singingpixie
<font color=deeppink>Baby Donor<br><font color=blu
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2004
I'm on Diamox for Pseudotumor Cerebri (basically, too much fluid surrounding my brain). My neurologist started me on a low dose of diamox, to be increased every three days until I reach my target dose of 2000 mg daily (half in am, half at night). Ever since I got up to 1000 mg daily, the morning dose has been killing me (nighttime isn't bad because I could sleep through the worst of it). I'm nauseous, dizzy, have a headache and just generally feel awful for the first 5 or so hours after I take it. After that I'm still not myself (tired, weak, tingly in feet, hands and face) but I can at least function better.
If I can't tolerate the meds, the other option is surgery, so I really want to figure out a way to tolerate them. Has anyone else been through this? Did it get better once your body adjusted? Did you come up with another dosage schedule that worked better? I'm so used to being a morning person, and this is really getting to me. I'm also finding myself skipping anything that I don't absolutely have to do (like to go work) because I'm just so tired.
Thanks!
If I can't tolerate the meds, the other option is surgery, so I really want to figure out a way to tolerate them. Has anyone else been through this? Did it get better once your body adjusted? Did you come up with another dosage schedule that worked better? I'm so used to being a morning person, and this is really getting to me. I'm also finding myself skipping anything that I don't absolutely have to do (like to go work) because I'm just so tired.
Thanks!