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Eyesight problems on Topamax

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:29

I have been on Topamax for a few months and have developed "after-images". My eyes will hang on to an image and it will stay in my vision for a few seconds until it fades even though I'm looking somewhere else.

I also have trailing images from moving objects. I've also got awful double vision (from about 10+ feet away) but my neurologist seemed to doubt that it was true double vision as it was still present when he covered one of my eyes. It made me feel as though I was making it up!

Anyone else got this problem? I'm presuming it is the Topamax causing this as it is constant so I know its not a seizure.

I hope I have explained the "after-image" thing ok, not an easy thing to explain.

Comments

Re: Eyesight problems on Topamax

Submitted by Kelly120890 on Fri, 2013-07-26 - 04:14
I've also had some eye issues on Topirimate. Some of which are almost like flashes of light out of the corners of my eyes and some of which are similar to yours where it almost seems as though the images are burnt into my eyes temporarily. I haven't been able to get ahold of my doctor to discuss them but it seems to mostly be problematic at night.

Re: Eyesight problems on Topamax

Submitted by Chilli on Fri, 2013-07-26 - 05:30
Hello, this is now 3 years on since I started this thread! I can report that I am still on Topiramate/Topamax and still getting the same sight problems. I've had numerous tests, and there is nothing wrong with the structure of my eyes. Its a brain thing. Topiramate messes with the sight part of your brain. And the higher the dose, the worse it gets. I've had to drop down to a lower dose now due to the scary side-effect so I've got minimal seizure control but it's better than nothing. Is the sight thing permanent? Who knows! I get some wonderful light shows in the dark and some strange special effects but I've learned to live with them.

Re: Eyesight problems on Topamax

Submitted by Kelly120890 on Sun, 2013-07-28 - 13:34
You're right about the dark...Stargazing is quite interesting, if not dizzying sometimes.

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