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12-16-2007, 11:10 PM | #1 | ||
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Yes, yes!! I just stopped taking topamax 50 mg twice a day because it was making me CRAZY! I could feel myself being aggitated and very ugly with people around me and just a feeling of doom. This is very much not like myslef so I quit and it all went away!! This drug works very well against migrains but IMO the side effects are not worth it.
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01-05-2008, 10:48 PM | #2 | |||
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Thank you everyone for your helpful descriptions of your experiences. I started out on 25 mg of topomax, have gone up to 100, but now have tapered down to 50 mg. I have been taking it as a mood stabilizer, and an anti-depressant booster. However, once I started lithium I found that I didn't need the topamax as much. A friend of mine who started the topamax for pain had to stop it though. It made her suicidally depressed on a much lower dose (around 50 I think).
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01-23-2008, 01:30 PM | #3 | |||
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I do fine with topamax - 100 mgs at bedtime. Seems I hear people who take it for other than migraines and not at bedtime are the ones who tend to have the most problems with it.
It tends not to work and gives them the most/worst side effects. While I have some of the same symptoms you report - insomnia, cogfog, depression at times - I had all those things before topamax, and they're no worse now. But no way I could live with the way those migraines were. I do get how any med can be great for one, disasterous for others - ADs are horrible for me, used several for pain, always bad results. When the side effects do not outweigh the benefit, there are usually other meds to try. Forums like this are a priceless source of advice from other people in that way!
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01-23-2008, 04:39 PM | #4 | |||
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I had a horrible time with Topamax ! It made me terribly moody but the worst part was my hips started to scream in pain which turned out to be an adverse side effect of topamax.
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01-25-2008, 11:43 PM | #5 | |||
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I have been on Topamax for migraines since 2002. I love it! I take 400 mg a day and have no side effects except some tingling around my nose and my fingers. I take Urocit-K (potassium citrate) to counteract that side effect.
You can go to topamax.com and ready about the adverse reactions or side effects as there are many that are listed for each clinical trial that this drug was tested. It is used as an anti-seizure med as well as for migraine prevention. I know it has been the only medication that has helped me and I have been through them all. It doesn't work for everyone and there is a dosage for everyone if it is does work. 400 mg is my dose. 375 is not enough and 450 is too much. You have to titrate up, and the best time to start is at night. Increasing your dosage is best done at night. And it's not a good idea to cold turkey stop this drug...side effect is possible seizures. But when it works, it's a great medication! I am just ecstatic over being migraine free for the first time in my life! It's the little things in life when you have a chronic illness....no migraines are one of the things!
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I know it works for many people, and I'm glad they are getting relief, but I am still concerned about its longterm effects. This thread is several years old now, but to answer its original question: Quote:
Even their own website has had to acknowledge this fact: Quote:
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