Posted by Storm Rider on February 14, 2006, at 21:47:50
In reply to Re: Topamax Alcohol, posted by bridgey1128 on February 14, 2006, at 14:29:33
> Hi Kat! I am back on 100mg but really for losing the weight I gained back. I gained 30lbs back that I had lost after starting it. It has done nothing for my BP this go round. I have noticed a definite decrease in my appetite in a higher dosage whereas I didn't last time. Apparently it DID whether or not I noticed since I lost 30lbs.
Hi Bridgey!It will take longer to work the second time around... or so the techs told me...
I had to go off it for one of those wretched intensive tele whatsis tests ... and they warned me that the weight would come back and fast and would be slower to start coming off again...
I had visions of ballooning from 130 to 3000 pounds in a couple of weeks the way the one tech spoke...
but I gained ten pounds and managed to lose it again in a month or so...
It is frustrating though to work your way through the weight thing and have it come back...
self esteem and weight are so intertwined, especially for women and then there is the physical health issue...
when the BP or ADD or other emotional/mental health issues are added into the equation, life becomes extremely complicated.
Sometimes I think there should be a magic formula or button...
I keep asking my doctor why in an age when we have seen men walk on the moon and cars that can travel twice the speed limit and then some, he doesn't have an instant fix for what ails me...
For a couple of years I was seeing a psychologist to help me adjust to the intensified warfare that my brain was escalating with this epilepsy lark. He didn't have a quick fix either...
That annoyed me...
If I break a leg, the doctor puts a cast on it so it can heal. With an emotional problem, the psychologist tells me that I have to find my own solutions, so we talk about it...
I suppose it made sense, but it frustrated the blazes out of me..
I wanted it fixed and I wanted it fixed right then.
And wrapped up in pretty paper with bows on it...same with these weight issues and ADD....
I often wonder how other people manage to sit and watch a movie ...
I cannot go to the theatre to see a movie. I have to wait until it comes out in video...
cannot imagine sitting still that long...
LOL
kat
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