I want to save others from the devastation of these drugs. I took a nine day course of Prednisone in March. Although I felt wonderful while taking it, the after effects were horrible. The worst thing was that I became unable to listen to podcasts, the thing I had been using to occupy my days. I became a person who not only could not converse, but also could not occupy my mind with any activity in order to have any quality of life.

In May, I tried Topamax, thinking it would relieve my headaches with no risk. Wrong again. After 3 nightly doses at 12.5 mg each, I became nauseous, weak, and my headaches were much worse. I took the 4th pill, but when the headaches came back within 10 minutes, I gagged myself to vomit my dinner, hoping most of the Topamax would get out of my body. I have been off Topamax for 9 days and still have the more severe headaches.

In addition to all this, I tried a new wheel chair that my mother bought me to make travel possible back to her home in Virginia. After only 10 seconds, 10 feet of trying, I became nauseous and the nausea lasted 4 hours. The nausea returned the next morning, and the next, which is today.

Please be very cautious before taking either of these drugs. They have caused me great harm. I would be well on the road to recovery and instead I am at my lowest point in 2 years and 3 months of concussion history.

If anyone has experiences similar to mine, please let me know if you found anything to abate the symptoms.

Joe