Posted by JohnX2 on February 10, 2002, at 18:25:19
In reply to Topamax Clinical Trial and Me, posted by WelshKat on February 10, 2002, at 11:35:26
Hey.Good luck with the Topamax!
400 - 600 mg is a pretty strong dose.
Hopefully you get to taper into it to
help deal with the side effects.
I'm doing pretty well at 400 mg.
I just tapered down klonopin from 6 mg
to 0.75 mg using the Topamax as a replacement
medicine.Regards.
John
> Hi~
> I've learned so much by reading this board. Decided it was time to
> try to get some feedback on my personal situation. I was diagnosed
> with bipolar I about 6 years ago. I am 40. I quit all meds about 3
> years ago. I have been just getting by without the meds.
> Just had my usual manic period this past Oct to Dec.
> Then, crashed big time. After, once again, causing some mild?
> havoc all around me. I have decided it's time to try some
> of the newer drugs. But, I have no insurance and haven't really
> worked in four years. So, paying for a regular pdoc is
> not a real option. I have started the rounds of the local
> free clinics. What an experience. :-) Thanks to a doctor
> I saw this week at a free church clinic, I got a script
> for Klonopin for my extreme anxiety. Cost me $78 to fill it, but
> that was ok. I have started on a low dose twice a day.
> Today, I will have a total of 1 mg. It does seem to keep
> the dreaded tight chest feeling at bay. :-)
> Anyway, I am waiting to hear if I will be accepted into
> a 12 week Topamax clinical trial. Not completely sure
> if I want to do it. They will be starting the subjects
> (who don't get the placebo) on 400 mg and 600 mg a day.
> And getting them up to that level in one week. That doesn't
> sound like much fun to me. But, I could get free Topamax
> for two years and that could be a good thing. Assuming the
> stuff even works for me.
> I am just managing to get through life one day at a time right now.
> Reading this board has helped a great deal.
> Thanks for listening,
> WelshKat
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