I've been taking the low dose of Lyric@ for five days, one 75 mg. pill at bedtime, for seizure control.
What do I notice? First, I haven't had any big seizures (that I am aware of) but then again, I haven't had any since starting medications, and this is the third medicine we have tried, all of them have held off grand mal seizures if I was going to have one.
I am still having those maybe-related-to-blood-sugar-changes-but-we-really-don't-know
(because that's my theory) "swooshes" that might be " complex partial seizures." In fact, I just had one. I was in the kitchen, washing the floor, when I found myself feeling super-swooshy, and wanted to test my blood sugar - I was feeling very woozy and faint - like I might go down.
This is the same feeling I got in the store last weekend and we swapped medications because it "wasn't working." I told my daughter, "That I needed my pocketbook." I'm home with the kids - and I had enough brainpower to test my blood glucose. My glucose was 76 mg, which doesn't necessarily explain my brain shutting off, so I went back to business and finished the floor (pretty mindless activity in itself) trying to shake off the "swoosh." Had it been lower - or had I tested just prior and saw a much higher glucose reading - it would make sense to me to feel swooshy with a rapid change. ( Again, this is my theory, the doc has told me that it's unrelated.)
At this dose of Lyrica, I am still "swooshing," and I am due to increase the dose the day after tomorrow. I don't really want to - because the side effect profile of this drug is very worrisome to me. On this dose, I have noticed some simple side effects: dry mouth, graze-hunger increased, potty troubles and acne. The dizzy/vertigo issues are much less than the last med, but I know with increased dosing it will be more intense, and the hungry-trigger will increase and terrifies me. Other people have noted that this med makes me feel "high on pot," and they get the super-munchies. I can't have that. I can't have the "high" or the munchies, both would make me crazy. It's also got addictive properties - and who the hell wants that?! (Like I have said before, I would make a terrible drug addict.) I know if I tell the doctor I am still "swooshing," he will make sure we increase the dosing, and then I will bitch about the side effects and we will have to swap again.
We are already running out of options, and I have to decide what I would prefer: being dumbed down- unable to speak normally, having a constant spinning head, eating constantly and gaining fat, or wanting to climb out of my own head with constant anxiety and nasty ice queen bitch-ness? Which would you prefer?
(I'm not looking for drug suggestions, just venting. I see the doctor on Monday for a follow-up.)
I've been taking the low dose of Lyric@ for five days, one 75 mg. pill at bedtime, for seizure control.
What do I notice? First, I haven't had any big seizures (that I am aware of) but then again, I haven't had any since starting medications, and this is the third medicine we have tried, all of them have held off grand mal seizures if I was going to have one.
I am still having those maybe-related-to-blood-sugar-changes-but-we-really-don't-know
(because that's my theory) "swooshes" that might be " complex partial seizures." In fact, I just had one. I was in the kitchen, washing the floor, when I found myself feeling super-swooshy, and wanted to test my blood sugar - I was feeling very woozy and faint - like I might go down.
This is the same feeling I got in the store last weekend and we swapped medications because it "wasn't working." I told my daughter, "That I needed my pocketbook." I'm home with the kids - and I had enough brainpower to test my blood glucose. My glucose was 76 mg, which doesn't necessarily explain my brain shutting off, so I went back to business and finished the floor (pretty mindless activity in itself) trying to shake off the "swoosh." Had it been lower - or had I tested just prior and saw a much higher glucose reading - it would make sense to me to feel swooshy with a rapid change. ( Again, this is my theory, the doc has told me that it's unrelated.)
At this dose of Lyrica, I am still "swooshing," and I am due to increase the dose the day after tomorrow. I don't really want to - because the side effect profile of this drug is very worrisome to me. On this dose, I have noticed some simple side effects: dry mouth, graze-hunger increased, potty troubles and acne. The dizzy/vertigo issues are much less than the last med, but I know with increased dosing it will be more intense, and the hungry-trigger will increase and terrifies me. Other people have noted that this med makes me feel "high on pot," and they get the super-munchies. I can't have that. I can't have the "high" or the munchies, both would make me crazy. It's also got addictive properties - and who the hell wants that?! (Like I have said before, I would make a terrible drug addict.) I know if I tell the doctor I am still "swooshing," he will make sure we increase the dosing, and then I will bitch about the side effects and we will have to swap again.
We are already running out of options, and I have to decide what I would prefer: being dumbed down- unable to speak normally, having a constant spinning head, eating constantly and gaining fat, or wanting to climb out of my own head with constant anxiety and nasty ice queen bitch-ness? Which would you prefer?
(I'm not looking for drug suggestions, just venting. I see the doctor on Monday for a follow-up.)