Posted by SandyWeb on March 27, 2006, at 20:32:22
In reply to Re: TOPAMAX and Hypothermia, posted by Aleese on March 27, 2006, at 17:01:29
February 7th started at 25mg. March 27th I am on 250mg. These doses are split.
Was FREEZING cold for the first week or two....slippers, blanket, hat pulled over my ears, heat turned WAY up. Just unbelievably COLD.
Temperature stablized at some point. I don't really know when because I was in such agony from being COLD. Maybe after 3 weeks. It was such a blessing. Now when I up my dose, I get a little bit cold, and only for a day or two. Nothing to complain about at all.
At the very beginning, I would get tingling in my hands and feet. I didn't like it. Sometimes it was from the way I was sitting, sometimes it was for no reason. It was an irritating feeling. It would last probably less than a minute, but it could happen a few times a day......sometimes both the feet and hands together. Ugh. Thankfully, this has stopped as well. I can't remember the last time my hands or feet tingled.
Appetite: What appetite?? I truly forget to eat. I have to sit there at night and try to figure out if I ate anything during the day. Most of the time I just can't seem to recall if I have. But I drink Diet Pepsi (zero calories), water with LOTS of ice with a straw, coffee with a bit of hot chocolate powder in it and Sugar Twin (zero calories) with milk). But as for food? Really, I don't WANT to eat. But I know I have to. So I have a frozen waffle. Today I actually had a bowl of hot cereal....that was a big meal for me!!!!! I know I NEED to eat, but I find myself drinking instead. Maybe I should buy those Breakfast Drinks? Any suggestions? Good news is that I've lost lots of weight. I can wear pants that I couldn't fit into last month. But I still Have a long way to go. I don't expect to weigh the sane as the old me, butI certainly want to get some more of this darn Remeron weight off me.
My ears will whoosh...kind-of. It was really bad at 75mg x2. Then it was much better at 100mg x2. Now I'm at 125mg x2 , and my ears still "whoosh"....but not constantly like they did when it first began. I don't really know how to explain it. It used to happen whenever I moved my head even the slightest, but not now. It rarely happens now, so I think at 150mg x2 it will be gone completely.
Eyesight: Boy oh boy, did that bother me at first in terms of reading books...or more especiallly the newspaper!!!! The letters would blur, and I would have to focus them back in. I would have to look away at something (anything!!!) so that my eyes adjusted properly, then quickly looked back at the paper to try to finish the article. As for books, I was getting the Large Print Editions! I felt like I was in Kindergarden! Lol. The problem is about 80% better now. I hope and pray it clears up completely, like everything else seems to be, but I don't know. I just may have to buy reading glasses.
I haven't noticed this at all, but my sister says that my hair is looking so nice now. Soft and growing out nicely. Hmmmmmm. I'm certainly not losing chunks of hair like some people do....I've got naturally thick hair....so maybe it's going to make me a beauty!!! Oh, that would be nice!
I can't think of anything else. I'm sure there are more. Please feel free to add to this list. It would be interesting to see what Topamax puts us through as we're adjusting.
Sandy
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