Posted by rainy on December 30, 2004, at 9:46:33
In reply to Re: topomax, posted by Paintmom on December 29, 2004, at 21:40:46
Hi, Paintmom. We haven't heard from Ellen for a long time--I often think about her and wonder how she's doing. It will be cool if she responds to your post.
You say you diagnosed yourself as being manic depressive. Your doctor must have agreed with with you or she wouldn't have prescribed Topamax, right? Are you hoping it will stabilize your moods, and/or counteract the weight you might have gained from Lexapro and Buspar? You sound a bit down right now. That teary stuff is a pain in the butt, isn't it?
It could be too early in the game for this tricky medication to have any effect on either your moods or your weight and maybe it won't help the latter, if that's a problem for you. What dose are you on?Be sure you increase your dose very very slowly, like going up in 25 mg increments two or even three weeks at a time. Otherwise, you might forget a lot of stuff you know (like your mother's name) and I become extremely crabby. Also, and this is my personal soapbox, be sure you read the prescibing information about the drug, not just the patient handout. It isn't, as I'm sure you know, innocuous. I just discovered it predisposes us to osteoporosis for example.
And finally, please ask us questions. We've all had different experiences with Topamax and all of us are willing to share--sometimes more than people want to know.
A Happy, or Better New Year to you, too.
rainy
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