Can getting pregnant help?
Hello, I don't know about the pregnancy part of it but I do know that my doctors told me that my weight was my problem also. They were so wrong! Had gastric bypass, lost weight, no change in the pain....
View ArticleSomething new
Oh my! Thank you to you your husband! This is something I've never heard about. I'll be interested to hear from others if they know anything about it or not. Thank you again, I needed some Hope this...
View ArticleI have had2 back surgerys and countless injections .I went
I have had2 back surgerys and countless injections .I went to my pain management doctor and he said my urine tested positive for Vicodin. I get prescribed morphine, not sure what happened there the...
View ArticleIIH and Effexor
Greetings, I've been diagnosed with IIH in 2012. I took Topamax Diamox which didn’t make me feel any better but all my symptoms were gone after having lumbar puncture. I got pregnant months later and...
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I have been told to try weed to help with the pain. Now I'm not a person the complains about pain. I also don't really like the idea of weed. But I won't get into that. I would like to know if anyone...
View ArticleDiamox and lumbar puncture
Hi, I'm new here and have a question about my daughter's upcoming lumbar puncture. She's on Diamox and Topomax, will they have an affect on her opening pressure? So far nothing has been said about her...
View ArticleUndiagnosed IIH
Hi everyone - just after some advice and words of encouragement really. Symptoms (started 4 months ago): - daily headaches - pulsing ears - whooshing sound in ears when pending, straining and lifting -...
View ArticleIs anyone else finding it hard to function or get confused at work
I was diagnosed with IIH few months ago finding it very difficult to cope, I've just landed my dream job already now ene of my three months already I'm struggling picking things up find it hard to...
View ArticleIs anyone else finding it hard to function or get confused at work
I know how you feel! I was not in pain, but I suffered from confusion and concentration issues so badly that I was in danger of losing my job. I kept telling the doctor that I had a traffic jam in my...
View Articlewhat over the counter meds to use or should i just go ER for help
Back pain out of my pain pills what to take to hold me over till next refill I am going crazy lack of sleep I could just fall to my knees and cry didn't think I was hooked until I ran out of these...
View ArticleIntracranial hypertension
Hi everyone, My name is Mary, I'm 25. I've recently been diagnosed with IH - I don't much about it only what I've read, as my consultant was very vague! Now they've made a bit of a mess up with my...
View ArticleIntracranial hypertension
Hello, I'm sorry to hear that you're going thru such a mess. The beginning of my diagnosis was crazy also, but not at all like yours. I wanted to respond to you because I saw no one else had and I know...
View ArticleMy job is carere and I work in the public I have
My job is carere and I work in the public I have to use my veicle to travel from home to home and I have been diagnosed with iih will this effect me doing my job long turm...
View ArticleDiamox Side effects
Hello Everyone, I recently found out that I have a portion of my frontal lobe in my nasal cavity, and the doctor that I have been seeing want to operate and remove the tissue on the 15th of November....
View ArticleI was on Topamax for nerve pain and chronic muscle pain
I was on Topamax for nerve pain and chronic muscle pain. I must tell you it helped me alot! I absolutely loved it. However... something that I did not know was how this medication can make people on it...
View ArticleDiamox - How long does it take to work
New to all of this. 40 years old, had some visual distortion so I went to have eyes checked, sent to opthalmologist, sent to neuro opthalmologist... had MRI/MRV/bloodwork and finally a lumbar puncture....
View ArticleI have just been diagnosed with IIH. Received a lumbar puncture on Friday
Sounds like you had a spinal fluid leakage from lumbar puncture if it happened right after. Does the headache get better when you lie down flat and worse when you sit up?...
View ArticleWhat is the normal recovery time after repeated shunt replacements in the...
I'm wondering what the recovery time is. Ive had 3 shunt replacements between Dec 2016 and April 2017. I've had many periods between my last 2 shunt surgeries where my brain slows down and I have...
View ArticleI had a torn meniscus end of March
I had a torn meniscus end of March. After physio and rest it eventually came good. I now have been prescribed Diamox for high intraoccular pressure and the knee pain has returned. Are they related?...
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