topamax and weight loss

Hi.  I wanted to know if anyone has ever taken this w/ lamictal? I'm on 525mgs of lamictal per day. My Dr. just put me on topamax also. Starting w/50mgs the 1st wk moving up to 200 mgs by wk 4. It's been 11 days now, and I have lost 4 lbs, but no tingles or hairloss. I've always had the stupids and the studders probably from the the lamictal.  But, does this zombie feeling wear off???

I was taking Depekote for 5 years and I gained about 70 or 80 pounds. I then switched to Topomax and lost 70 or 80 pounds. I was not aware, at the time, of the weight loss or weight gaining properties of the two drugs. I was also not warned of the potential problem. I now have vowed to always ask about the side effects of the drugs I'm taking. I have to weigh the possibility of negative side effects vs. that of seizures. While I was taking Topomax I had kidney stones because it is, according to my dr., a dieuretic. I play handball and I lose a lot of sweat which resulted in the stones. I think that I never felt full while I was on the depekote and I never felt very hungry while on the topomax. I just wanted to give you my view of the drug. Your daughter is lucky because she has you to help her through the problem. By the time I was taking the drugs my parents were already gone. 

Yup, Alexia, that's one of mine, and Zonegran, its cousin, is my other one. It shares that side effect. I would not have cared until I had colon cancer and lost major weight. I dropped to 102 lbs. and at an average height, in only a matter of months, for not trying. My internist gave me an antidepressant, whose name I don't recall, but the major side effect, and why many people didn't like it, was that it caused weight gain. I did gain the weight back after that, and seeing a dietician. Of the two, though, I believe the dietician was the most helpful. For one, I really had no other support. I also was prediabetic at the time (no longer am) and the two are not best buddy conditions. I needed a win-win. And, as your daughter probably found out by now, no website really supports accidental underweight people. We're not your average...whaaaat, our meds made us do it??? The dietician had me write down what I ate the day before my appointment, but she also wanted to know about what else I ate, when I ate, what snacks and meals I ate at other times, what favorite foods I had, and was interested in my skills in food and interest in food. I imagine that for your daughter, a dietician's approach would be different from the approach for a 60+ lady like me who's been cooking forever and now lives with a cat. And she or he will no doubt want to talk to you as well. If the meds are working, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But you may want to give neuro-doc a heads-up. I hope she knows, she's not alone in this. And she may want to connect online with others she could communicate with, with your permission, of course. Maybe you could scope it out and find some good places a young lady could go safely. If your family belongs to a faith group, it may also be a place she could go. Just my thoughts...Best of luck and happy eating to you and your daughter.