Posted by rachelled on April 11, 2007, at 13:07:00
In reply to Re: can Topamax CAUSE depression?, posted by creeker5 on April 11, 2007, at 12:50:07
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> I posted about my wife being depressed on Topamax a couple months ago. She was in the same situation. Crying all the time for no reason. Being mad and suicidal and not knowing why she was feeling this way. At other times in here life when she was dealing with depression there was a reason. We could pin point why she was depressed or what was causing it. This last time it was different there was no reason. After posting the first time on this site I took my wife back to the neurologists who had prescribed her Topmax for her migraines. He was very adamant about Topamax not being the cause and made us feel crazy for thinking it. He keep showing us the study that showed only 1% of people on Topamax have depression as a side effect. Even though I knew Topamax was the cause I let him convince me to keep her on Topamax. After another few weeks of Hell I went back and demanded he take her off Topamax. This Time he did and put her on Depakote. She has been on Depakote for 3+ weeks. Within a couple days of coming off Topamax she was no longer dealing with the same depression she was on Topamax. The suicidal thoughts completly went away. The underlying depression still remains that she had before but it is a 100% improvement being off Topamax. I know are Dr said that the topamax would be out of her system within a couple days and that she could stop cold turkey. Going off Topamax is the best thing she ever did. Also the Depakote is working just as good as the Topamax did for her migrains.
Thank you.. This is reassuring to hear, especially in the light of others being affected as well. Does it seem likely that my symptoms would be caused by such a low dose, though?I don't know much about Depakote, but I gather that it is also for epilepsy?
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