Has anyone experienced increased suicidal urges when taking topamax?

No...but...
I take Topamax for migraine prevention. On the higher dosages, I was depressed and miserable. For me personally, I think this was because the cognitive dulling was driving me right up the wall. I did not feel like the same person AT ALL. I could not function in the same manner. Fortunately, my doctor worked with me closely. I changed my diet and got on some natural treatments that were helpful in terms of migraine prevention. This allowed me to lower my dosage a lot. Topamax still bugs me, but not nearly as strongly.

Depression IS listed as a possible side effect, so you should let your doctor know right away if this is a situation for you. If you have any ideation, you should proceed to the nearest hospital.

If you can't get off of Topa, maybe your dosage can be lowered or you can be given an antidepressant. Sometimes, these medications can be lowered and combined with other things to bring good relief.

Be sure to take extra good care of yourself in any way that you are able. If you are depressed, sometimes this is hard. But as best as you are able, please be sure to eat right and get your rest at night. Exercise when you are able, even if it is only a walk around the block. Again, if Topamax is really troubling you, please be sure to talk with your physician about an alternative.

There are some articles on depression on this website:
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/index.php

No, but I was feeling more depressed while on Topamax! Mainly because of the nausea and horrible stomach cramps it caused. I couldn't sleep because of the stomach pain keeping me awake every night. That made me depressed because I was so tired all the time, even though I was drowsy as well, I just couldn't rest or sleep. So, because of those side-effects and others, like eye-pain, I think it was driving me crazy! I got off it after 6 weeks. I now have found something better for my nerve pain.

~Jaime~

Sorry to hear that you are experiencing that, I have been on topomax for 10 months now started at 50mg aday and increased to 100mg a day. I take it for headache prevention and had little help and side effects. I was told by dr. that the time of day you take it can help. I also know someone who takes as an antidepressant, so it is strange that you are having this problem.
good luck

If you go to this site..topamaxtrip.com
The people there can possibly help you as well.
I took it for quite awhile.
My moods were leveled out by takin it!
I have read that it may do the opposite to some people though.
Take care and all the best to you!

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.

I Was on 15mg. After a week, I could barely stand to breathe the depression was so bad. And the overwhelming desire to kill myself was, and still is disturbing. Even now, and I've been off it for two weeks and feel great--I wonder if how terrible I felt about my life and self could have possibly been purely a drug reaction. It felt so real. I wasn't hallucinating. I just looked at the life I had and thought, "Nope. It's better for everybody if I just disappear."