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...
I was under the impression we couldn't. I am on 7-10 medications a day( I'm too tired to try to count in my head now lol) anyways, I'm having female issues and wondering who here is on diamox and or topamax and on birth control, should I skip the hormonal route and go straight for the surgery? I'm not even sure where to even begin to do research and just overwhelmed- mary
Yes, I definitely had the condition before I took bc. But I think the bc took it from a level 5 to a level 10 in 8 little pills. My NO says I had symptoms all along and that she doesnt think the bc did it, but I think the timing was a little too coincidental. I will never take that chance again even though i took the bc for probably 2 years with no incidents at all (but that was when I was skinnier as well).