Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I am 30 years old and I have been living with migraines since I was about 12 years old. I have been on soooooooooooo many meds that I can't even name them. I have many CT Scans and MRI's. I recently went to a new Neurologist and he prescribed me Topamax. I've been on it for a week. I can't really tell a difference yet, but I'm giving it time. The first week I was taking 25mg at night, the 2nd week I am taking 25mg at night and 25mg in the morning the 3rd week I will take one 25mg in the morning and 2 25mg at night, and the 4th week I will take 100 mg at night. I hope it works. I have read about the side effects, and I thank God I don't have them yet. I know I'm on a low dose, but at least I don't have them that bad. I do have the loss of appetite, and sodas taste like cough syrup. I have just a little tingling in my feet and toes, that doesn't last that long. I feel a little disoriented at times. And I can't think of the right words to say, but it doesn't compare to the headaches that have haunted me for almost my entire life. I've complained of headaches to my family and friends so much that I had started to wonder if it was just in my mind. I am also about 30 lbs over weight and I'm hoping that this will help me come off some of the weight also. I have noticed that Topamax makes me feel kind of mellow and nonchalant. My students don't get on my nerves like they use to.
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It is so exhausting living in pain everyday. Hopefully Topamax will help reduce your Migraine frequency. An important thing to remember is that side effects are potential, they don't happen to everyone all the time. Sometimes these potential side effects disappear after we reach the optimal dose. Having said that if topamax is not the right medication for you, not to worry there are many more Migraine preventive medications to try.
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