Posted by Herspirit on February 24, 2004, at 20:35:30
In reply to Re: Topamax Experiences? Â, posted by sherry gomez on January 24, 2001, at 18:21:32
I'm taking 300mg. Topamax, 300mg. Effexor, and 3mg. Risperdal for depression. I've been on Topamax and Risperdal since May 2003 and Effexor since 1996. I also put drops in my eyes for glaucoma. For the last several months my eyes have felt terrible. Dry, blurry, like they have a film over them and generally my nose runs at the same time. Does anyone else have these symptoms and correspond them to Topamax? I have tried lowering my Effexor dosage to see if that was the problem and it wasn't. I tried the eye drops and that wasn't it. I tried lowering the Topamax to 200mg. last week but I became edgy and my eyes weren't any better so we put it back up to 300mg.
My optometrist suggests putting punctal plugs in my tear drainage holes but I really want to find out why my eyes feel this way. If it's the Topamax, then I can deal with it. I just want to know that I'm not alone. And perhaps know what others did about it. I don't really want to stop taking the Topamax because I've been doing so well on it in combination with the other meds I'm taking. If it is some other kind of allergy (I'll go to an allergist), then I can rectify that problem by getting rid of the allergen (hopefully).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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