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| 5 | chronic back pain, DDD | dry mouth, loss of appetite, tingling in the face and hands, weight loss, tastes changed, grogginess... | I have degenerative disc disorder, facet joint arthritis, sciatica, and needless to say, chronic back pain. Since i try to stay away from Narcotics for every day use, and Topomax helped me SOOOOO much. It didnt take all of the pain away, but it took a substantial edge off, which made it easier for day to day life. I lost my appetite, and some sweet things didn't taste the same, soda, candy...I lost some weight on Topomax, which is always benificial, especially with back problems. Unfortunately, the dosage had to be increased every 2 months or so as my body got used to it...and since the medication had more and more adverse side effects the higher you went (it is an anti-psychotic after all...), my dr. didnt want me taking over 200 mg. So, once that dosage stopped working, i was wiened off the drug. Its too bad!!! It was a miracle worker for a while! | F | 24 | 10 months | 3/25/2008 | 5 | Migraines/ possible pressure pain | Soda taste horrible(good thing), Loss of appetite(LOVE IT!), Insomnia(had a touch of this b4 topamax so not sure if this caused it or not), Tingling in hands and feet(doesn't bother me that much) increase in blurry vision | If there is a wonder drug THIS IS IT! I have had migraines since age 12. Daily since my 2nd child at age 21, developed pseudotumor cerebri while prego and had to a lumbar shunt in Oct 2007, stopped spinal fluid from building up and pressure headaches for the most part but i still had daily headaches...been on topamax for about a month and I will swear by it....I don't think i will EVER come off of this med...i take 50mg in the morning and 50mg at night and will increase if need be...pls feel free to email me with ANY questions on migraines/headaches/pseudotumor cerebri meds i have tried....I HAVE TRIED THEM ALL | F | 23 | 30 days | 3/31/2008 | 5 | migraine | Miracle! a little mental fogginess an hour or so after taking, some tingling in fingers significant weight loss | I was in some phase of a migraine every day of my life and was contemplating suicide by the time my doctor prescribed topamax. Nevertheless, I checked this site and the comments about it scared me out of taking it for two weeks! It was very difficult to get started on. GO SLOW. My pharmacist helped me with this and I went a lot slower than the Dr. suggested. The side effects are dose dependent. I increased to 50mg 2x/day and the side effects were greater - forgot how to spell, became dyslexic -which was a mixed bag, since I am a reading specialist. It was distressing to see/write letters upside down and backwards, but it helped me to help the kids. The most distressing was once when I got lost on the way home. After the migraines were under control for a while, the Dr. cut me back to just 25 mg. 2x/day. I hardly notice the side effects not. I forget peoples' names-oh well. I only get headaches about once every 6 weeks now and I can live with that. Topamax has been a miracle for me and | F | 51 | 13 months | 4/6/2008 | 5 | Migraines | Tingling in the tips of my fingers. | I have been taking this for several months, and have noticed an improvement in my headaches. I do notices that I still get them during drastic weather changes, but for the most part, those "daily" headaches are gone. | F | 34 | 1 years | 4/10/2008 | 5 | migrianes | tingling in fingers but very bad in right foot. weight loss, about 20 pounds in first month and 1/2. appetitie supressent. | i take 50gm at bedtime. i put up with the tingling in my feet and hands because the weight loss has been great for me. it has given me the boost i needed to change my diet and exercise habits which i now will also help my migrianes in the long run. only one migraine since on topamax and it is because i had to commute an hour to a meeting with no breakfast, a huge trigger for me. all in all i say try it, if it works great. if it doesnt, you try something else. | F | 23 | 2 months | 2/19/2008 | 5 | Migraine | Dry mouth, acne on body, some acne on face, tingling hands, dizziness, forgetfulness, confussion, memory loss, no taste for soda (which has been a good thing, because I was a huge soda drinker, and I am now 4 weeks off the soda and drinking more water and feeling great!)weight loss (which my doctor prescribed a small doseage of amatriptaline to counteract this side effect because I only weigh 105)and diarhea | I LOVE THIS DRUG! The benefits far out weight the side effects. I suffered from severe migraine headaches and if