Injection 18

I did my 18th injection at midnight on the last day of 2010 so that 2011 started as i mean to go on....killing this blasted virus.

The last 2.5 to 3 weeks have been exceptionally difficult due to lack of sleep and unbelievable tiredness but i am trying to resolve this by testing the effect of my Anti-depressants and when i take them.

Usually i take my 2 x 200mg Ribavirin and 2 x 20mg Citalopram in the morning around 8am then 3 x 200mg Ribavirin and 2 x 400i.u. of VitD at 8pm at night.

From Monday 3rd January i have moved the Citalopram to nighttime and the VitD to morning plus 1 x 400i.u. with my nighttime meds giving 3 x 400i.u. dailly to try and lower the tiredness and raise the sleep levels obtained, currently i am lucky if i can sleep for 4 hours at a time...2.5 being the normal, then i wake up again and stuggle to fall asleep and mostly dose off for a half hour or so.

Injection 17

This shot went without and problems, Xmas day went well - had dinner at my Mums and came home and went straight to bed to unwind and relax as i was exhausted....slept for about 2 hours and spent the rest of night dozing.

Spent most of Monday in bed despite wanting to tidy my flat a bit....going to Edinburgh tomorrow to visit my brother.

Injection 16

Done injection 16 last night and went to bed.....felt like i slept all night till 10:30am but i know i never as i remember (i think) getting up a couple of times during the night.

Extreme tiredness is my main issue just now.....dosing off waiting for busses and within 5 minutes of sitting down.....just cant concentrate.

12 week FBC results.

Got my 12 week results today:

HB = 12.4
WBC = 4.9
Neut = 2.9
Platlets = 162
ALT = 37
Bilirubin = 8
Alk Pho = 85
GGT = 55

Injection 15

Injection 15 done on Friday night - Felt terrible on Saturday but forced myself to change my bedding and wash my clothes and dishes. Went to bed on Saturday night and never got to sleep till about 4.30am.....had another night of broken sleep and just dozing.

Injection 14

Injection 14 went without any problems.

Injection 13

I did my Injection a day early again as the peak was on Mondays and I wanted to have the peak on Sunday when i am able to rest and take things easy.

I had my 12 week bloods done on Friday (26/11/10)....awaiting results.

I had my Dr today (30/11/10) regarding my Citalopram - PHQ-9 score dropped from 25 to 18 so he is happy it has dropped but has increased my dose from 20mg to 30mg daily for 2 weeks then increase again to 40mg daily.