The other day my dad mentioned that the last time he saw me I wasn’t quite myself. A little distracted maybe. He’s not the only one who has noticed it, in fact, I’ve noticed it myself. It’s almost as though there’s a thin film between me and everything around me, a distance. Every once in [...]
Archive for March, 2008
where’s your head at?
Posted in Questions Without Answers, tagged drug side effects, migraines, topamax on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
lesson learned
Posted in Random Babbling, tagged maxalt, migraines, topamax on March 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I learned a valuable lesson that boy scouts the world over have known for centuries… always be prepared. I changed purses for an all-day, off-site meeting, and having not experienced one of my skull-crackers for a few weeks now I stupidly forgot to transfer my Maxalt into the new bag. I think you all [...]
how much is too much?
Posted in Questions Without Answers, tagged migraines, topamax on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Topamax was working, I got up to 100mg and there was no headache. For like three whole days there was nothing but the sweet, sweet near-psychotically buzzing energy of the meds. But now there’s that constant pain again, not bad enough that I have to go home and lock myself in a dark room, but [...]
hi ho, hi ho…
Posted in Random Babbling, tagged annuale, pms, seasonique on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Twitchy, bitchy, sleepy, weepy, dopey, grumpy and distracted. Sadly, I’ve been all of these seven dwarves lately in rapid succession without a single Snow White moment on record. Ah yes, the magic of “that time” on top of my adjustment to being heavily medicated – it’s awesome. The timing of the Annuale commercial on SNL could not [...]
tingle, tingle little toes…
Posted in Random Babbling, tagged drug side effects, migraines, topamax on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last few weeks I have been slowly increasing my dosages of Topamax, 25mg at a time. At my current level, it seems to be doing a pretty good job, and I am cautiously optimistic that this might actually be a solution. I do, however, wonder about the side effects. I was warned about [...]
it’s definitely not nothing, but what the hell is it?
Posted in Questions Without Answers, tagged Advil, axert, headache, maxalt, migraine, Naproxen on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the last two days, I have had a headache. While the pain is not of the skull- cracking, eye-bursting, brain-melting variety that usually earns the label “migraine,” it is also not the mild buzz of a headache that I usually have and ignore. So what to do? Before all of this crap (BC) I [...]
it could… go… all… the… way
Posted in Medicine Cabinet Survivor, tagged maxalt, merck, migraines on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Merck (and all other pharmaceutical companies for that matter), When you make a pill that is meant to be dissolved on the tongue, it might be nice if said pill is, if not tasty, then at least not vile and gag inducing. I sampled your Maxalt-MLT Orally Disintegrating tablets today, and really, you MUST be able to do [...]
how much is that little white pill in the window?
Posted in Random Babbling, tagged health insurance, migraines, topamax on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just picked up my first actual prescription for Topamax since I have been living off a sample bottle thus far. Even though it is covered by my insurance, it was still pretty pricey. I have to say it is a little concerning, since there are only 100 pills in the bottle, and I have [...]
let the games begin…
Posted in Medicine Cabinet Survivor, tagged axert, imitrex, maxalt, migraines, relpax, topamax on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I had an allergic reaction to Imitrex, and Axert just plain didn’t work. Next up for elimination from Medicine Cabinet Survivor are Relpax and Maxalt. I’m kinda rooting for the Maxalt, since I like the fact that it dissolves on your tongue and the whole “MAX” thing makes me feel as though it should be [...]
