Interesting that you would be suspicious if a medicine weren't used for both. Can you tell me more about why? What do you mean about channel?
They're not migraines though. Just normal rare headaches. No aura's, pain isn't on one side of the head, and since I have Asperger's Syndrome also I have been sensitive to light for a long time. AS is a form of autism. My eye doctor once said that all medicines used for neuroligical problems can cause side effects that are related to senses, mine just happened to be light sensitivity. So I have two reasons that lights sometime seem too bright.
I'm spacy enough at times (unrelated reasons). I don't want a medicine that does that to me. Maybe my Lamictal blood tests will be normal and I won't have to take another medicine.
Uhura
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
>
> If a good anticonvulsant weren't also good for migraines then I might be a
> little suspicious. From a neurological standpoint migraines actually
> resemble seizures a lot. You're currently taking Lamictal. My migraineuse
> wife takes that too now (tiny dose compared to me) and says that Lamictal
> really helps her migraines.
>
> (Are you sure you're not having migraines? With auras, pain on one side of
> the head, throbbing, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and a duration
> over 4 hours? I'm believing you know they're not migraines for sure though
> we might be wrong.)
>
> A drug that targets a single neurotransmitter or a single type of sodium
> channel or whatever is going to cause all kinds of things to happen. The
> channel type could be implicated in binge eating and depression as well as
> seizures. Brains are kooky.
>
> Just because a drug is used for X doesn't mean it isn't any good for Y. Even
> if you don't have a type of headache that Topomax is used for, the Topomax
> might still be indicated for seizures (and prescribed for that purpose,
> independently of your headache pain).
>
> I've never taken Topomax. I've heard of people getting little "spaced"
> moments on it though.
>
> -Jason
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:46 PM, pierce407720032003 <sacornelius@
>
> > And what else is it used for? I'd like to know more before agreeing to
> > take it. Whether or not my doctor gives it to me depends on the blood test
> > results for the Lamictal I had the other day.
> >
> > So far I've read that Topomax is also used for things like binge eating,
> > emotional problems, migraines, and other things. I do have a prescription
> > pain killer since over the counter ones don't work. I take it for normal
> > headaches, not migraines.
> >
> > I now wonder if when I told my doctor normal pain killers don't work, he
> > somehow thought I said they weren't strong enough. I told him they don't
> > work for normal headaches and said nothing about migraines, which I don't
> > have.
> >
> > Any comments or answers?
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>
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