PS: If your symptoms are due to Hep C, then treating the Hep C may improve your condition. With all of your symptoms, if you have Hep C, I would recommend finding a very knowledgeable and experienced Hepatologist to treat you, preferably at a large medical center.
Depending on how severe your medical problems are, there may be some concerns and/or complications from treatment so you would want to be under the very best care.
Christie, try to hang in there. You will have the test results soon and then you can go from there.
This forum is great for information and it is great for support, so keep hanging around here and post any questions that you may have.
Welcome to the forum.
My first question is: do you have Hepatitis C or any other type of Hepatitis. I mean, have you been tested for Hep C and confirmed with chronic Hep C.
Hep C can cause many extrahepatic symptoms and disorders.
Here is a good article from HCV Advocate concerning the many extrahepatic manifestations of Hep C:
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/Extrahepatic.pdf
And another article from HCV Advocate:
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/articles/Bonkovsky-2.html
And another link:
http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/11/1005.full.pdf
The symptoms you complain of do not sound like hepatitis C.
Often hep C is asymptomatic until there is advanced liver damage.
It causes liver cirrhosis. Although I almost lost my life to this virus I never had any of the problems you are experiencing.
Since hep C is a blood born virus, I can't imagine that any medication will affect seeing whether or not the virus is in your blood.
My advice is to learn meditation and relaxation techniques to help improve your patience. The results of your blood test will arrive soon enough.