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Topamax Withdrawal?
Thu, 09/11/2008 - 21:23P.S i'm on 50mg a day (25 in the pm and am) and also 1500mg of Keppra if this helps. the doctor said to decrease it to make it just 25 at night.
Krystle
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Re: Topamax Withdrawal?
Submitted by teener on Mon, 2011-02-07 - 19:03
I've also stopped, not cold turkey but within a week I was off so it was pretty quick. This is the 2nd time I've tried to stop taking it, these sypthoms are just to much and I have to start taking it again to keep the pain down. My eyes, my head, my stomach, and just a weird feeling all over my body, liek I get up to fast but i'm not moving. I hope I make it through this time, I'm in it 12 days. Last time it only lasted 17 days before I gave up. Last time I actually started screaming that I wanted to die cause the pain was so bad, all day and night, and nothing would stop it. Hasn't gotten that bad yet, but it is getting there.
All the best, Christine
I've also stopped, not cold turkey but within a week I was off so it was pretty quick. This is the 2nd time I've tried to stop taking it, these sypthoms are just to much and I have to start taking it again to keep the pain down. My eyes, my head, my stomach, and just a weird feeling all over my body, liek I get up to fast but i'm not moving. I hope I make it through this time, I'm in it 12 days. Last time it only lasted 17 days before I gave up. Last time I actually started screaming that I wanted to die cause the pain was so bad, all day and night, and nothing would stop it. Hasn't gotten that bad yet, but it is getting there.
All the best, Christine
Re: Topamax Withdrawal?
Submitted by Puddleofbacon on Wed, 2010-08-11 - 15:34
I came off of Topamax about a year ago and during that time I had terrible symptoms: constant confusion, spacy aura states, and blurry vision.
I stopped taking the medication because I lost health insurance and couldn't get any assistance. I didn't wean off or start a new medication; just completely ran out and stopped. Though I had all of these horrible symptoms, I didn't have any seizures. Strange.
I came off of Topamax about a year ago and during that time I had terrible symptoms: constant confusion, spacy aura states, and blurry vision.
I stopped taking the medication because I lost health insurance and couldn't get any assistance. I didn't wean off or start a new medication; just completely ran out and stopped. Though I had all of these horrible symptoms, I didn't have any seizures. Strange.