Been on Topamax (generic) since June along w/ zero caffeine and have had very good results keeping beast at bay.  Have had some shadows here and there, but nothing to complain about. Wife has commented a few times about "good thing your on meds, you'd be having a good one tonight, your eye is all red and droppy".  But nothing ever happens.
   Started some Biaxin friday Jan 8th. 500mg 2x a day.  For an upper respitory infection i reackon.  Anyway tonight after work I feel  the beast coming on... scares the sheeite out of me.  I pop a hydrocodeine, which I don't abuse; and after about 10 minutes the beast leaves.  Never got above level 3.   
   Has anyone ever associated antibiotics and beast?  I take both topamax and Biaxin at same time in evening.  One of side effects of Biaxin is a headache.... But this was the beast.   jhk

I know when my immune system is low with a cold or flu I get hit really hard and heavy.  I can only imagine you are going through something similar.  I started out also taking hydrocodone to lessen the kip10's then advanced to methadone then on to fentanyl patches.  This is not the route you want to go if you can avoid it.   However, you will eventually build up a tollerance to what you are taking and the beast will find your address.  Not to mention highly addictive.  I would highly recomend that you try oxygen like yesterday.  There is a link to the left on "oxygen info".  It will tell you what you need to get set up and how to use it. 

Karla, I am one of the few rare people that actually get some relief from aspirin, ibuprophen over the years(lots of them(:>(  ).  The Hydro script was wrote in June for like 20 pills, I have over half left.  I have not been taking any aspirin or ibuprophen either.  I got on the topamax after the over the counter stuff quit working for me.  Actually, it did not work, it just gave me some relief.  I am aware of the O2. Not ready for it yet.  Last 6 months have been real good.

JHK07 wrote on Jan 13^th, 2010 at 7:22am:

Karla, I am one of the few rare people that actually get some relief from aspirin, ibuprophen over the years(lots of them(:>(  ).  The Hydro script was wrote in June for like 20 pills, I have over half left.  I have not been taking any aspirin or ibuprophen either.  I got on the topamax after the over the counter stuff quit working for me.  Actually, it did not work, it just gave me some relief.  I am aware of the O2. Not ready for it yet.  Last 6 months have been real good.

You're not ready for Oxygen yet?  That's bad brain thinking.

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