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Topamax Side Effects
Sun, 08/31/2008 - 09:44i've been on Topamax for two months now 50mg a day.. first month was great(no seizures YAY) and no side effects.. this second month though i've been having really bad side pains, constipation this whole month, back pain, and abdominal pain constantly.. i saw an internest they said i wasnt having an "infection" so that wasnt the problem so they wouldnt do anything for me so i went to another hospital and they said maybe my colone was irritated from eating lots of hot food lately so they gave me a laxative and stuff (sorry for the details) and it helped for a few days but i was still having the pains and after i stopped the meds the constipatin came back.. and its just worse.. i've also lost 10 pounds this last two months.. could these all be side effects?? i'm also on Keppra 1500mg a day but i've been on that since january and havent had any side effects from it.
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Re: Topamax Side Effects
Submitted by ispy on Sun, 2009-05-10 - 12:50
Re: Topamax Side Effects
Submitted by teener on Sat, 2009-04-18 - 20:08
I was first put on Tomamax, and the first month I was ok. Second month I did nothing but sleep, and I was unable to think critically (which was not ok when I was doing my senior assessment project in college!) So I went off the topamax right away. I lost about 8 pounds in just a few weeks. I have a friend who takes a low dose for headache control, and even with just a little she doesn't feel like eating much. The thing to remember is your body still needs caleries!
I am on Tegretol now, and I have no side effects, and it works great. I figure if I need to loose weight, I can try to go back to topamax, now that I'm out of college and I don't need to think to do my job.
I was first put on Tomamax, and the first month I was ok. Second month I did nothing but sleep, and I was unable to think critically (which was not ok when I was doing my senior assessment project in college!) So I went off the topamax right away. I lost about 8 pounds in just a few weeks. I have a friend who takes a low dose for headache control, and even with just a little she doesn't feel like eating much. The thing to remember is your body still needs caleries!
I am on Tegretol now, and I have no side effects, and it works great. I figure if I need to loose weight, I can try to go back to topamax, now that I'm out of college and I don't need to think to do my job.
Re: Topamax Side Effects
Submitted by Marykntx on Fri, 2009-04-24 - 14:50
Mylee,
Watch the Topamax...it does have a side effect that messes with memory. My son started having seisures when he was 5 and he is 16 now...he started topamax at the low dosage and was fine but the doctor started raising it and he started having trouble in school with retaining the information that he needed for tests and stuff.
We just switches doctors recently and she wants him off the topamax because of this reason. My son was a straight A student and yes he is a normal teenager with not doing his work but he went from A's to D's. I know some is teenager but I *TRUELY* believe that topamax is part to blame also.
Mylee,
Watch the Topamax...it does have a side effect that messes with memory. My son started having seisures when he was 5 and he is 16 now...he started topamax at the low dosage and was fine but the doctor started raising it and he started having trouble in school with retaining the information that he needed for tests and stuff.
We just switches doctors recently and she wants him off the topamax because of this reason. My son was a straight A student and yes he is a normal teenager with not doing his work but he went from A's to D's. I know some is teenager but I *TRUELY* believe that topamax is part to blame also.