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topamax and weight loss
Fri, 09/15/2006 - 21:59Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
Has anyone or have someone that experienced that Topamax side effects include weight loss. If so, is there anything being done to gain weight. My Alexia, 16 is underweight and is being teased at school. She weighs 93 pounds (called aneorxia) and I am reassuring her that she is just fine and it is one of the side effects.
karen
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Meds
Submitted by Sharissa vorolichack on Thu, 2018-09-27 - 13:34
Tell your doctor to decrease the depakote
And out you on 50 mg of topamax
Meds
Submitted by Sharissa vorolichack on Thu, 2018-09-27 - 13:35
Tell your doctor to decrease the depakote
And out you on 50 mg of topamax
Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by mathsrocks on Thu, 2008-07-31 - 06:28
Hi, I'm new, but I am epileptic (officially for 14 years) and dealing with it very well. I started on Tegretol, but was already a moody teenager and this made me even more aggressive and gain weight. I also had break through seizures. I was then put onto Neurontin, which just simply didn't work. No side effects though, but I was having more seizures than without any meds. My neuro then put me on Topamax, which was amazing until the side effects. It was a new drug in South Africa (10 years ago) so my neuro and I had to find the right dosage for me. We eventually settled on 100mg a day...after I lost 10kg and became depressed. But I have only had 2 seizures in 9 years and one of them was because I wasn't taking my meds properly. I am now down to 50mg a day and feel great, I've also put on all the weight I lost! Not sure if that's really a good thing though...;-) Moral of the story: Take your medication and you'll be ok Epilepsy doesn't have to be a life sentence, we can do anything!!!