Posted by maribeth on February 21, 2001, at 7:04:36
In reply to Re: Topamax Experiences? , posted by phillybob on February 20, 2001, at 22:05:34
> Okay, was coastin' along just fine but got my Rx filled and thought I was takin' 237.5 mg (137.5 plus 100) but was really takin' 275 mg total (!, exclamation, because I'm hypersensitive to meds) cause I never looked at the small pill bottle and ended up havin' some untoward effects. Since then I've tapered back down to 200 mg/day total.
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> But, I've got that sore throat again, which I believe is actually bein' caused by bleeding from my gums irritating my throat ... a known, though infrequent, side effect per my doctor. Now, I am also paranoid about Janice's comment about cavities because of this whole "mouth ordeal." Hmmmm. Things had been goin' fairly well (and still really are but for my mouth).
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> I am gonna' be addin' 10mg of Prozac (an AD which I was actually on and was still in my system when I first started Topamax) though because ... uh ... er ... let's just say ... the topiramate is helping me (a male) complete the sexual act just a tad too fast and the Prozac's been a good one to counteract that for me.I am back in the thread again having been travling for several weeks. I am currently on 450mgm/day of Topamax and my
pdoc has me working up in increments of 50mgm/week to 600mgm. so far so good. The only side effects were the mouth sores
at 200mgm that lasted one week and some cognitive scrambling around that time also.
I occasionally experience some MINOR word retrieval problems but, Phillybob, I'm back to my old form in Jeopardy! Maribeth
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