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topamax and weight loss
Fri, 09/15/2006 - 21:59Comments
Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by trentonbest on Fri, 2010-10-22 - 08:09
Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by ashabash on Thu, 2008-05-15 - 10:42
when i first started taking topamax I too lost a ton, about 35 pounds. i was only 145 to begin with. it really sucked i had to get new things to ware all the time because nothing ever fit, and when you are in college and on meds you cant go shopping all the time. People kept asking if i was eating or if it was because my boyfriend and i had split up. but i was eating like a horse to try and put on some pounds. but Now i can say after 5 years of being on it i have put about 15 pounds back on and its not hard to stay at this wait. from what i hear thats normal.
so maybe if she can stand it and its what works for her stick with it. that is unless its unless she gets so thin that you know it going to hurt her body.
when i first started taking topamax I too lost a ton, about 35 pounds. i was only 145 to begin with. it really sucked i had to get new things to ware all the time because nothing ever fit, and when you are in college and on meds you cant go shopping all the time. People kept asking if i was eating or if it was because my boyfriend and i had split up. but i was eating like a horse to try and put on some pounds. but Now i can say after 5 years of being on it i have put about 15 pounds back on and its not hard to stay at this wait. from what i hear thats normal.
so maybe if she can stand it and its what works for her stick with it. that is unless its unless she gets so thin that you know it going to hurt her body.
Re: Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by JBJ1984 on Wed, 2007-07-25 - 13:13
I was just taken of of Topamax because of the horrible side-effects. I had gained 13 lbs, my hands and legs shake uncontrolably, and I have had a lot of hair loss as well. The doc. said my weight gain was due to another med. I take but the other side effects are from the topamax. I just went off of Topamax about a week ago and I am having horrible headaches. Has anyone else suffered from these side effects?