Roll Call 28

Ok yeah I just wasn't sure my mom is having issues where her blood pressure is really high when she eats and she had no idea how much salt she was getting so I just wondered. One wood grilled shrimp skewer at red lobster was her entire daily intake of sodium and that's not even a complete meal...

it was like 100 bucks but thats ok.

my half sister who i dont like and dont consider her family just posted on FB that shes coming to texas next weeked. i dont really want to see her. i barely know her and theres been some horror stories about her abusing my sister when they were younger.

hey im home from work. it wasnt too bad but i had to stay an extra 30 min. well i didnt have to but she asked so i said yes.

ive had 2 mri s done. one when i was 16 and then one when i was like 20 or something. i wish i could look at them now because i had never used drugs on the first one and then i became heavily addicted to drugs so i bet it would show brain damage from all the drug use. i use to want to be able to see it to help me quit drugs. but i will be six years off opiates in september. im only 4 months clean off weed.

Oh my. Well hopefully the stories are false! If you don't like her, don't reach out to her when she comes. If she comes to you, be friendly and calmly voice your thoughts of her to her in a relaxing environment (and maybe some tea, coffee, wine, etc.)

Ok junk....since you can't have your brain scan here is an alternate negative motivational one...



Insert arbitrary say no to drugs text here....

That is a funny picture. Is that homer from the Simpsons??

LOL

Yes it is....

Well looks like we have explained it...

just took the topamax. im really scared after reading horror stories about it online

It says it causes weight loss like 5-15 pounds in a couple of months....maybe you'll get that benefit?

What's the topomax?

i took topamax and lost weight but the other side effects made it unbearable. not trying to scare u newtus. but it made me stupid. like i couldnt find the words for my thoughts. it was so weird. and my face and hands would get all tingly. idk its a really weird drug.

i miss T. i hope he is ok. i sent him a pic of toby and moosolini (the transitional stuffed animal moose he gave me years ago) sitting together. im supposed to talk check in with him by phone at 11am.

Did you see sp's post about the girl who had a physical illness but the pdocs thought she was faking? To be honest it was really interesting to me!

That was kind of an old thread I just updated it because the girl was finally allowed to go home.....glad you liked it though

I would hate being kept away from my parents for months, being unable to leave just because one guy had a false opinion. They'd be able to pretty much control our lives with that kind of power...

I believe its a med for migrain headaches.
punky

I have begun my process of unbrainwashing everyone on psych central with a post here and another in the chat and I need help. It is hard to save the world alone!

thats what im afraid of. i heard your hair can fall out and stuff.

i wanna lose weight and get rid of my migraines but im on the fence about topamax right now. oh well i already took it

sometimesp can you find the half life of topamax 25mg tablets? i wonder if the side effects come on how long will they last

It's a common anti-epileptic that is also used as a mood-stabilizer in bipolar, MDD and likely schizophrenia as we'll.

I wish you didn't have to read horror-stories. Every person has their own reaction to a med. what works great for one person my be a disaster for another person. My daughter was put on Abilify and it was horrible... What it did to her. Then she was put on geodon and it was a miracle med. later, it lost its effectiveness and she was put on latuda. Another disaster. But saphris hit that sweet spot and she's done fabulous on it for two years now. But other people would tell you horror-stories about what worked for my daughter.

Point is, Newtus, go into the topomax hoping it works great. It very we'll may be perfect for you. But if it does cause you problems, you'll find out soon enough and they can try something else. Someone else's bad experience has nothing to do with you... Other than making you feel unnecessarily fearful.

Thank u sometimes, Erti and Costello for the hugs and concern. I took Tylenol and ibuprofen for the pain, it helped. Now I just need to get a mouth guard. I had a good cry and feel better. I was kinda feeling sorry for myself. I just watched an excellent movie called...I'm gonna have to look it up, lol.