Posted by iris2 on November 11, 2004, at 12:59:55
In reply to Re: Topamax: weight loss/mild depression, posted by Sheley on November 10, 2004, at 21:00:11
I have strong feelings about this type of thing. I think it is an abuse of medication use, taking a medication that has effects on your body like all mediactions they are poisons to our bodies and should be taken only if absolutely needed. If you only "need" to loose 20 pounds I think it is obserd to take any type of drug for this. I think a lot of people on this board and elsewere are taking medications too lightly and simply to modify their lives instead of taking them for "real" diseases. This whole country has a terrible mindset about taking drugs. They are routinely advertised on TV. It is not that we should not be well informed it is that these advertisements are not informing us at all. They are simply selling us a bill of goods. For instance remember not too long ago when there was a lot of advertisements about acid reflux disease and meds on TV. Did you know that almost all "acid reflux" is caused by having too little acid in your stomach.
Question, would you take a diet pill to loose the weight? A diet pill probably has less side effect profile than the Topamax .
It dos appear that you have mood roblems too as you were on Celexa and your post heading includes "mild depression". Do you think your doctor gave you the Topamax for your mood and knows that a commen side effect can be loosing weight? This would make a lot more sense.
If you are only taking it absolutely to loose weight I suggest to you that you should not be taking this drug and you should taper slowely off of I tunder doctors supervision.
I do not mean to sound depressing but you really hit a nerve and probably most of the people you hear from on this site will think it is fine to take it for this reason. I am thinking you must have doubts else you would not have posted the questionGood luck.
Keep us posted, I would be interested to know what your doctor says about it all if you ask him/her,
Irene
p.s. I am a terrible speller and my spell check is not working. Sorry!
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