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Topamax Dosage Survey!!!
Tue, 06/27/2006 - 17:37Topic: Medication Issues
Hello! I'm just curious for anyone who's on this wonderful medication of Topamax what their dosage is and when their neuro has them taken it. Reading some of your posts I already see all various responses. Personally my neuro has me on 150mg of 75 in the morning and 75 at night. (which I know probably seems low to a lot of you)... But I find that I wake up feeling fine in the morning and as soon as I take the meds I'm groggy, tired, and drained all day. I want to call my neuro and ask if I can take more or all at night and less in the morning so I can have a more productive day. For long term use, I would like to be on the lowest dosage possible. I've been seizure free thankfully for almost five months so I know the meds are working, I just wish I could function better so I could return to the working world. Thanks for your responses!!!
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Re: Re: Topamax Dosage Survey!!!
Submitted by Allison on Wed, 2006-06-28 - 11:53
Thanks, I've only lost about 10 pounds so far., nothing too noticeable. I just find that the lower I go on the meds, the better I feel... but my family has noticed my moods etc.. too! thanks again for the input!
Re: Topamax Dosage Survey!!!
Submitted by Smokeybear on Thu, 2006-06-29 - 12:50
Well, When I was on Topamax the higher the dose the dopier I felt but it controlled my seizures. I did not feel tired but my memory recall was very slow. I take keppra and at first that made me very tired but I feel fine on that. I notice patients that I see and people on Topamax have memory issues while on it.
It has been prescibed by diet Dr's now for weight loss and that is a little scary to me. I know a few on it at higher doses than what I took and they are dingy as ever thin but dingy and they were not prior to topamax.
Tone
Re: Topamax Dosage Survey!!!
Submitted by chvr on Tue, 2006-06-27 - 20:44
I was on 400 mg a day 200 morning and 200 at night. everyone hated me i was a different person and lost 60 pounds all because of topomax. Since ive been off it ive been much better and only gained 10 pounds back.