How long do the effects of Ribaviron/Inferon last after treatment?

[Trying2BSupportive]

How long do the effects of Ribavirin and Interferon last after a person stops taking the medicine.  I have heard 6 months to a year.  Has anyone experienced very strange behavior..almost psychoic?  Saying and doing things that they do not normally do?  Not being rational, arguing all the time about things that can be avoided.  Staying away from loved ones.  Being tired all the time and mumbling incohertly, at odd time (which I assume is when he is tired).  My friend has been off the meds for about 4 - 5 months and I see some things getting better, but then some things not.  He seems to be working all the time and I think it could be because he is tired and finds it hard to concentrate, so it takes him longer.  He doesn't want his boss to know what is going on.  Someone please help me understand what he is going through.  You have helped me before and I appreciate it.  The symptoms just keeps changing, one gets better and then another happens.  He still doesn't remember everything and that is why things aren't good.  He is beginning to explain these things, but then I wonder if it is a crutch.  Thank you, I am just so confused.

[Trying2BSupportive]

Thanks, again, everyone.  I think it is the irritablility that is causing the problems.  We did just begin going out just about the time he began treatment.  So, I only knew the "real" him for a short time.  Sometimes he "snaps" out of it and begins telling me, "I said that, that isn't like me".  I think things will get better, but he goes to the doctor in a couple of weeks.  I am trying to hang on, but now it is affecting my health and that is not good.  If we are meant to be together, it will work out.  I just want to know that it really is the meds and I am not being "played".  In my gut, I feel it is.  Thank you, again, for your comments.  By the way...he hasn't tried to bite me yet....but that because he hasn't been interested in sex much (just kidding).  But, on a good note, the libido is coming back...

[headsrtails]

I got one for you to go with the Dalhmer joke and it happened just today: went to get blood taken out so I can see how  bc is doing after day 11 of tx. The nurse (bless her soul) missed twice so when I left the hospital I had 3, count em, 3 of them little bandages on my arm that signal syrnges. I met my wife at the gym and she aked if I could stop by the drugstore afterwards and pick up the syringes for our cat who is diabetic. I told her sure; I turned my back to her and rolled up my sleeves and tunred and said to her as if I was talking to the pharmacist: "I am here for the needles??"(we laughed soooo hard, and yes we need more of that type of soul tx to go with the body tx)(I know that little ditty may be un-PC, but what the heck) headsrtails

[sfbaygirl]

Perhaps this poor lady biting chunks outta her husband was just trying to get enough fat to take with her Riba! They say sometimes we crave the foods we need....LOL

[abbas11]

hello.you know it is easy for me to tell you some boalshits and never be informative and applicative for you.it look like it, that your friend has been cought a cold and then I tell you bring him/her to barbershop then she will recover...lol
that is what I know :interferon induce brain toxicity and damage brain stems where nerotransmitters exist.interferon damage synaptic connections in brain and even can kill nerons.

The problem is that most of the damage interferon does is Brain Damage. It seems like it is somewhere in the body but it is usually in the brain stem.You could try some cleanses to get rid of toxins.
interferon also damage hipothalamic regolatory canters on brain and gonads and can increase prolactin levels and decrease SHBG(sex hormone binding globilin),testestrone,free testestrone,lh,fsh...
doctors allways miss these side effects.if you want know my personal expirince is that I am more than 1 year post tx but I still suffer from side effects,,, it could take 2 year or maybe more to recover from sds of that toxic garbage(interferon).
some of sds will be permanent and ireversible.
the links below maybe informative for you.
this text has been writen by  DR.russell

Dr.blaylock is a board certified neurosurgeon,author and lecturer.he attended the LSU scholl of medicine in New Orleans and completed his general surgial intership and neurosurgical residency at the medical University of South California in charleston.

blaylockhttp://www.interferon.ws/Interferon_Harmful_to_The_Brain.htm

[Eisbein]

I heard of a woman who was on tx and while watching tv with her husband leaned over and bit a chunk out of his arm...

I agree with Reveniere, cannibalism is a frequent side effect... but most here just don't want to admit having done it.
Lucky for that man that she didn't lean further down and bit something else off.
My husband, always cautious, wore something like a chastity belt, just in case.
Later on, he bought one of those armored suits that soldiers used to wear during the middle ages.
But he had to sleep sometime, and that's when I got to him...nothing could stop me...the desire to devour human flesh was overwhelming.
I am almost 9 month post tx, and I am getting better.
The doctor said there is no cure for this affliction, and some of us will forever want to dine on our partners.
SVR comes at a price...for some.

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Ina

[bikeaddict]

thanks for the insight folks, you helped chase away my fears and gave me a good laugh too.

sorry for bringing up something that might be considered an urban myth but on the other hand, I think it's got to be good to toss around any information.

FYI - The biting info came from my friend who went through a clinical trial, it was something his doctor told him had occured with another patient.  My friend actually dropped out of treatment 4 weeks shy of the 48 because he and his out of control 17 year old got into a fight.  He was knocked out by the boy and when he woke up he raged on him knocking out his tooth.  He was jailed for this and subsequently lost his job with the county.  Sad story, he didnt achieve SVR and is not very motivated to get back on the meds.  On the lighter side, another friend went through treatment, achieved SVR, lost an excess 170lbs that he had been carrying around and had little sx.