I hated being on Topamax; it increased my dizziness and light headedness drastically, gave me stomach problems, brain fog; yes, it helped with the headaches some, but not nearly enough to deal with the side effects. Oh, and it made my face itch badly. I also tried to explain this to my neuro but he refused to change meds, in fact canceled an appointment to wait for a neuropsych eval so I was on the stuff for 3 months w/o a visit to discuss.

Everybody reacts to meds differently, some people here had great responses to Topamax and loved it. But I for one could not stand it, the side effects were terrible. Interestingly, I had similar but not nearly as bad side effect issues with Depakote; both medicines messed up my stomach and added to the brain fog or dizziness, but at least the Depakote helped significantly with headaches.