Posted by rainy on November 1, 2004, at 9:02:44
In reply to Re: for Larry Hoover » rainy, posted by iris2 on November 1, 2004, at 7:29:55
Thanks, Larry and Iris2. As I remember now it wasn't cold turkery, she said decrease by 50 mgs for two weeks then off, but I went much slower than that and suffered. I found a UK site about benzo withdrawal and followed their suggestions, sort of. I stayed on the stuff much longer than my doctor wanted me to.
She did say quit wellbutrin and serzone cold turkey and I went off lamictal just so because I'd left it at home when we went out of town.
We are in charge of our bodies, I think, with our pdocs doing the best they can with what they've got. I can't express myself very well in her office, she's told my therapist that she's intimidated by me, and it would be $350 out of pocket for an initial visit to another pdoc, which I'd like to do. We can't afford it.
Looking at this, I realize how easy it is for me to get myself into medication related trouble because of lack of communication with the doctor, or just taking stuff into my own hands. And then whining on the board.
"Book answers?" by this I guess you mean not lab answers? A neurologist told me that Topmax effects the entire nervous system and is responsible for my declining handwriting, tendency to lose my balance, and other annoying neurological signs and symptoms. He also said they would disappear when the Topamax clears out of the body. Um, Lar, is this true and further, how does this medicine work? I don't understand the package insert, either. The mechinism of action part.
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