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Author Topic: What's making it so hard to wake up?  (Read 3712 times)

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Offline Forever England

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What's making it so hard to wake up?
« on: January 21, 2010, 01:00:57 pm »
I switched from Atripla at 23:30 on empty stomach to Truvada+Reyataz+Norvir after food at 21:00 last week and I'm finding it hard to fall asleep at night and INCREDIBLY hard to wake up the following morning.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 01:42:36 pm »
exercise during the day.
if that doesnt work, try sleeping pills.  Im guessing the problem is mostly falling asleep. If you fall asleep too late, its normal that you will have problems waking up.
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Offline Forever England

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2010, 01:46:23 pm »
exercise during the day.
if that doesnt work, try sleeping pills.  Im guessing the problem is mostly falling asleep. If you fall asleep too late, its normal that you will have problems waking up.

Thanks. I take the point about exercise and trouble nodding off, but even factoring in a late night to bed, and even if I get 8 or 10 hours of sleep once I do fall asleep, the difficulty I have waking up is still way off the scale.

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2010, 01:49:52 pm »
hmm. what do you think it is? maybe reyataz is not your best HAART
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Offline Forever England

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2010, 02:02:16 pm »
hmm. what do you think it is? maybe reyataz is not your best HAART

I don't know! I thought I was groggy in the morning with Sustiva, but this is different. I'm OK about an hour in to the day, but it takes crazy motivation to open my eyes and get off the bed - not like previous experiences when tired, something heavier.

I'm much happier not getting stoned on reyataz+norvir (compared to Sustiva) because I work the odd night without grinding to a halt at 1am, and it's easier to run life popping on a full rather than an empty stomach (I can fill my stomach at short notice but have to plan my entire day around an empty stomach and wait until much later if I miss the opportunity) + being able to dose earlier in the evening would free me for an early night if required (if I could fall asleep), so I much prefer the flexibility afforded - but this waking up thing is different.

Offline ad2san

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2010, 03:57:22 pm »
Hi Forever,

I have the same problem as you ... it appeared 4 weeks after starting the combo (first one). I currently take sleeping pills, without it is not possible to fall (and/or stay) asleep.

Thel documentation http://www.ema.europa.eu/humandocs/PDFs/EPAR/reyataz/emea-combined-h494en.pdf mentions s that sleep disorders from Reyataz is "un common" (1 to 10 * 1000).
May be you just need time to adjust.

My doc seems to attribute sleeping problems rather to Truvada and wants to replace it with epzicom/kixeva.

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2010, 05:28:31 pm »
Well, it may just be the change, cos efavirenz does screw with your sleep, but it may also be the tenofovir in Truvada, which I find keeps me awake sometimes (hence taking it at lunchtime).

I am on the same combo and for me it's simple, tho was more than usually awake in the first 6 months. A welcome change since I'd basically slept for a year (I can sleep for England).

The awake thing, if it is the tenofovir, passes/lessens.

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Offline Forever England

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Re: What's making it so hard to wake up?
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2010, 09:26:42 am »
Well, it may just be the change, cos efavirenz does screw with your sleep, but it may also be the tenofovir in Truvada, which I find keeps me awake sometimes (hence taking it at lunchtime).

I am on the same combo and for me it's simple, tho was more than usually awake in the first 6 months. A welcome change since I'd basically slept for a year (I can sleep for England).

The awake thing, if it is the tenofovir, passes/lessens.

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Thanks. A couple of weeks on and getting to sleep has settled a bit. Not getting stoned is a big positive. I'm still troubled by headaches and trouble waking up, but it's definitely an improvement over Atripla.

 


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