Posted by Aleese on March 27, 2006, at 17:01:29
In reply to Re: TOPAMAX and Hypothermia » SandyWeb, posted by Storm Rider on March 23, 2006, at 8:26:25
> > Hi Kat,
> >
> > Oh, don't believe 100% of what the doctors tell you. You know your own body best, right? We know the Topamax is the main culprit here.....but I'm willing to put up with the discomforts for the weight loss, the mood stabilization, and the just plain feeling more like the old Sandra than I have in years.
> >what tv show are you on?
>
> I have been on Topomax for a long time now... almost four years or maybe it is heading into five.. I have lost track... and this feeling of being cold all the time began only in the last three or four weeks... this from a person who seldom wears a winter jacket, I wear a heavy nordic sweater instead because these northern ontario winters are nothing compared to the ones where I come from...
>
> however in recent months I have lost such a wild amount of weight that I am now thin in the extreme... one of viewers called the studio last night to ask if I were anorexic for Pete;s sake and to suggest that I do a show on eating disorders and get help for it...
> I have been seeing all sorts of specialists for all sorts of tests to try and find that cause of this strange weight loss... way beyond anything that topomax could take credit for... this morning clothes that fit me respectably Friday do not fit reasonably at all.. waistbands hang on my hips...
> I was overweight at one time with time the weight came off to a degree that was really great and I began to look like me again... now I am thinner than the anorexic version of my teens...
> hence the explanation of my constant cold feelings...
> add to the mix the diabetic circulatory problems and there is a constant sense of cold in my hands and feet anyway...
>
> if it were the topomax, I would have noticed it a couple of years ago...
> so I cannot blame it..
> just have to turn up the thermostat on my personal furnace...
> if only I knew where to look...
>
> One think I have noticed is that I no longer notice the pins and needles in my hands... they are cold all the time so the pins and needles have either frozen, gone away or are now a lesser evil...
>
> kat
What TV sho are you on?
poster:Aleese
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