Posted by bridgey1128 on October 15, 2004, at 8:41:03
In reply to Re: topomax and tremor tx, posted by Shadowplayers721 on October 15, 2004, at 0:44:06
If it affects your eyes I don't believe you should be taking it. It will probably do permanant damage to your eyes. If you are going up very very slowly and it STILL is making your eyes hurt, THAT, my friend is a VERY VERY big problem. Does your Dr know about this? How about your opthamologist? When I was going from the 25mg to the 50mg dosage, I went up too soon and it made me lose my eye sight. It made them ACHE. It actually elongated them. I could feel them in their socket poking outward. They were blood red and I couldn't open them because the light hurt so badly. When I backed down off the Topomax, this went away but that was only because I had gone up on the meds too soon. This went away, or started to, as soon as I backed down and I have not had this problem ever since. I have never heard of Topomax being prescribed for tremors but nothing would surprise me at this point. It's a fairly new drug as drugs go. If they are causing your eyes to hurt, I would IMMEDIATELY go to your Dr. If he won't help I would seek another opinion. I have also never heard of 30mg and I don't believe you can take 30mg. They only come in 25mg, 50mg and 100mg tablets. THey may come in higher. Are we talking about the same medication? If the 25mg(which I am assuming is what you are taking) is bothering you this much, this may not be the drug for you. THere is a whole host of other drugs available. I never had any side effects other than tingling ON a dose. Only going up too soon, or not going up soon enough.(hallucinations) IF you are having this many problems this early on, you may want to ask your Dr if this is really the right drug for you. And the eye thing really bothers me. Too long of that and it can permanantly damage your sight, from the research I have done on it. Hope this helps.
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