Question: I am 26 years old. I am sufferingfrom Migraine for the last 15 years. There is throbbing pain is on the one corner of the head and generally the next day it almost definitely shifts to the other corner. This cycle continues. So, the frequency is around 2 headaches per week (once on each corner of the head). I used to treat it with Paracetamol and Aspirin though the medicines were not very effective. If the medicines are taken within the first half an hour of the beginning of pain, it gave reasonably good results.

Two years back, my family doctor prescribed Sibelium 10 mg. (Flunarizine) to be taken once every night. It gave me good results for a while but it increased my hours of sleep and resulted in weight gain and than the migraine attacks also started. My doctor prescribed XXXXXXX 200 mg. (Carbamazepine) to be taken every morning over and above Sibelium 10 Mg. in the night. This gave me very good results. Migraine attacks almost stopped. I stopped taking Sibelium and XXXXXXX 200 Mg. was enough to control Migraine unless I am travelling by car for over 3 hours. My doctor told that the clinical dose of Carbamazepine is 1600 mg per day and 200 mg. is negligible. I gradually reduced the dose to 100 mg. per day and than 100 mg. twice or thrice a week. Later, though Carbamazepine is not considered as a pain abortive medicine, it worked for me. I used to take 100 mg. tablet whenever required.

For the last 6 months, I am feeling that I am suffering from memory loss. I used to have a very sharp memory. Loss of memory is mentioned as a side effect of Carbamazepine ( WWW.WWWW.WW But, now a days I forget names. Though, I do not forget events that much but my memory power of remembering names has become miserable. I even forget the name of a person I XXXXXXX a week or a month ago. I have stopped taking Carbamzepine since XXXXXXX and I am taking Sibelium 10 mg whenever required (approximately twice a week) with good results. But, my memory especially in remembering names has become dull.

Please advise.

Thank you.

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