[migraine, plague diaries] amusement

[kaberett]

The drug I am currently trying as a migraine preventive, topiramate, has a list of side effects that is very nearly as long as my arm, which is great fun, the majority of which I am not yet experiencing.

(So far I'm at 100mg -- max is 200mg -- and nothing is yet bad enough to discontinue, but also, I very much still have The Migraine.)

However. However. I am listing, under the cut, for your amusement, a selection of the side effects I might reasonably expect to develop as I continue to titrate up...

Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people)

• Stuffy, runny nose or sore throat
  
• Sleepiness, tiredness
  
• Dizziness
  
• Nausea, diarrhoea

Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)

• Loss of appetite, decreased appetite
  
• Decreased, loss of, or no sense of taste
  
• Shortness of breath
  
• Cough
  
• Fever, not feeling well, weakness
  
• Vomiting, constipation, abdominal pain or discomfort, indigestion, stomach or intestinal infection

Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

• Swollen glands in the neck, armpit, or groin
  
• Impaired, distorted, or no sense of smell
  
• Flu-like symptoms

... I'm just saying.

(I am mildly concerned that one of the side effects I definitely am getting is reduced sweating, so I'm needing to consciously think about and take steps toward implementing evaporative cooling instead of just letting it sort itself out, which is a whole 'nother lot of executive function...)

Comments

[alexseanchai]

happy happy fun times

[kaberett]

it's just the way it has complete overlap with the plague symptom profile that gets me

[alexseanchai]

yup, fun

(I've been spending a lot of time going "I don't need to waste a rapid test, my senses of smell and taste are working possibly too well, and the rest of the symptoms I have were already chronic in 2019"…)