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Second Time around on Topamax....
Mon, 04/23/2007 - 03:01Topic: Medication Issues
ok so i been on topamax b4 and the first time didn't go over so well as i would of liked... I had too much weight loss, couldn't sleep, stress, and couldn't focus. so i switched to depakote...
But this time is going really well! better than i expected so far (unusually strange?). I been getting cotton mouth tho, decreased sweating (which makes me tired more easily), weight loss (not as much as i would like but hopeflly more), hard time waking up in the morning, mood swings sum times, but sum times very good and happy moods...
Maybe the first time i went on topamax the dsg was jst too high for me so this time its just right? i'm hoping, cuz i feel really good on it now... and i really dont want to change back to depakote cuz it made me gain alot of weight, so we'll see how it goes. IF u u know ne thing about topamax, please let me know. thanx loula.
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Re: Re: Second Time around on Topamax....
Submitted by loulagirl7 on Sun, 2007-04-29 - 01:56
ya im doing really good on it which is a complete surprise this time considering the first time it seemed like i got all the bad side effects.... except i did experience pins n needles, but that does go away after a while. umm i just switched to my higher dsg, and i am starting to not eat alot, like only a meal or less a day.... or soemtimes ill try to eat more. so im just startin to lose weight.
ya u do experience memory lossage, or u do get slower, thats why its nick name is dopamax lol.... just it hits some people harder than others and since its my second time on it i think my bodies more use to it... but good luck!
LOula
Re: Second Time around on Topamax....
Submitted by nzlee on Wed, 2007-04-25 - 19:54
Hi there loulagirl, I have been on Topamax since Oct and have just increased to 400mg. I have found the T good for me. I have lost weight too, but I have maintained to a good level now. I find that if I eat a good protein diet it helps with the weight. When I cant eat in the morning I have a protein drink in the morning and that gives me a kick in the morning. The only time I had trouble with the T was when I was increasing on the drug, and when I stablised I was fine. I too had trouble with sleep especially around the time of my period, so I have to take Frisium around that time or I have seizures. I have night seizures once or twice a month. You have to give T time and the longer you are on it the better it gets.
Re: Second Time around on Topamax....
Submitted by bex on Wed, 2007-04-25 - 14:38
Loula, have been on this for a few months (tried lactimal and sodium valproate) and and am now increasing to 300mg, main probs I've had are memnory and concentration (this was worse when on 2 aeds), pins and needles which has improved since I've been eating a banna a day - somthing to do with the potasium which was a tip from this site. I have lost weight so I just eat little and often even though I don't feel like eat and will have to see what happens here now I'm increasing dosages. I am very tired. It did make me have a lot of side affects at first but has reduced my partials from 9 a month to 3 and reduced my migraines from 12 to around 7. I do use lists for everything and am mentally slower than I used to be. Good luck.