fatique not r/t to hep C: per doc

[jodao]

same GI doc states as well as the itching not caused by liver neither is my fatigue. States the hep C and liver is not bad enough.  WHAT?! The Hep C just only recently caused cirrhosis. How friggin bad does it have to be. This virus had been in my body 25-30 yrs now.  States it is my depression since my son died almost a yr ago.  Shoot I was depressed before that and received counseling and antidepressant. I get depressed when I get fatigue.  They really don't know what their saying do they.  As a said ,I'm an R.N (not working now) and I do not trust many doctors. There are good ones that don't have a GOD complex but the one's that do...I wish they would just say...I don't know!

[crossroadsec]

Gracie Lue - you're all good. A lot of is share the story. The years of symptoms... Finally diagnosed n it's so much worse than we ever dreamed.
Thank God for the Inhibbies!
Congratulations on being DONE w that! Yay you!
Did you treat for 48 weeks sinnce you're stage 3? Take care n hope the Rx leaves your system fast! Karen :)

[1oftheclub222]

I get serious fatigue sometimes.  sometimes I feel like I look gray, ha...I do have sleep apnea and just can't tolerate the mask...the fatigue may be from that, maybe from the hep C, maybe both...but I do excercise, and try to eat ok, I am not overwieght and don't smoke and would have a glass of wine with dinner, but have stopped that since the hep C thing.  Still tired, I wake up tired, at 3pm it's all I can do to stay awake long enough to get some tea, by 8:30 or 9 pm I am out like a light.  I am just use to it, don't know what I would do if i wasn't like that, ha...

[orphanedhawk]

rambleon40
This forum is based on hep C. And it is a well known fact that the main symptom of hep C is fatigue.
Of course it can come from many things but the poster said she has cirrhosis.
I had cirrhosis, blamed my tiredness on menopause. Nope, it was my liver.
If your liver isn't functioning properly, it depletes your energy. Simple and logical.

Curiouslady,
I can tell you without a doubt that after my transplant my energy zoomed.
And because of what I'd been through I felt my energy slowing, between last winter and the summer, when the hep C began actively damaging my liver.
You are lucky because you haven't had the damage from hep C. Please remember to be compassionate to those of us who have had major problems with the virus. Maybe we learned something  from the experience.

[EyesofBlue55]

Fatigue was the main reason for soooo many doctor visits for me.Fatigue IS a symptom of hep C.I could fall asleep anywhere and still do.If it wasnt for the fatigue ,I probably not know I had hep C  cindy

[Gracie_Lue]

Soo i read back threw my comment and although I feal very strongly on the subject i think I have to say sorry for the huge tangent I whent on. Just a tid bit of good old riba rage lol. I really haven't had any tolerence for anything lately. Thank God I am done as of yesterday!

Prayers and love to everyone : )

[JasmineT]

You should go to a hepatologist.  Especially if as you say you have cirrhosis.