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Topomax and Weight Loss
Wed, 02/02/2005 - 21:24Comments
Re: Topomax and Weight Loss
Submitted by littlelulu on Fri, 2008-10-10 - 11:24
Hi Tina,
When I first started topamax I lost about 15 pounds and I’m small to begin with…5’1..110 pounds at the start so me losing 15 pounds was not a good thing at all…I looked like a rack of bones before long. After my body got used to the med I was able to adjust my diet and keep some of the weight on which was good..but I’m still just about 100 pounds. Now I’m in the process of switching over to Keppra because Topamax was giving me kidney stones and I’m again struggling to eat…haven’t eaten a thing in about 3 days…no appetite and the smell or sight of food just makes me want to hurl. There’s something about these seizure meds and suppressing appetites….hopefully once I get used to Keppra I’ll be able to eat again…
Best of luck to everyone….~LuLu
Hi Tina,
When I first started topamax I lost about 15 pounds and I’m small to begin with…5’1..110 pounds at the start so me losing 15 pounds was not a good thing at all…I looked like a rack of bones before long. After my body got used to the med I was able to adjust my diet and keep some of the weight on which was good..but I’m still just about 100 pounds. Now I’m in the process of switching over to Keppra because Topamax was giving me kidney stones and I’m again struggling to eat…haven’t eaten a thing in about 3 days…no appetite and the smell or sight of food just makes me want to hurl. There’s something about these seizure meds and suppressing appetites….hopefully once I get used to Keppra I’ll be able to eat again…
Best of luck to everyone….~LuLu
Re: Topomax and Weight Loss
Submitted by tina girl on Thu, 2008-10-09 - 22:01
Tina Garofalo
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles with Topamax and the weight loss. I lost a good twenty pounds but then my weight stabilized and I stopped losing so quickly. It seems that you lose the most when you first start the medication and then once you've been on it for some time your metabilism regulates back to where it should be. Eating a well balanced, high protein diet and getting plenty of rest will help. Its not easy to adjust to this medicine but in my case it has helped significantly to control my siezures. Best of luck to you and many Blessings, Tina
Tina Garofalo
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles with Topamax and the weight loss. I lost a good twenty pounds but then my weight stabilized and I stopped losing so quickly. It seems that you lose the most when you first start the medication and then once you've been on it for some time your metabilism regulates back to where it should be. Eating a well balanced, high protein diet and getting plenty of rest will help. Its not easy to adjust to this medicine but in my case it has helped significantly to control my siezures. Best of luck to you and many Blessings, Tina