Posted by Cece on June 27, 2001, at 14:54:36
In reply to Starting Topamax for weight loss, posted by steve2 on June 26, 2001, at 16:31:57
I lost substantial weight (40#) last year on Topomax, over about about a 9 month period- that part was great!
However, I got the problematic side effects- mental dulling, and lots of word-finding problems, and went off it. It also seemed to have no, or imperceptible, mood stabilization effect for me.
This year, still needing to lose weight (Depakote and Nortriptyline had really taken me up the scale), I wanted to see if I could tolerate a low dose. At 25mg I did start to get a little slow weight loss, but I started losing words again and having trouble putting sentences together in the right order. Sadly, not an okay trade-off.
But, I do sometimes read a post here from someone who has tolerated it, and gotten mood benefit without these problems.
Good luck,
Cece
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