Posted by Momof1BPKid on October 21, 2003, at 11:18:21
In reply to Re: topamax effectiveness at 100mg? » Momof1BPKid, posted by galkeepinon on October 21, 2003, at 11:01:16
Sounds good, what happened is his neurologist wanted to take him off the depakote alltogether put him only on 200mg (gradually) of topamax and keep the zyprexa for weight loss and mood, the psychiatrist said 'UM NO' basically that he never used topamax alone and to put him back on 1000mg of depakote er it wont cause weight gain and to try the abilify. so here is where we stand
abilify , topamax, depakote
I have about 4billion samples of crap in my house im like a psychiatrist office of stuff that didnt work.> Hi, I'm thinking you're referring to the use of Topamax for your son from an earlier post~not sure, I could be wrong.
> In any case, for *me*, I did well on Topamax. I also know that a lot of people didn't experience good *effects* until about 150-200mg for both mood stablizing and for weight loss.
> Once I hit 175-200mg, my weight came off quick, and my moods were relatively under control.
> I discontinued it because I started to get TERRIBLE *itchies* and I couldn't handle it anymore. My psychiatrist and I tried to lower the dosage, but I had levels quite high in my *system* already.
> My doctor and I are thinking about putting me back on it, the weight loss and mood benefits were great!
> Just *my* experiences...
> Best of luck:-)
> Take care.
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> > Hi everyone, I have been reading alot about topamax and it not being really effective under a dose of 200mg. for both mood stablizing and for weight loss . Can all you topamax users tell me what your experiences have been?
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