Pseudotumor Cerebri Support Group
Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a neurological disorder that is characterized by increased intracranial pressure, in the absence of a tumor or other diseases affecting the brain or its lining. Diagnosis requires brain scans and lumbar puncture. Characteristic symptoms are headache, transient visual obscurations or transient visual loss in one or both eyes usually lasting...
HEY ALL SO I HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO FOR YOU. WELL I REALLY HAVE ALOT OF THEM BUT I WILL JUST ASK 2 FOR NOW!
I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ALOT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL "BONE PAIN"...I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED THIS. FOR EXAMPLE ONE DAY I WAS JUST BRUSHING OFF A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW FROM MY CAR AND WHEN I WAS DONE MY HAND HURT REALLY BAD AND WAS STIFF, THEN ONE DAY I WAS HOLDING A PLATE AND EATING DINNER ARE MY HAND THAT WAS HOLDING THE PLATE GOT REALLY WEAK AND MADE THE PLATED FEEL LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. NOW I HAVE STARTED TO NOTICE MY LEGS AND KNEES HURTING, I MEAN ITS NOT REALLY PAINFUL BUT ENOUGH TO WHERE I RATHER JUST SIT AND NOT STAND.
ALSO I AM ON AN ANTIDEPRESSANT AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS THAT IT IS NOT WORKING FOR ME LIKE IT USE TO. IF ANY OF YOU ARE ON SOMETHING LIKE M OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT...CAN THE DIAMOX INTERACT WITH MEDICATIONS LIKE THAT?
OK IM DONE FOR NOW AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE HELP. :-)
I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ALOT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL "BONE PAIN"...I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED THIS. FOR EXAMPLE ONE DAY I WAS JUST BRUSHING OFF A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW FROM MY CAR AND WHEN I WAS DONE MY HAND HURT REALLY BAD AND WAS STIFF, THEN ONE DAY I WAS HOLDING A PLATE AND EATING DINNER ARE MY HAND THAT WAS HOLDING THE PLATE GOT REALLY WEAK AND MADE THE PLATED FEEL LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. NOW I HAVE STARTED TO NOTICE MY LEGS AND KNEES HURTING, I MEAN ITS NOT REALLY PAINFUL BUT ENOUGH TO WHERE I RATHER JUST SIT AND NOT STAND.
ALSO I AM ON AN ANTIDEPRESSANT AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS THAT IT IS NOT WORKING FOR ME LIKE IT USE TO. IF ANY OF YOU ARE ON SOMETHING LIKE M OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT...CAN THE DIAMOX INTERACT WITH MEDICATIONS LIKE THAT?
OK IM DONE FOR NOW AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE HELP. :-)
Bone pain, yes I do have that but not sure of its source. I do know when I first became ill , I was forever dropping things , and had a lot of difficulty picking tings up.
For me, I found out my Vitamins were all over the place and I was also anemic. But not from the usual iron, but folic acid.
Once I started on diamox it got even worse.
Eventually, I got it all sorted, I now take daily, prescribed Vitamins. It seems the IIh was and is playing havoc with my absorption of minerals and Vitamins.
And, as we all know, Diamox can affect your potassium levels greatly.
I would make sure to have your bloods checked, on a regular bases, no matter what your dr may think. I would say, every 3 months, to stay on top of it.
For some unknown reason, drs seem to be bit "shy" about doing regular testing.
The Question About the antidepressant tablets. Not too sure but could you have built up a resistance to them? Or maybe, with the on set of this illness, you may need a different kind? I would definitely book in with your dr for a check up. Bring up all your concerns. It woud nt take much to put your mind, and body, at rest.
Good luck with it and I hope you feel better soon, Cath.