Topamax was prescribed to me around this time last year. It was odd. I picked up my sister one day and everything was fine. I remember driving down the road after i dropped her off and suddenly, like someone snapped their fingers, my vision was blurry. Not bad enough that I couldn't drive but like I needed some eye drops. Over the course of the next couple hours it got worse. My daughter, who was just a few months old at the time, was sitting in her swing no more than 3-4 feet away from and I couldn't see her. If any of you have terrible vision and wear glasses (I can't focus on anything more than 1 ft away from me without my glasses) it was like taking my glasses off even though I had them on. One ER visit, one spinal tap (which could have been avoided if the ER doc would have done the eye puff test first like the eye doc told him to), one eye puff test, and five hours later we figured out that the Topamax had caused acute glaucoma (sudden eye sight deterioration caused by my eyes swelling and cutting off moisture to them). Luckily we caught it in time. But in Topamax's defense, the doctor said this was like a one in a million chance of happening. She basically said they could probably put me on it again and nothing of the kind would happen again. I've been wary of any anti-seizure med for anything besides seizures since then. Luckily my Trileptal has done wonders for my mood. Ps- I was given Topamax for migraines. Post edited by: harliek, at: 10/31/2011 07:07 AM |
