . Its terrible to raise my voice at love ones ,and then have to blame tx. this problem could make me quit, i dont want to lose my family. i think i can take it . i just dont know if my wife can .shes walking on egg shells around me .all other side effects are bearable ,and im even losing my hair   . help  !

[desrt]

The klonopin/suboxone/bud combo may not actually be addressing the serotonin imbalance caused by the interferon. You may need to find a Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor (SSRI) like fluoxetine (generic Prozac) to help with the chemical imbalance going on in your brain.

[nygirl7]

Hey Bob I just PM'd you and funny coincedence there.....I'm on the sub's' too and I just told you that ;)

Believe me this stuff makes you REALLY grouchy.  My daughter has had chronic lung problems since she was born and has almost died 3 times. One night while she was sitting next to me I yelled at her "shut the hell up stop breathing you are breathing too loud" something REALLY insane like that (after all the years of trying to keep her breathing that would be the LAST things i"d ever say!) thank God we'd had a BIG talk before treatment and the family knew what was going on.  They would laugh at me and go wow that med is making her insane...which would make me more mad but I'd remember to walk away and just try to calm down.

The best thing you can do with this problem is to just talk talk talk this one out with the family so they understand - it will get a bit better in time.....it won't be like you want to shoot little old ladies on the highway like I really wanted to when they'd drive to slowly any longer. You won't be jumping for joy or anything but.....it will be tolerable again.

deb

[ladybug52]

"im on soboxone  8mg  2 mg  ,klonopin,  plenty of bud"

What does that mean? I'm familar with the klonopin, I really liked the relaxing affect it had on me at bedtime, but my current PCP took me off it.
I don't know what soboxone or bud means?
You're probably wondering if I'm ignorant or stupid and the answer is yes to both!
Thanks for your help though.
Bug

[portann]

What I can say has worked well for our family concerning my crankiness during tx is a deliberate policy that I don't interact much.

I guess I'd call it not testing the waters more than necessary, lying low and avoiding chit-chat. Survival through avoidance.

I'm more calm than most but over the long weekend, a neighbor 'barged' over to talk to me as I was cutting back my clematis. I couldn't believe how annoyed I was at her. I'm an automatically polite person, so our relation survived  but I told my husband it was all I could do to not tell her off and worse. God, she yapped on. After twenty years of good neighborly relations that would have been a setback. From now on, I'm gardening in the back of the house.

Urge your wife to give you a wide berth. Your hair will grow back but a lot of hurt can happen in families during this powerful tx.

[DragonSlayer45]

Like Deb said, I also had a talk with my family prior to and during my treatment.

Here is a link to an semi-easy to understand article from HCV advocate.

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/hcsp_pdf/gish2_BW.pdf


Here is a "Primer on Interferon for the Non-scientist"

http://www.isicr.org/pdf/IFNprimer_ISICRApril_2006.pdf

It is the meds causing this. If it gets to be a problem you should talk to your doctor and get on AD's, SSRI's like desert suggested is most likely what they will give you.

This can be a very difficult treatment to do. take any help they give you if it helps stay the course. I wish you luck in your continued treatment. Stay the course, just know what your up against.

[GSDgirl]

"bud" is pot, reefer, mary jane and who knows what else they are calling it these days LOL

[nygirl7]

Honestly suboxone is a medicine that is very similar to methadone - after my accident in 2005 (they thought I would die in CCU so they didn't care much) I became seriously addicted to pain pills and couldn't afford to take time off of work to go through "withdrawl (withdrawal)" and this medicine I take once a day and while it doesn't get you high like a painkiller or heroin it blocks the receptors so that your body doesn't freak out.

I just can't afford to go to a hospital and take a few weeks going through detox (or I'd probably lose my job) so I go to a shrink once a month and get the prescription instead. They are VERY heavily monitored and are class-A drugs which only special pharmacists can order.

so, most likely, you don't hear people talking about them all that much to have ever wondered what they were before. (Although they are on the streets as much as any other drug it's not a drug you would "want" unless you needed it like some of us do).

[lapis]

Antidepressants (SSRI's) have really helped me through this.  I started taking them after the first week of tx, and then increased the dose about half-way through.  

My husband watched me withdraw and act cranky this winter, but he didn't take it personally, I guess.  I would yell at him, then apologize....and later I'd do it again.  Not horrible arguments but just me being cranky.

Have you shared anything from this forum with your wife?  I sent a link to my husband and he read it, and I think it helped him understand not only what I was experiencing, but that it is also fairly normal for someone on tx, that I was okay, I guess it reassured him.  

My adult daughter told me I had always been so "sweet" and now I was "harsh and angry."  I told her that I was going to be back, this tx would be over, and I'm having to experience these feelings now for some reason.  And it is not personal.  She was upset, but I think it helped her cope.

I hope you find something here that is helpful to you.  I agree with the others that we need more space on tx, and I think if our loved ones understand (even a little) how we're feeling, that they and we can figure out how to approach each other.

[ladybug52]

Thanks, I can't believe that "bud" made me think of Budweiser...... I'm not that innocent, just not current on things.
Pian-killer addiction scares me personally.  I have had chronic back pain and now neck surgery.......trying not to worry about what hasn't happened, but I keep seeing the Betty Ford Clinic in my future.......well I hope I'm kidding.....
Bug

[winner727]

im going to share 2 letters w her right now. dragonslayer sent them to me. they cut right to the bone . thanks for your intrest .