Posted by headachequeen on March 16, 2004, at 16:05:46
In reply to Re: Ask your doctor, posted by Patient on March 16, 2004, at 14:51:27
> Hopefully you have a doctor who listens,
I forgot all about the thyroid possibilities....
had a meeting with my regular doctor today.. the neuro kicked me loose in November as he felt that things were doing well...
my doctor is not satisfied and wants me to see the neuro again...
He is not content with the idea of a couple of seizures now and then...
and thinks that the Tegretol should be replaced...
yes the TEGRETOL ... as I have to take Serc to calm the nausea and the abdominal pains and the seizures still occur he thinks the Tegretol is not working...
I will not give up Topomax under any circumstances... I do not want to have the migraines return and I do not want the seizures to start to return to the former intensity...
and I have come to terms with the side effects I can recognise as being attributable to Topomax...
so maybe they will just increase the Topomax and dump the Tegretol....
oh I hope so... and now I shall breathe LOL
and when I go back next week...we are seeing each other weekly to deal with this depression thing... he is ticked with the psychologist... I shall remember to ask about possible thyroid problems that might not show up in the testing that was done recently... had to be done to be sure that the eye problems were not thyroid-related...
nothing could be that simple LOL after all, I am a redhead...
oh to think that Tegretol may be eliminated from my life...
of course there is then the unknown factor... and it could be worse I know...
but I shall cross that bridge when I come to it...as for welbutrin and alcohol, the sister-in-law tells me that she was warned that it did not mix with alcohol and to be sure not to try to mix them....
I am wondering if someone is trying to scare her into slowing down the alcohol... this is not the way to do it...
she never seems to have any trouble with depression... of course that is not a way to diagnose a problem either; I should know. I hide it very well having been taught from an early age not to let the world see you air your dirty laundry, to mess up an old saying or two...kat who is about to celebrate the soon to happen demise of Tegretol in her life (and not with wine and song... but perhaps song and strong coffee)
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