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Originally Posted by Justice
Are there any other side effects from Topamax other than memory loss,that anyone knows about? Like I mentioned before,I'm on other meds to,so I wouldn't know which side effect are coming from which meds.I just knew about the memory loss,because my friend(the nurse)had told me that was where the memory loss was coming from! I'll start a different thread on the other main pill I'm taking,that is becoming controversial with dr.s today about prescribing to patients,but I've already been on it for years,at least 10!
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I've been on Topamax for a little over 4 years now. I take 200 mg am and 200 mg pm. No problems with it whatsoever except for the tingling fingers and tingling around my nose and mouth. We solved that by adding Urocit-K to my daily meds - 30 MeQs. It's basically potassium citrate. It counteracts the acidosis caused by the topamax.
No weight loss, no hair loss, no dopiness, no memory loss. AND NO MORE MIGRAINES!!! WOOHOO!!! That's the reason I started taking it. It is this only medication that has ever worked to get rid of my migraines. I have been on every drug on the market, every treatment there is for migraines and nothing has ever worked.
It is sad when the ER staff knows you on first name basis and just pulls your chart and escorts you to a room when you show up! That's how often I got migraines before Topamax. It's my miracle drug.
Oh yeah, and anything carbonated tastes absolutely horrible....yucky yucky yucky....