you truly suffered from these headaches, almost ANYTHING is better than the headache! I was on Topamax once before and it was causing me to lose too much weight so a former doctor took me off of it and put me on another prevenative. Within a week I was having my headaches again. (I was 6 months w/o one (amount of time I was on it before)) I begged to be put back on it. I went to a new doctor and he agreed to put me back on Topamax and gave me Amatriptaline in a small doseage to counteract the weight loss side effect. I have been back on Topamax for 2 months now at 100 mg a day and feel great! I will deal with the side effects if I can be migraine free. | F | 30 | 2 months | 2/22/2008 | 5 | Migraines | Some tingling hands and feet (went away after awhile); Soda tastes flat; Weight Loss (40 lbs); Memory recall on words and names (always on the tip of my tongue). | This was a miracle for me! I used to get up to 3-4 migraines a week. Nothing was working. My doctor suggested we try this. After the first year we did have to increase the dose from 100 mg to 200 mg because it felt like it wasn't working as well, but it's working now. It has brought me a new life and even though I sometimes miss the soda I really didn't need it anyway. | F | 33 | 1 years | 2/29/2008 | 5 | Migraines | Still a bit slow to find words, I make a lot of "double word" typos, tingling in heels, carbonated beverages taste bad, I'm tired of never feeling hungry | I've been taking Topamax for 2 years for my migraines, 100 mg at night and 50 mg in the morning. It works...I only used Imitrex once in the last 3 months. The only migraines I still get are triggered by big storms moving in (low barometric pressure). I used to need Imitrex 5 times a week before I started taking Topamax. I'd rather have the side effects than the migraines. | F | 41 | 2 years | 2/29/2008 | 5 | Bipolar 2 | Carbonated drinks taste flat, dry mouth, no appetite, weight loss. | I LOVE TOPAMAX! I have gradually gotten up to 100mg twice a day. I take it with Cymbalta (60mg/day, which I have been on for 2 years). I had gained about 90 pounds through depression and binge eating and have already lost about 26 pounds in about a month in a half. I DO drink a ton of water to counteract dry mouth. I am sorry some people have such a bad reaction to this drug! | F | 31 | 7 weeks | 12/3/2008 | 5 | Bulimia | The only side effects I have experienced are spelling errors (a lot of them. I used to pride myself on my ability to spell, and now I can't worth a hill of beans.) and the whole "what's the word?" thing. Maybe a little drowsiness but nothing major. | I love this. Seriously this has been a miracle for me. Binging and purging disappeared practically overnight. It's like the urge just isn't there anymore. It's amazing, it has given me some semblance of a life back. I'll take "the stupids" over the hell of bulimia anyday! | F | 17 | 2 months | 12/5/2008 | 5 | Binge Eating Disorder | Decreased sex drive, difficulty with spelling, diet soda tastes like gasoline, tired but can be prevented with "alertec" | Great for binge eaters or anyone with complusive eating disorder, it is a tough and secret and lonely place, this drug will make you loose interest in your addictive foods - it is brilliant, it changes your brain chemistry, it will make you sleepy, you can overcome this horrible disease, email me: | F | 36 | 1 years | 12/11/2008 | 5 | Migraines | Carbonated drinks taste like crap!! Some weight loss. Mild extremity tingles. | Worked up from 25 mg a day to 100mg a day have had no migrained since. LOVE it highly recommend it!!! Have had no depression foggy mind nothing like that at all. I suffered horribly with migraines before I found this. Plus I have lost 7lbs! | F | 34 | 8 weeks | 12/11/2008 | 5 | Migraines & Epilepsy | Paresthesia, Weight Loss, Dizziness, Difficulty with Memory, Confusion | Completely changed my life for the better - has lessened migraine severity so much. I used to get severe migraines 3 or 4 times a week with vision loss and vomiting and paralysis and pain. Now i get them maybe once every 6 weeks like that. My seizures haven't been completely yet, but my neurologist is still increasing the dosage of my epilim and topamax, so that should be sorted out soon. Bottom line - if your migraines are severe enough, the *completely reversible* side effects are totally worth it. Also i've lost about 95lbs while taking it. It made me not hungry. | F | 34 | 8 months | 8/6/2008 | 5 | Daily Persistant Migraine | Some Hair Loss, Eye Fatigue, Mild lip Tinging | I have suffered migraines for more than 20 years, and most abortives and preventives