Posted by Bonnie Sue on October 18, 2000, at 10:49:19
In reply to Re: topomax » Bonnie Sue, posted by archer on October 16, 2000, at 21:44:36
>Thanks Ellen.....seems symptoms are starting to subside all but leg pains and cramps! I do like however the way Drs seem to say that you may be a "little" uncomfortable at 1st ! Hah! Thats a understatement. My Doc is a PHD In Pchchiatree(hee hee). Oh and he is also planning on adding effexor to my regiment to stabilize my highs and lows from PTSD.... he states this has been highly effective with patients that have not responded to the ssri and the other thousand of drugs out there they have tried on them (like me). Yes I am documenting problems and good effects of med...I really believe however at this point if the weakness and pain does not come back, so far so good....also very pleased with appetite change...(very normal) I used to eat very little but wrong times of day and the wrong foods! Now I am actually hungry in AM and around 3ish than fine rest of day but not overly hungry and not hungry for ^ sugars or fats....except have this strange craving for cheeses and only thing I want to drink is fruit punches ....water and teas! >
Only pain problem left is numbnes and tingling in feet...hands at times...though the feet turn into leg cramps late at night...starts with the heel falling asleep and then feels like one of those old toy planes you wind up with a rubber band
working its way to my knee in a cramp that no one would believe the pain! So Im feeling fairly confident that I will get through this....mind is clear....not all stoned feeling....lost 4 lbs already (while eating) "2 wks" and my eyes dont look all wild or in foo foo land which on most meds its one way or the other.......I hope all goes well for you too....thanks for responding...keep in touch if you ever want to respond by email Im not sure how they do that here without the whole world but let me know since we both started at the same time on the same meds! HMMMMM...thought for the day!!!!.PHD drugs of choice???????!!!!!! just a joke.... Bonnie Sue
hi bonnie-sue, im still new to topomax, but what i've read about it the slower the better. im not a dr and im sure he took your initial symptoms and their severity into consideration before subscribing this med? i would wonder was this a psychiatrist or a primary care pysician? keep trck of your symptoms as you up the dose and dont be afraid to keep in touch with your dr. i was put on topomax along with serzone and experienced a slew of sie-effects. tracked them all not sure which med was responsible for them, and thought they would go away. they didnt and i suffered 5 wks until i followed up with my dr. he took me right off the serzone. within 3 days i felt 90% better and will soon start effexor xr or xl not sure which one. i had bad leg pains after i weaned off serzone. just be aware of you symptoms, write everything down. goo-luk. topomax is helping with my appetite. talk to ya soon. archer keep in touch.
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