my pdoc is more purging than

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my pdoc is more purging than
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Tue, 11-29-2005 - 3:38pm
my tdoc(i think i'm in love)
really.what comes out of me in the 10 to 20 minutes i spend with him is amazing compared to any doc i've ever met.i don't even know what's gonna happen before i get there.
unfortunately i found out my bill is outstanding by a few hundred dollars & because my meds are like TRUTH serum i was only caught for a hundred but fessed up to 300.but for a moment there i did think i was in the twilight zone because i was SURE i had been paying less all along...which i was.it just took them a while to catch on.
so...he upped my topomax to 200 2x a day still amazed that i'm not knocked out by my current dose.obviously he thinks topomax is the key.
at the moment i KNOW i'm rapidly cycling.he says the difference in me from this week from last is like jekyl & hyde.i don't see it.i feel awful.
the youngest kid was sent home with head lice AGAIN.i'm mad.furious.i told off the school nurse.this is NOT happening in my home.i have taken all the precautions..done all the cleaning.i am downright overwhelmed & exhausted...but the school keeps it so hush hush & the parents aren't properly notified or informed or educated & so my kids continue to miss school & personally i'm at the end of my proverbial rope.
so,anyway...having a crush on my pdoc makes it fun to go at least,huh?
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Tue, 11-29-2005 - 5:14pm

I'm glad you like your tdoc.



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Tue, 11-29-2005 - 5:39pm
yes...i read your dilemma & felt for you.i had the problem two times when the kids were infants & toddlers & my sitter brought it into the house.my 4 th grader brought it in earlier this year(last month) & the school treated me as tho i was a princess b/c i was so open & outspoken about it..calling & letting everyone know.apparently the school doesn't check kids if it doesn't show up in their class & they don't send out proper notices OR give the proper education on how to rid the home of it.fortunately my husband is a patient nitpicker or i'd go mad.this time my illness was at such a peak that while looking at the little ones head i really didn't even WANT to look.i think i even said..oh let em turn into bugs..i can't go thru this again!
anyway..i had it out with the nurse b/c i KNOW who my 4th grader got it from last month b/c she was trading headbands with this girl & THIS OTHER GIRL NEVER GOT CHECKED
& NEVER LEFT SCHOOL!when my dd's teacher told me that the lice must still be in my house i told her that i could assure her that it wasn't in my house & it wasn't just my vanity talking.meanwhile the teacher is playing with her long loose blond hair that she swears she never dyed & i told her she should at least tie it back.
last time my kids had lice my mother in law told my husband who happily told me it was b/c it was b/c my kids were dirty & i had my nerve letting em wash their own hair(we both know the answer to that)& when he told her that i didn't have it because my hair is dyed & my 10 year old's hair was dyed for a play she was in she accused me of abuse.i said..tell your mother..if it'll keep the lice away the kids can pick out whatever haircolor they want every 3 months.
i only wish i HAD DONE it.
so i had to take the licey one w/ me to pdoc today.it was the only time i had to tell her to keep it to herself.the waiting room chairs are fabric & i didn't need her freaking people out!
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Wed, 11-30-2005 - 11:11am

Hey Suz! Sound a bit manic there...but the Topamax increase should help a lot with the rapid cycling...it does mine...I too am amazed you're not knocked out on 400 mgs a day!!!! I was on 300...so I had to cut it down to 200, now I'm down to 100, with my Lamictal, it works well.

Just wanted to say hi!!!

LOL at your 'crush'!

:)

Love and Hugs,

Keli

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Wed, 11-30-2005 - 5:32pm
funny...if i sounded manic yesterday i am the TOTAL opposite today.the doc had asked that i write to tell him how i'm feeling & i did saying
depressed
dellusional
& that my sleep was full of very exhausting dreams(he wants me to sleep well)
the topomax did make me slur last night but not so much today.
of course i have till the end of december to get used to it.that's when i start work.
you do get used to it right?
but i must be cycling.all i can do is cry & yell at my kids today & dream of a better life...you know?
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Thu, 12-01-2005 - 8:13am

You may be on too MUCH Topamax...When I take too much of it, I get really down too...the slurring and confusion and losing words does sometimes go away, but sometimes it doesn't, IF your dose is too high. 400 is high. You may want to consider asking your pdoc to lower it to 300 and see what that does. I could NOT tolerate 400. It was just too much. I was a blubbering, crying, irritable, STUPID lump.

Yeah, you're cycling...it sucks...and I'm sorry!

Hang in there, hon...you know it won't last forever.

Keep us posted.

Love ya,

Keli