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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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Re: Re: Re: Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by loulagirl7 on Tue, 2007-05-29 - 16:15
I just went on topamax for the second time and the first time i lost alot of weight like 30 or 40 pounds w/ in like 3 1/2 months...
Now i'm on it for the second time, its been like four months and i only lost like 23 pounds....wish the weight would come off faster but what could i do... Seems like this time i'm more leveled out on it, more of a appetite than last time.
What dsgage are you on???
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by heather1 on Tue, 2007-05-29 - 16:33
My neuro just took me down from 300mg to 200 mg so he could introduce a third med...sigh... think he is bored...grin
but with the topamax i think that the trick with it was ..(looking back of course..grin) that while you are losing the weight and have little appitate.. to change your eating habits...
I never did that...rofl.. just took it as a sign to be able to eat more chocolate....lmao
Re: Re: Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by heathersmithers on Mon, 2007-01-01 - 22:54
Hi... I experienced the weight loss with the topamax,,, 75 lbs in the first 9 months,,, for me that was great,,i could really use it... after the first year it leveled off to the point where i now have to watch what i eat... gained 20 back..sigh... so much for eating unlimited quanties of chocolate... Like Godiva Girl i still drink loads of gaterade,, i believe she is the one who got me hooked on that in the first place...grin.. But as i said it does seem to level itself off at least it did for me.. Heather