Reviewer: seafan, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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In 4 months I gained 40 pounds and my liver gained 20 of it. I was a year getting my liver rid of some of the fatty deposit build up. My doctors solution was to double my dosage. I got a new doctor. 12 years later I still have liver function issues and have it tested every 3 months. I consider it dangerous although it is commonly used. I was hospitalized in April and they tried to give it to me by ... Show Full Comment

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In 4 months I gained 40 pounds and my liver gained 20 of it. I was a year getting my liver rid of some of the fatty deposit build up. My doctors solution was to double my dosage. I got a new doctor. 12 years later I still have liver function issues and have it tested every 3 months. I consider it dangerous although it is commonly used. I was hospitalized in April and they tried to give it to me by iv. Good thing I was awake. It might have ruined my liver for good.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I began to get what I now know are basilar migraines in August, about 5 months ago. I had never had migraine pain in my life, although I have had visual migraines for as long as I can remember. My neurologist started me out on Gabapentin. That stopped the headaches, but I was dizzy all the time. He had me stop taking the Gaba, and I was still dizzy. That's when he decided it was basilar ... Show Full Comment

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I began to get what I now know are basilar migraines in August, about 5 months ago. I had never had migraine pain in my life, although I have had visual migraines for as long as I can remember. My neurologist started me out on Gabapentin. That stopped the headaches, but I was dizzy all the time. He had me stop taking the Gaba, and I was still dizzy. That's when he decided it was basilar migrainus. He had me start taking Dabakote ER 500mg. I haven't been dizzy since the first day, and only rarely have barely noticeable headache. I have put on a few pounds in the past two months. Need to get more exercise.
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Reviewer: hrm82, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I have had Migraines, and chronic headaches for over 15 years. I have been given every medication out there for getting rid of a migraine once I have one, none of them work. I was put on Inderal, and it reduced my Chronic headaches greatly, but I still had Migraines about once a week, which really messed with my job. My doctor then added Topomax, I couldnt really tell you how it did with the migra ... Show Full Comment

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I have had Migraines, and chronic headaches for over 15 years. I have been given every medication out there for getting rid of a migraine once I have one, none of them work. I was put on Inderal, and it reduced my Chronic headaches greatly, but I still had Migraines about once a week, which really messed with my job. My doctor then added Topomax, I couldnt really tell you how it did with the migraines, because I had every side effect it list, I literally became crazy. So I was switched to Depakote ER to take along with the Inderal LA, it worked great, I went from 4 migraines a month, to 1 or 2 a year. However, I gained over 20lbs the first year, and was always tired. I had to go off of the Depakote a few months ago, because I am trying to get pregnant, and my husband says that I am nicer/less irritable since I went off of it, and oddly, my migraines have not come back as bad as they were before I started taking it. However, I am starting to have anxiety attacks, not positive if they are directly related to the stopping of the Depakote though.
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Reviewer: panda_2010, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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500 mg, 2 per day. Taken for 1 month. I was prescribed this for migraines. The tablets were sort of hard to swallow (and I can take pills easily). I was still getting the same amount of migraines, but they were less severe. I'm sure i gained about 10 pounds on the medication. I understand they usually prescribe this for patients with bipolar disorder, but I swear, it gave me severe mood swings ... Show Full Comment

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500 mg, 2 per day. Taken for 1 month. I was prescribed this for migraines. The tablets were sort of hard to swallow (and I can take pills easily). I was still getting the same amount of migraines, but they were less severe. I'm sure i gained about 10 pounds on the medication. I understand they usually prescribe this for patients with bipolar disorder, but I swear, it gave me severe mood swings. I was lashing out at people around me, and became very irritable.
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Reviewer: kimberlina, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I have constant headaches and my dr. refuses to cive me any other meds

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I have constant headaches and my dr. refuses to cive me any other meds
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