Darkened room symptoms and conditions

I was given omeprazole (20mg twice a day) for suspected stomach ulcers - though I was not experiencing current symptoms. Initially my stomach felt calmer but I felt very tired. Over the next few days I got more tired, weak and depressed. I completely lost my appetite and food tasted all wrong, also my sense of smell went off (e.g I accused my son of cooking fish but it was bacon). The only food I fancied during taking the drug was pineapple. I did not like the sunlight and curled up in a darkened room for 3 days. Had very strange vivd dreams. Finally checked the side effects on the leaflet supplied and decided to stop taking it. The tiredness and depression stopped straight away and my appetite returned, but also that evening very bad indigestion and burning which I had not had before taking it. Maybe this is because the stomach is over reacting to acid suppression. I am going to try natural remedies and cut out tea coffee and smoking if possible. Still fancying pineapple! Strange that though it's acidic itself, it seems to soothe the burning. Also fancying yogurt, greens, licorice, bananas and honey (not all together!) which I notice from other sites may be beneficial. Taking milk thistle to clear the drug out of my liver. Any feedback from people who have tried alternatives to this horrible drug?

I've taken topamax for approximately five weeks. I had experienced migraines at least twice weekly for more than fifty years, so it's been remarkable that I have been migraine free for more than a month. My biggest side effect has been abdominal pain. I wasn't given any education about side effects, and I was really worried when I began to suffer severe, really severe abdominal cramps about two weeks ago. I didn't have a clue about a connection between the medication and my tum until I went to Patient First one night in terrible pain and was asked if I were on any meds. When I got home, I got online, and realized that the tingling in my feet, and my memory lapses were all side effects. I've been in such a euphoric state because I haven't had a migraine, that I've ignored anything negative that's been happening. Would I stop taking Topamax because of the side effects? Not unless they become much worse - I can live with them - the migaines were far more dibilitating. It wasn't that long ago that I would be lying in a darkened room with my head throbbing, every sound was magnified and even a dim light pierced my eyes with pain. Shots of Demeraol and Imitrex were only temporary and didn't always work so tingles, and memory failiings and even tummy cramps are nothing by comparison!