1inana

Glad to hear that the acetazolamide worked for you, it makes taking such an unpleasant drug worthwhile. It took about a week for the brain fog etc. to clear when I came off it even though I had been careful to have plenty of potassium. Hope you will soon be back to normal.

Royrace in reply to 1inana

Thank you for this, you’ve really put my mind at rest, I was starting to think there was something else wrong with me!

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Crafted

I too had acetazolamide initially with 3 lots of eye drops as my pressure was 62. I had many unpleasant side effects from this drug but it reduced the pressure to 8. I wasn't warned about weaning but had the idea that it would be a good thing. I agree about the potassium this drug can deplete it and this also makes you feel unwell. Don't despair if you still have side effects after 10 days of withdrawal as I did, they will go eventually dependent on your own body. If still feeling unwell then consider asking doc to test electrolytes, vitamin panel, kidney function and urine for possible other causes. I hope that helps to know that you are not alone in this and hope you feel better very soon

Royrace in reply to Crafted

Thankyou so much! So glad I found this forum!!

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Pete_uk

I have had some very unpleasant side effects with diamox (acetazolamide) including the ones listed above. I was on them for several months at one stage.

I drank plenty of water, took a multivitamin and ate a couple of bananas a day for the potassium.

Wales99

Hi Royrace yes I’m on Acetazolomide 4 times a day lucky me! Pretty much all the side effects. Tingling hands/feet/face/lips. Extreme fatigue, constant chronic heartburn & depression. I do suffer from depression anyway but I definitely think these have exacerbated it. I’m on them until Trab surgery on 3rd June. I have been told by a consultant- not regarding this drug but something else that it takes approximately 2 weeks to get out of your system. So hopefully you will start to feel back to normal soon. Take care. 😊