just HOW exhausted is exhausted?

Your exhaustion might be from the bi-polar disease. You mentioned you don't have cirrhosis and your bi-polar has caused exhaustion, in past posts. With so many things medically at the same time, it would be difficult to know, without some medically interaction. Either way, I think 6 months is too long not to know. I hope you can see a specialist and understand the why behind the exhaustion. So sorry you are under the weather like this.

My husband has end stage liver disease and is on the transplant list. He is in bed a lot of hours, but he has had cirrhosis and ESLD for a long time. His HE is up and down and very difficult for him. He never had any fatigue, nor exhaustion from Hep C, until he had stage 4 cirrhosis. Fatigue was his first sign something was amiss. Get checked out and let's hope you get sorted out soon. Big Hugs

I have some answers now. Hopefully anyone with hep c and bipolar or depression like myself will be helped by my findings. When bipolar is in a manic phase a person is running on alot of adrenalin and taking from stored energy. Like speed, it is a false sence of energy. After 30 years of Hep c, my manic phases are much shorter and far less energetic, and when they end I feel like Ive been in a car wreck. When the depression phase kicks in, typical a person with bipolar will have alot of sorrow and hopeless feelings that zap motivation and cause a sense if tiredness. Again, over the 30 years with Hep c, the down times are overloaded with a physical exhaustion. Very much like getting over the flu and being too drained of strength and energy to get out of bed. Ive had bipolar for over 30 years and the times of exhaustion have steadily increased in intensity that I can end up in bed for a couple weeks at a time. Without a doubt the physical exhaustion is coming from the Hep c. I am on the highest levels of antidepressant which definately help, but they are not able to create energy that isnt there. Another dramatic change is the loss of my short term memory. If I take a pill, 20 minutes later I can not tell if Ive taken it or not. Thats why all medication has to be lined up for the day. I cant remember what I wore 2 days ago and there is almost no sense of what day it is of the week, it just all blends together. I take lactulose but this memory loss has greatly increased in the last year and I attribute that as well to the Hep c. I hope this will help others.