Posted by gurly on March 13, 2002, at 22:31:40
In reply to Re: re: topamax for seizures and weight loss too, posted by ksmjc on February 16, 2002, at 23:16:06
hi there, I just wanted to post my experience with Topamax over the past 3 months or so. It's interesting reading the various postings here (some of them ancient) to see that others had experienced similar affects.
I was prescribed this drug for Bipolar, rapid cycling (in addition to Effexor XR). AT FIRST, contrary to what others have said I found that it made me sort of smart! Or at least ambitious and really able to concentrate. After a couple of weeks, and I was up to a dose of 200mg however, my memory began to be affected.. and yah, perhaps I became a little dumber.
Recently (in the past month) I've been experiencing frequest headaches, including numbness and tingling in my face, hands and feet,.. and sometimes my vision is affected. so the doc and I have decided to taper me off of this to 100mg, and probably stop the drug.
Now, Topamax was somewhat successful in levelling out my moods... but seemed to gradually lose its affect somehow. Unfortunately, without Topamax, Effexor will make me a little bit manic on its own, but I need this to keep crazy irritability and depression under control.Too bad.. This whole business of trying different drugs is getting pretty tiring and confusing to me. I don't think I have the stamina to try something new.. I'm tempted to give up the process.
I wish all of you luck
poster:gurly
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