Who of my readers knows about brains and heads and headaches ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday was a real rarity for me because I didn't touch a computer all day long. In fact, I never really even read anything ( Read more... )

Still on Trileptal. Full dosage now, 600mg/day. 300 in the morning, 300 in the evening ( Read more... )

I am tired today ( Read more... )

As evinced by my previous note, I was really bad this morning, depression-wise. It was so bad that gina put in a call to my neurologist, Dr Munir ( Read more... )

This Trileptal shit is really kicking my ass. My neurologist said -- perhaps very wisely, perhaps not -- that he wanted me to start out slow, so I've been taking 150mg at night alone. I don't know what a "normal" or therapeutic dose is ( Read more... )

It's my day off! woo! Doctor's appointments! woo!

I saw the neurologist again today. He's putting me on Trileptal (oxcarbazepine), which is an anticonvulsant (anti-seizure) medication that also has mood stabilizing effects ( Read more... )

Good news for once: I slept last night, and for once I slept well. I didn't wake up for at least 6 hours -- I usually do at least once or twice a night. I woke up in a good mood, which has not been the norm as of late.

It might have been that I had some very good pizza (at Frank & Angie's, for the locals), or it might have been the suggestion ( Read more... )

Okay, I've been calling the dentist's office, and they are evidently too busy to talk to me. I've called 3 times, been on hold for 20 min, and I can't do that any more. So I'll ask my question here ( Read more... )

Well, that ordeal is over.

For the last 24 hours or so I've had a new best friend -- an ambulatory EEG machine. I've spent my day off with electrodes attached to my head, hoping for a seizure or other "event" to happen. I had to do this because the last short office EEG didn't find anything ( Read more... )