Hi skimberly,

Welcome to the forum! I took topamax for about 1 month for my absence (petit mal) and complex partial seizures and the drug was to weak for me and my seizures increased. I know a lot of people who have been successful taking this drug and had fewer seizures. I do know that you can't take the drug alone you should be taking another seizure med to help. When I was taking topamax I didn't want to eat, I was tired a lot of the time, and I had a hard time concentrating on things.
I also took depakote yrs. ago and it worked great but I had to go off the drug because it lowered my platlet level and it caused me to have anorexia where I lost 80 lbs. in 4 months. I would eat 3 meals a day and have snacks but the drug caused me to lose the weight.
One thing you might want to try is vitamin B12 1000 mcg. once a day and as weird as it sounds eat some low salt peanuts or almonds because the peanut oil helps control seizures and vitamin B12 calms the nervous system.
Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue