Thanks for letting me know, I'll keep an eye on it. I've had some severe psychological side effects while on it but they seem to have worn off (but so did the effectiveness), hoping they won't repeat round two :(

I did some research myself and saw the manufacturer is in the middle of a lawsuit right now due to not educating patients about the risks of birth defects and blindness. Really sorry you went through that, I'm actually being treated for something to avoid blindness so I'm praying I don't get that. It's so hard to treat and this is the only thing that's helped me so far.

Was it the topiramate induced angle closure, or another form of glaucoma?

Sorry to ask, but I've only been on it for a couple months and I'm going up another 25mg this weekend (it'll be my final uppage, my neuro won't go beyond 75mg for management for my condition.)

Neuropathic pain is insane, I had such an insane level of it I didn't even know I was experiencing headaches. I recently found out I have an atypical migraine disorder that was disrupting my whole body, literally crippling me, to the point they thought I had a brain tumor, intercranial hypertension, MS or some esoteric autoimmune disease this last year.

A neurologist gave me topiramate to see if it could get rid of the visual snow I got after I caught covid (which kicked off all this), and instead it turned off a lot of my pain. It's been like a godsend. My dominant hand was rated disabled by my OT and was completely recovered within a month a starting treatment. My vision is recovering, it's so crazy.

I even had this weird issue where I'd been peeing fire for a year, and it was gone. No one thought it might be a brain problem, they just told me it was because my diet was bad. So nuts. Glad you found something that worked for you, no one should live with that pain.

Government service is a stepping stone to working in the private sector for a lot of people, a lot more lucrative that way sadly.

It's because the decision makers aren't engineers, they're bean counters looking to make a name for themselves as cost-cutters that'll be in and out long before the consequences of their decisions are made clear.

I've never heard of an optic collabera before but it's insane all the weird shit that can happen to your eyes!

As someone that may have autoimmune retinopathy, THIS IS SUCH GOOD NEWS. It's really hard to tell if there's damage to the retina until it's really damaged (short of an ERG, which I'd have to go to another state to get) so knowing that it could be repaired later is fucking AMAZING.

We live in an amazing time!

Black Friday exists solely to draw bargain hunters in with BS deals on premium products while forcing old inventory out.

I see way better memorial day sales on stuff than I do Black Friday - and it's on in-stock stuff I actually want to buy! I hope we can get rid of Black Friday once and for all, let people hang out with their families instead.