Back to the frickin' drawing board

[bronwynrh]

Well dammit. Dammit all to heck.

So I told you all on Monday that I'd begun taking Topamax, the putative wonder drug that was going to banish my migraines forevermore. I had a lot of hope. A whole lot of hope.

I also had an annoying little side effect called menorrhagia. Follow the link if you really want to know what it is. The definition sounds severe, but it really isn't that bad right now. Granted my dose hadn't increased yet, so the menorrhagia may have gotten worse. I don't know.

Anyway, I called my neurologist this morning, told him it was annoying, but not that bad, what should I do? He said stop taking it.

But it's not that bad, really, and I'm not active right now, so pregnancy isn't an issue, can't we just wait?

No. Stop taking it now, try the frovatriptan if you get a migraine and we'll try to come up with something at your next appointment.

Fuck. I am so disappointed right now, I'm almost sick about it. And I'm getting a headache. Goddamit.

Maybe I'll wind up back on the elavil, at a higher dose. Which means I'll be dead tired in the evenings and I'll probably gain weight. Fantastic.