Full Question: If you take Topamax for migraine prevention and discover you are having sudden vision problems, is this reversible? or is it permanent? Arloa. Answer: Dear Arloa; The answer to this really depends on what type of vision problems you're having. Topamax can cause myopia, which is reversible, or glaucoma,... Read more
Full Question: Thank you for making yourself available to this forum. My husband has tried the following meds for his migraines, so far without success: Migranal, Zomig, Imitrex and Topamax. He is 37, healthy but with asthma since childhood, and is on the antidepressant Lexapro. Would you please advise us as to any new meds that he should... Read more
Full Question:I recently have recently added Topamax to my migraine arsenal which also includes exercise, Relpax as needed, relaxation techniques, magnesium and adding an increased dose of vitamin B2 (400mg) to my daily b complex as recommended by my doctor. My question, is it better to take all 400mg of the vitamin B2 at once, break it in... Read more
Full Question:I would like to know if stress from loss (bereavement: loss of father) can cause a chronic daily headache or transformed migraine. I did read your answer stating that clinical depression could not cause a migraine, but was a codisease. For 16 full months each day, my 14 year old daughter has had pain mostly on her left... Read more
Full Question:I am a 49 year-old woman who has had migraines for the last fifteen years. I've been taking 500 mg. of Depakote and 50 mg of nortriptyline a day for several years. Recently, a bone scan showed that I have osteopenia. I read somewhere that anticonvulsants like Depakote can cause thinning of the bones. I am taking in lots of... Read more
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