Now doesn’t this explain a lot???

Early last week I started taking a different prescription (Topomax) to try preventing some of my migraines. At the lowest level, I still got the migraines along with some nasty side effects. I didn't realize this though until we saw the neurologist early this week who raised the dosage more aggressively (as we had asked). Although the migraines started to make improvement, the side effects kicked into hyper drive! I was only on the higher dosage for a few days but during that time, I was a complete mess. I was talking like a three-year-old with no ability to put my thoughts together, complete loss of appetite (which ironically has made me lose give or take 10 lbs since then), body is constantly weary, bouts of dizziness, nausea & floating feeling. It has minimized the migraines from lasting all day to 2-3x daily which are thankfully usually brief because of the pain medication (Treximet) which also has some nasty although temporary side effects (dizziness, foggy/out-of-body floating feeling, occasional nausea afterwards, heavy head feeling with muscle tension in shoulders & neck). Although all of this is helping me, I am supposed to raise my dosage of Topomax back up again in a few days & I don't want to keep taking the Treximet daily. Bottom line, I don't think I can handle it & will need to try another preventative & pain medication treatment for migraines. Yesterday was the first day I could actually form a sentence without sounding like a complete numb skull!


Soon I'll have my IUD out earlier than planned, which is what I want, but I am not looking forward to the recovery time. I do believe it has a lot to do with the cause of my migraines & hope to see a difference hopefully within a few months time.