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A week ago or so, I had a lower lumbar puncture done to release the pressure of the build up of spinal fluid on my brain (PTC or IIH). Apparently my pressure levels were much higher than they should have been so the Doctor changed my dose of acetazolamide - which is causing my body to expel fluids in.... a different fashion than it did previously. Not to be gross but it gives me really bad diarrhea. I spoke with my doctor and he said that it could be my body's way of pushing out more fluids/toxins or it could be a side-effect. So I've been reaching out on twitter to see if anyone else taking Diamox has the similar issue.
If you have - or even if you haven't - please hit up the comments and let me know.
Thanks.
This could totally be me some days! I think I could sleep and not care who was in the room, counting my snores. haha Last night I fell asleep around 9:20pm or so and didn't wake up until this morning after 1am! And that was only to get a drink of water and then I went back to sleep, sleeping soundly until almost 8am.
And here I am, barely 4pm and I want a nap so badly I cannot see straight! The fatigue has been really bad since the onset of IIH, the doctor said that it could be from my body trying to normalize my spinal fluid pressure again. When I add on the fibro flare that I'm in and how my asthma is acting up because of the Spring Allergies, its a wonder I'm awake now. haha