I'm honestly surprised your doctor didn't prep you better for that in advance
I wasn't too thrilled about that either. She just told me to talk to my pharmacist before taking it because it could cause lots of side-effects, but my pharmacist acted like it was no big deal & had nothing to say about it (seriously). To be fair, she prescribed it to me over email because she knows I don't have insurance, so she's been trying to work with me that way lately rather than making me pay to come in, and I think if I'd been in the office with her she would've taken more time to talk to me about it (the emails have limits on how many characters can be included). But it still sucks. The limits on the emails aren't *that* short. She could've found a way to squeeze in the most important warnings.
Man, I hear you on the stomach ailments. My stomach is a fuckin' douchebag. And stress absolutely does a number on it. Plus I know I have IBS. Or something like that. Possibly a small demon living in there. One or the other. But the point is, I'd like to think the eye stuff is from the migraines & tension, so I'm kinda keeping my fingers crossed, but like you said I think it's good to check into it. I figure it's better to lose $65 and be sure I'm okay than risk going blind.
and I hope your migraines are better soon, because obviously, I know how much those suck as well
Thanks, I really appreciate that. :-) I guess if it turns out I can't take the Topamax, I'll just have to find something else to help. But I'm not gonna worry about that unless I have to. First things first, I'll see the eye doctor & then take it from there.
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I wasn't too thrilled about that either. She just told me to talk to my pharmacist before taking it because it could cause lots of side-effects, but my pharmacist acted like it was no big deal & had nothing to say about it (seriously). To be fair, she prescribed it to me over email because she knows I don't have insurance, so she's been trying to work with me that way lately rather than making me pay to come in, and I think if I'd been in the office with her she would've taken more time to talk to me about it (the emails have limits on how many characters can be included). But it still sucks. The limits on the emails aren't *that* short. She could've found a way to squeeze in the most important warnings.
Man, I hear you on the stomach ailments. My stomach is a fuckin' douchebag. And stress absolutely does a number on it. Plus I know I have IBS. Or something like that. Possibly a small demon living in there. One or the other. But the point is, I'd like to think the eye stuff is from the migraines & tension, so I'm kinda keeping my fingers crossed, but like you said I think it's good to check into it. I figure it's better to lose $65 and be sure I'm okay than risk going blind.
and I hope your migraines are better soon, because obviously, I know how much those suck as well
Thanks, I really appreciate that. :-) I guess if it turns out I can't take the Topamax, I'll just have to find something else to help. But I'm not gonna worry about that unless I have to. First things first, I'll see the eye doctor & then take it from there.