Posted by RiAngie3 on June 16, 2003, at 23:28:25
So.. I started Topamax 11/1/02 8 months now. I was about 140 when I started and my lowest weight has been around 111. I have varied in my doses trying to find what works best for me. My highest level was 75 mg (retarded) and my lowest and nightly level is 25mg. I understand this is very low but I am usually sensitive to meds because of my low blood pressure so this is all I need.
Anyhow..I was loosing, maintaining, and to be honest I liked this fact..Then my father died tragically in a fire in February.. Well, I didn't turn to food. I barely ate to be honest...Then came April ..Around April 21st, All of a sudden my stomach is comparable to a 5 month pregnant woman's and it won't go down. No matter how I eat, what I do, what tests I have .. nothing...
So..
My GI dr says you have irritable bowel syndrome (yeah whatever I dont have the side effects) and she says this... ready??
I leveled off on my topamax.
That I lost weight lost weight lost weight now I am going to go back to normal. Dear Lord shoot me first. I can not deal with being a doughboy again. Nor can I deal with being Captain Retardo. (How I am on anything more than 25mg.)
But lately I have been realizing I don't feel like I am on the topamax. I don't feel it in my system like I used to. I don't feel as stupid, I can finish my sentances more often than not, I can speak faster, I get up easier, etc. etc.
So My question is, has anyone else had this issue? Do you need to up yourself every now and then for the meds to continue to work as they used to, as if you build up a tolerance? I am imaginging this is why this drug won't pass by the FDA for weight loss because it's not permanant and has some shitty side effects of the weight loss this being one of them..
I am contemplating going back up to 50mg tonight but I am in college and am in the middle of some tests so this makes it very hard.. but I am also a small house and I can't deal with it. I really really really hate it. I'm 125 pounds now.. I feel like a pregnant wallaboo and I know if I up my dosage I will probably loose some weight...
I know the pills not for weight loss please don't get me wrong. I am on it for an unidentified neurological issue which has been temp. diagnosed as "prolonged aura" I have this issue with starts in my hand marches up my face, then down my body and makes my whole body numb..by the end I can't see, speak, nothing, I'm useless, it lasts up to 4 hours.. anyway.. just please understand I am trying to understand these side effects, if they happen to anyone else, and what you guys think. I'm not using the pill for weight loss it just happened to make me loose 30-40 pounds which was a perk, now it's making me gain which is killing me..
Thanks,
Angel
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