Hi there. I'm the snow girl from Australia who introduced herself about six weeks ago.
My neurologist prescribed me Tegretol. I avoided taking it for the first three weeks cause I am still breast feeding plus I have hippy tendencies and was scared about what this drug would do to me especially after reading all the potential side-effects.
Well...after much angst from my mother I started taking them. I live a long way away from her and she is worried about me because I'm a single mother to a little one etc etc.
I started half dose for the first week and have been on a full dose for a week. And it's awful! I'm itchy and I'm so unbelievably clumsy! And lack-lustre. Just can't get motivated to do stuff.
Two days ago I was on the phone to my mum on my iphone while walking along a street and I tripped on a curb and fell and my iphone shattered. I drop stuff all the time. And this morning I was walking down our stairs holding my two year old's hand and I fell down the stairs. We both fell and I can't believe I haven't broken anything. We just both sat there and cried. My toe is purple and swollen and I'm limping but I don't think it's broken.
Life has become so damned hard. I'm not allowed to drive. I keep knockiing things over. I'm sleepy. Itchy. And I'm falling over and hurting myself.
Has anyone else had this response to the drug? The clumsiness? And does it get better? I don't want it to stay like this. I'm hoping it is just my body adjusting or something.
Sigh!
My neurologist prescribed me Tegretol. I avoided taking it for the first three weeks cause I am still breast feeding plus I have hippy tendencies and was scared about what this drug would do to me especially after reading all the potential side-effects.
Well...after much angst from my mother I started taking them. I live a long way away from her and she is worried about me because I'm a single mother to a little one etc etc.
I started half dose for the first week and have been on a full dose for a week. And it's awful! I'm itchy and I'm so unbelievably clumsy! And lack-lustre. Just can't get motivated to do stuff.
Two days ago I was on the phone to my mum on my iphone while walking along a street and I tripped on a curb and fell and my iphone shattered. I drop stuff all the time. And this morning I was walking down our stairs holding my two year old's hand and I fell down the stairs. We both fell and I can't believe I haven't broken anything. We just both sat there and cried. My toe is purple and swollen and I'm limping but I don't think it's broken.
Life has become so damned hard. I'm not allowed to drive. I keep knockiing things over. I'm sleepy. Itchy. And I'm falling over and hurting myself.
Has anyone else had this response to the drug? The clumsiness? And does it get better? I don't want it to stay like this. I'm hoping it is just my body adjusting or something.
Sigh!