Posted by DharmaMama on October 22, 2003, at 8:33:21
Well, here I am since my first post of trying to get info on Topamax a couple of weeks ago. I am into my 6th day after going up to 50mg. Tomorrow I will go up to 75mg.
I have been feeling relatively great. Abundance of energy. I keep my house tidy throughout the week since I work fulltime. I clean every weekend. Before Topamax I was having a hard time getting around to it. This past weekend I cleaned base boards, ceiling fans, outside windows, worked in my garden, washed the dog, washed all four bathrooms, ran errands, took my two year old out to lunch in between running errands, and never felt the need to take a nap.
As far as getting to sleep, it has been a bit hard off and on. I have always had a hard time since I was young. I am a night person. So is my two year old. Ugh! I am addicted to Benadryl. That gets me to sleep without SE and helps with my allergies.
Edginess, irritability, anxiety: I have heard people say this increases it, I am all this with or without Topamax. I suffer from social anxiety. I have not seen an increase in irritability, maybe in time. I hope not.
Most important! Drum roll please . . . Libido! I think it has increased. This may have to do with increase in energy and lack of depression or stablization of my mood.
My hair has thinned a bit. This seems a little too soon. I am thinking it is just the time of the year as it normally thins this time. Which is a good thing for me. I have very thick hair. I have never liked it. It is kind of like that straight hair/curly hair thing. I deal with it with my 7 year old who has curly blonde hair. She does not like it and everyone wants it.
I woke up this morning with two areas on each side of my face that were numb. By the time I got to the parking garage, the palms of my hands were numb. I thought i was having a stroke. Then I remembered, the medicine.
Oh, and I have been forgetting thing here and there. Not too frequently.
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