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topamax side effects

Sat, 09/30/2006 - 20:57
ANYONE HAVE TINGLING SIDE EFFECTS WITH TOPAMAX IN THE FEET AND HOW LONG DOES IT LAST CAUSE THE DOCTOR WANTS TO KEEP ME ON THIS MEDICATION IF I CAN TOLERATE IT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY SIDE EFFECT OF ANY KIND WITH TOPAMAX. jennifer

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Re: topamax side effects

Submitted by GodivaGirl on Sat, 2006-09-30 - 21:13
Hi Shygirl, I've taken Topomax for about 4 yrs now. It's gradually being replaced by Keppra for me, but I'm still on it. For me, pop tasting like metal - that was a permanent thing. The feeling nautious & the tingling you decribe, the more I adjusted to the med, the less I felt like that. I'd say after 6mths (my neuro REALLY gradually puts me on one med & takes me off another though...keep that in mind)...anyways, after about 6 mths all the side effects wore off for me, as by then I was full dose on Topomax & totally off Tegretol for about 2 months. Good Luck. Hope this helps. Erin

Re: topamax side effects

Submitted by EKlairsmom on Sat, 2006-09-30 - 21:57
Hi I was on Topamax for migrane headaches and they put me on too high a dose to fast and I had that same reaction. It was a horrible feeling...maybe you need to cut back and get up to a dose more slowly, it worked for me. We cut back and then very very slowly got back up to where I needed to be and I did not have that feeling again. I hope this helps for you. How long have you been on it? I wish you the best of luck with the medicine game.... Emily Klair's mom... Kari

Re: Re: topamax side effects

Submitted by seattlecarol on Sun, 2006-10-01 - 00:09
Hey shygirl, I've been on Topamax since July and have had all the major side effects from including the tingling. No worries there, it will go away. I think it took a few weeks. I had it in my feet and hands. I also had the funny metal taste so I stopped drinking diet coke and coffee. The welcome side effect was losing my appetite so I lost a lot of weight. :) Hang in there, it has been a good drug for me. The side effects do go away over time, I know they are annoying, but you have to just deal wih it. It knocked some of my sz's down pretty good, it can do it for you too perhaps. Good luck shygirl, I wish you the best.

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