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Re: topomax » Herspirit

Posted by headachequeen on February 25, 2004, at 9:52:57

In reply to Re: Topamax Experiences? » Sooshi, posted by Herspirit on February 24, 2004, at 21:41:55

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> My optometrist also had me using artificial tears but I would have to be using the constantly for them to do me any good. My eyes only feel good in the shower. The minute I step out, it's back to the blurry, dry feeling.

As Sooshi said, drink lots of water.. the kidneys are at risk from these AEDs ... but if you were told that you need to have plugs put in your tear ducts are you sure it is strictly a reaction to Topomax?
Don't stop drinking the water now... that is vital to counteract other side effects.... at least eight large glasses a day and that is probably not enough and don't be side-tracked by this theory that coffee and salad dressing and whatever substitutes for water... they do not help the kidneys, they actually dehydrate one...
but if your eyes are that dry then you need to see an eye specialist, an opthalmologist... and have this person tell you what you need.. if you are being treated for glaucoma, see your opthalmologist about this dry eye condition...
I have had dry eye for a long time and blocked tear ducts as well...
we always made jokes about it ... people are always described as growing to look like their dogs, instead I took on their ailments, developing dry eye and blocked tear ducts, ailments common to the breed, then they discovered that my eye lid has to have certain corrections, another condition common to the breed I choose, in order to relieve the extreme pressure on my eye (I often think my eye is going to pop out and fly across the room, other times it looks as if it is bulging out a la frog)...
recently a surgeon inserted temporary plugs...what a difference... because of the redhead thing, he would not insert permanent ones but cauterised the tear ducts and it is heaven...
in a couple of weeks he will do the next phase and start on the eye lid reconstruction and then push the eye itself back into place...
in the meantime my eyes feel so different because they are no longer dry and burning ... I do not want to scratch or tear them out...
they irrigate themselves and the topomax had nothing to do with it...
It CAN cause dryness but not to that extreme and it is worth checking in case we are blaming it for something it is not doing...
meanwhile the extra fluids will help overcome the topomax involvement...
as for the feeling that there is a shadowy screen over your eyes... has the opthalmologist checked for cataract???
there is a spidery cobweb effect that accompanies cataract...
and topomax neither hurries it along nor makes it worse...
kat
oh and I ought to add that there is an article in today's paper on the use of topiramates in the treatment of migraines and the great success in the use of topomax ... and my neurologist, as the head of the headache whatsis is quoted, describing it as being a great tool in fighting headaches...
it works for some but not all; some have to give up because of side-effects like tingling and nausea...
some find it cuts the headaches down to one or two a month...
and while it is expensive it is a blessing for those whose lives it changes...
kat


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