Posted by LBcats on June 28, 2003, at 18:52:50
In reply to what dose were you at that you lost 20 lbs.? (nm) » LBcats, posted by whitman on June 28, 2003, at 9:28:23
Well my doc started me at 25 mg pill one in the a.m. and one at night and gradually increased it to 200mg. 100mg in the a.m. and 100 at night. I felt nauseated most of the time, so I didn't eat or I just didn't feel hungry. I had a craving for very healthy foods like for fruits, yogurt and very thirsty. I couldn't drink sodas cause they tasted like metal so I drank lots of water. The weight loss started about a month into the start of topomax but my doctor was very slow at increasing so I was still on 50 mg a day. He said that if you take the increase slow you avoid the cognitive side effects a little bit. Those were the ones that bothered me the most because of my job. I have never really gotten my appetite back. I eat a lot less now and I don't plan on giving up topomax. I do want you to know I take it with effexor (I am bi-polar) and I am being weaned off (still)from depakote. I'm sure if I get off depokote I could probably lose more weight as depakote is a weight gainer. I hear not all people lose weight on topomax but some people do. I did and I was also one of the lucky ones that hadd iit woork well for me as well. Good luck
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