Did you note something? I did!
MM is slightly more brain- dead, clouded. ( Yes, it's possible. )
Also, she stopped walking. Not just for a day, not just for two, not because anything hurts, she stopped entirely and has absolutely NO ENERGY TO GET HER ASS OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND GO.
DISCLAIMER: I am not going to off myself. I am just agitated about the "not walking."
If I were driving my car, I would still be going out, getting shit done, ( because I am so done being an invalid ) but I am sure as hell I wouldn't be walking, I keep intending to. Even after I put on the spandex running pants and sneakers and iPod? I haven't gone. It's been like two weeks?
What? You were doing so well! You were walking nearly every day!
She was, until the introduction of a little blue pill.
MM is on Viagra? No. Maybe I would walk if I was? I would be Standing Tall!
I started on a regimen of Keppra in addition to Topamax a couple weeks ago, and I have not walked since. In the first few days, I figured that it was just because, you know, "you have to get used to it."
I asked the neurologist, twice, if the additional medication would,
A) trigger cud-chewing cow syndrome, because the Topamax STOPS that, and why bother?
B) make me go night-night, because I CAN'T be asleep with children in my care, but nor can I be seizure-ing! (Which was why I emailed him in the first place, I had a seizure two weeks ago while on the phone with a child's friend's mother, and scared the daylights out of her, and I was, again, home alone with the kids.)
Every. damn. thing. ever. can be attributed to the pill. I hate taking medication for any reason, and even looking at this list is like, "Well, that explains everything, deal with it."
The Topamax was already giving me the prickly pins and needles horribly (have it all day long, my fingers and feet are on fire right now) the memory issues, the word recall problems and what were we talking about?
And now, I have no energy, I had some before, I was walking 4-6 miles a day, while severely anemic, that ain't too bad.
I LOVE DRUGS. I will say it once again. I could never being a fucking drug addict.
Less common
Clumsiness or unsteadiness; cough or hoarseness; crying;
depersonalization; depression; double vision; fever or chills;
headache; loss of memory or problems with memory; lower back or side
pain; mood or mental changes; nervousness; outburst of anger; pain or
tenderness around eyes and cheekbones; painful or difficult urination;
paranoia; problems with muscle control or coordination; quick to react
or overreact; rapidly changing emotional moods; shortness of breath or
troubled breathing,; stuffy or runny nose; tightness of chest or
wheezing
Black, tarry stools; bloating; constipation; dark urine;
indigestion; painful or difficult urination; pinpoint red spots on
skin; shortness of breath; sores, ulcers, or white spots on lips or in
mouth; unusual bleeding or bruising; unusual tiredness or weakness
More common
Cough; dizziness;
dryness or soreness of throat; fever; hoarseness; loss of strength or
energy; muscle pain or weakness; pain; runny nose; sleepiness or
unusual drowsiness; tender, swollen glands in neck; trouble in
swallowing; unusual weak feeling; voice changes
Burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, "pins and needles,"
or tingling feelings; cough increased; dizziness or light-headedness;
feeling of constant movement of self or surroundings; loss of appetite;
sensation of spinning; weight loss
Did you note something? I did!
MM is slightly more brain-
dead, clouded. ( Yes, it's possible. )Also, she stopped walking. Not just for a day, not just for two, not because anything hurts, she stopped entirely and has absolutely NO ENERGY TO GET HER ASS OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND GO.
DISCLAIMER: I am not going to off myself. I am just agitated about the "not walking."
If I were driving my car, I would still be going out, getting shit done, ( because I am so done being an invalid ) but I am sure as hell I wouldn't be walking, I keep intending to. Even after I put on the spandex running pants and sneakers and iPod? I haven't gone. It's been like two weeks?
What? You were doing so well! You were walking nearly every day!
She was, until the introduction of a little blue pill.
MM is on Viagra? No. Maybe I would walk if I was? I would be Standing Tall!
I started on a regimen of Keppra in addition to Topamax a couple weeks ago, and I have not walked since. In the first few days, I figured that it was just because, you know, "you have to get used to it."
I asked the neurologist, twice, if the additional medication would,
Every. damn. thing. ever. can be attributed to the pill. I hate taking medication for any reason, and even looking at this list is like, "Well, that explains everything, deal with it."
The Topamax was already giving me the prickly pins and needles horribly (have it all day long, my fingers and feet are on fire right now) the memory issues, the word recall problems and what were we talking about?
And now, I have no energy, I had some before, I was walking 4-6 miles a day, while severely anemic, that ain't too bad.
I LOVE DRUGS. I will say it once again. I could never being a fucking drug addict.
Less common
Clumsiness or unsteadiness; cough or hoarseness; crying; depersonalization; depression; double vision; fever or chills; headache; loss of memory or problems with memory; lower back or side pain; mood or mental changes; nervousness; outburst of anger; pain or tenderness around eyes and cheekbones; painful or difficult urination; paranoia; problems with muscle control or coordination; quick to react or overreact; rapidly changing emotional moods; shortness of breath or troubled breathing,; stuffy or runny nose; tightness of chest or wheezing
Black, tarry stools; bloating; constipation; dark urine; indigestion; painful or difficult urination; pinpoint red spots on skin; shortness of breath; sores, ulcers, or white spots on lips or in mouth; unusual bleeding or bruising; unusual tiredness or weakness
More common
Cough; dizziness; dryness or soreness of throat; fever; hoarseness; loss of strength or energy; muscle pain or weakness; pain; runny nose; sleepiness or unusual drowsiness; tender, swollen glands in neck; trouble in swallowing; unusual weak feeling; voice changes
Burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, "pins and needles," or tingling feelings; cough increased; dizziness or light-headedness; feeling of constant movement of self or surroundings; loss of appetite; sensation of spinning; weight loss