Posted by headachequeen on July 19, 2004, at 10:36:53
In reply to Re: Topamax and BAD heartburn, posted by bridgey1128 on July 18, 2004, at 18:06:56
> Andie...I learned the HARD way about going up too soon on the meds and mine was from 25mg to 50mg. Mine wasn't heart burn but I lost my sight!! Now that was a scary side effect. That morning I was fine but the further in the day the less I could see until that night it was like big blobs in front of me. Since it was the weekend I called the Dr on call, who was NOT my Dr, and his advice? STOP THE MEDICATION..YEAH RIGHT! Oh that's the EASY way out. I was not a quitter so I came on here and luckily Kat told me to simply back off for a week or so and it would go back to normal! Well..it worked and when the other side effects wore off I went up. My Dr himself tried to say that he didn't think it had anything to do with the Topomax...WHAT??Yeah right...generally my eyesight just goes in and out like that. Riiiiight. The point is....you will have some SERIOUS side effects if you go up any sooner than 2 or 3 weeks. If the Dr or nurse..I agree with kat I don't think a nurse has any business prescribing medication...tells you otherwise....DON'T LISTEN!!! Listen to your body...go...up....s...l...o...w..l...y or listen to other people who have been there if you haven't had many side effects, because BELIEVE YOU ME! You don't want them! This can be a great medication but it can have some pretty bad side effects if you go up too soon. So good luck! We're all ears :) and good support..oh yeah and pretty good advice..hehe
Andie, it is vital to take it slowly as Bridgie says... going up too fast can simply make things impossible... and uncomfortable to put it mildly...
or disastrous ...
increase the dosage no sooner than every two weeks and do not jump around with the times unless you have reached the maximum half doses...
for instance if you are going to be taking 100 mg twice a day and have reached 100 mg in the evening then go to morning for 1m mg... do not bounce from evening to morning and back again...as for nurses suggesting when to take meds...
I have the greatest respect for nurses and the work they do, but they are not supposed to prescribe meds especially this sort of stuff...and I would be very careful, Andie....
kat
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