What have been your experiences taking Topamax?!


Question: What have been your experiences taking Topamax!?
My doctor put me on Topamax as a mood stabilizer!. What kind of side effects did you have with it!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Oh boy!!! "Stup-a-max"!!!! I was put on the as a mood stabalizer 2 years ago, I took myself off of it for about 3 months, and went back on it when I reagained health insurance again!. My new doctor is slowing taking me off of it now, I was taking 150mg and am now down to my last 20 days of 25mg!! I am so excited about this! I couldn't drink anything with carbonation!. Tea, water and lemonade were my friends! After about 3-4 months, alcohol didn't taste good either!.!.!.didn't matter if it was a beer, wine, or a frilly drink, it was just yucky! The weight loss for me was at the begining and was about 10lbs in the first 3 months, nothing after that and nothing when I restarted it!. Could have been that I was also on other meds that caused weight gain too!. I always had tingling in my fingers and toes!. Sometimes I would have to stop driving because it would be almost numbing!. Then comes the stpid factor!.!.!.!.and yes, I was always feeling stupid!. Words are hard to find!.!.!.the most simple words!. "Honey will you get the!.!.!.!.oh you know know the stuff in the box outside with stamps on them that come everyday!." People thought I was crazy half the time!. My daughter brought homework home and something as simple as 2+2 would add up to 9 for me!. Dumb huh!? Then there would be the short term memory loss!. I would have convos and in mid sentence I would totally forget what I was talking about!. Or driving somewhere!.!.!.I would forget where I was going, where I parked the car!. I called my husband once from Wal-Mart because I just didn't know how to get home!. It was scary!. There were other scary side effects, but these were just a few!. I am so glad to be getting off of this medication!. I suggest giving it about 6 weeks and if you find you don't like it, suggest to your doctor Trazadone!.!.!.!.works about the same with less side effects and it cost less too!! Good luck!!!!! Oh and don't be offended at the funny looks your friends and family will give you the first time you try to drink a soda in front of them!!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com

-chronic fibromyalgia pain is 90% reduced
-tingling in the hands
-weight loss
-increase in upper respiratory issues (sore throats, bronchitis!.!.!. stuff i never got before but could be getting just because I'm getting older)
-slight dizziness
-facial rash in bright sunlight
-increased sensitivity to sunlight
-for the first 3 months, all soda and some juices tasted awful (taste distortion)
-and my favorite!.!.!.!. the "word find" problem!. You'll be in mid-sentence and have the word on the tip of your tongue but not be able to think of it, and yet you'll know everything about it!. For instance, I'll perfectly describe the large, round, cheese-covered piece of dough with pepperoni I'd like for lunch, but I can't remember the word "pizza"!. It strikes every once in awhile and is irritating, but the good outweighs the bad

Sounds bad I guess, but I've tried lots of the alternatives!.!.!. and I like Topamax for the reduction of Fibromyalgia pain in addition to it handling the moods!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

No sites!.!.!. just 2!.5 years of personal experience!Www@Answer-Health@Com

depends what dosage your on!. when i was on the lower dosage's [25-50-75mg] i had a LOT of drowziness, sleeping, change in taste, no appetite whatsoever, but that is probably just getting used to the medicine!. im on 200mg now, and just a little bit of drowziness, some weightloss, little change in taste, etc!.!.!.!. it gets better once your on it longer!. im on it for migrains, and for me the weightloss is a benefit [insulin resistance] but it may be differen't for u!. good luck!. and fyi, it doesn't help me w/ my moods like its supposed to, so idk, it may or maynot work for u!. depends what ur schedule is, when u take it, etc!.!.!.!. good luck, its a complicated medicine =/Www@Answer-Health@Com

I lost a lot of weight on it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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