Posted by headachequeen on April 12, 2005, at 13:48:19
In reply to Re: topomax pain, posted by rainy on April 11, 2005, at 4:43:20
> Kat, I read the BP Paintmom referred to as bipolar, not blood pressure. In this context that makes more sense.
> I have two concerns. One is that at 400 mgs Topamax seems to be doing a good job of mood stabilizing, although my new pdoc is not too happy with prescribing off lable and would rather go to lithium. (Help!) It has completely pooped out on any appetite suppression properties it ever had and I am gaining weight hand over fist on an increased dose of nefazodone HCL (genereic for Serzone). 2.5 pounds in two weeks.
> Second, the Topamax tingling in both hands has increased considerably, after a long interval of not happening at all. Have any of you noticed this? I'm wondering if it's the Top, or the fact that the arthritis in my neck is pressing on some nerve endings. Which ever it is, it's disconcerting.
> Thanks for any wisdom about Topamax to lithium and trickster tingling.
> rainy
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>Oh, Rainy, with all the things that lithium does to suppress personality and so many other awful things, I would run screaming into the night to avoid it... I remember when my doctor thought it might be the answer for me when my epilepsy was presenting as depression or manic depression, rather... at least that is how he interpreted it...
this thing is so strange...
everything I read and heard from people who knew the drug said don't take it...
and the topomax tingling...
well, I wonder about that...
would like to experience it actually...
I would be inclined to suspect the pressure on the nerve endings...
any tingling around here is always a minor seizure...
any change would be good...
kat
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