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Topiramate dosage

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 07:02

 

Hi everyone,

I have bee on topamax for three years now and I'm still trying to find the correct dosage. Topamax is for migraines which is what causes my epileptic seizures but I have been on two doses. 100 mg  which I felt agitate, slightly depressed, and slurring speech, 125mg which I became depressed and slurring speech and 150mg which gave me ruined my emotions. I had a seizure on 100 but not on 125 or 150. So should I decrease to 75mg or increase to 175mg?

Regards

Comments

If you had a seizure at 100mg

Submitted by Amy Jo on Tue, 2014-10-21 - 15:32
If you had a seizure at 100mg but not the higher doses, it is very possible you would have seizures at 75mg. Nothing is certain but 100mg is not a large dose, less than recommended for even younger kids on monotherapy.

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