made me feel drunk, gave me heart palpitations, made my limbs shake and shreded my stomach and bowel linings. For the last 10 years I have felt tired, lost for words, confused and depressed, and when my migraines started coming daily 6 months ago I felt like my life wasn't worth living. I have been on Topamax for 3 weeks. It has changed my life. The pain is gone. I feel like I am back again, after many years. Look for the right drug for you! This one has saved me. | F | 39 | 20 days | 5/24/2008 | 5 | Migraines | brief memory lapses, tingling in lips, hands, feet, no desire to eat, all went away within 4 weeks of continuing medication. | Its important to start slow and at a low doseage. Never start higher then 25mg. The side effects will be horrible. After taking it for a month the side effects should begin to taper off. But you've got deal with some of the side effects until your body gets adjusted to them. Some will some won't. You don't know until you try it. After 4 weeks the side effects went away for me, the only thing that didn't go away was that I still don't eat much. Good Luck! | F | 31 | 1 years | 5/25/2008 | 5 | Cluster Migraines, Complex Migraine | Extreme tingling in fingers and toes, soda and beer tasted flat but not for too long, fatigue, forgetting words, names, short memory, twitching of right eye 24/7 | This is my miracle drug! After suffering for about 19 yrs. with debilitating cluster migraines which lasted for weeks at a time, and trying almost every drug that was prescribable during these years, also suffering horrible side effects, Topamax is the only drug that really took my headaches away. The side effects that I suffer almost daily are nothing compared to the pain of the migraines that I had. I started with 25mg twice a day and moved up to 50mg twice a day. When I start to feel really fatigued, get blurred vision or have the memory loss, I just stop for a day or two and I'm fine. But you'd better bet that I go right back on my Topamax! Once I went out of town and left my prescription at home, so I missed my pills for about 5 days, and my migraines came back in full force. I had to take Prednisone for a few weeks, and Relpax with Naproxen for a couple days until the Topamax got into my system again. I felt like crap! I do not miss my doses unless my sides effects get too heavy. | F | 43 | 1 years | 5/31/2008 | 5 | migraines | The main side effect I have experienced so far is the tingling in my fingers and in the heels of my feet, mostly in the mornings. The taste of soda has changed a great deal and I have lost a lot of my appetite. I do think that I have had some more trouble concentrating and have had some memory loss however I'm not sure if it's been a tremendous amount or not. I've also experienced the word recall problem but again, I suffered from that issue prior to the medication so I can't attribute this entirely to the Topamax. | Overall I am very pleased with this medication. I have suffered from migraines for many years now without much success from preventative medications. I am still getting migraines occasionally however am only on 100 mg a day and have been on it for less than 2 months so I may need to have my dosage increased. | F | 31 | 35 days | 6/3/2008 | 5 | weightloss | Extreme aggression/ anger problems, frustration, nothing too bad after I added in celexa, fatigue, loss of words, forgetfulness, Twitching in the right eye at night, bloating, soda tasted flat, nasty; | At first I experienced extreme irritability & anger, me and my fiance almost broke up in a weeks time and we realized it was the medicine. But my mom was taking it too and told me to take my celexa. celexa is the cousin to lexapro. If you have either I am sure it will work! it worked a miracle for me. TAKE THIS WITH TOPAMAX IF YOU WANT ALL THE AGGRESSION SIDE EFFECTS to go away!!!! and take 25 mg for 2 weeks if you have to to let your body get used to the fatigue | F | 22 | 1 months | 7/23/2008 | 5 | Chronic Migraines | Initially: Weightloss, all carbonated beverages tasted flat, mental fogginess, fatigue Current: Tingling in my feet, very picky eating habits (I eat like a toddler), and beer still tastes bad | I take 200mg at night. I can't take it in the morning, as I am not a morning person to begin with, and I have start teaching at 7:45 each day. If I took it in the am, I'd probably forget where my classroom was located and that I was a science teacher. So, I take it at night, and it has worked wonders for me. I can deal with the tingling in my feet, and I've only drank about 3 beers in the past year...in exchange, I've had about half the migraines. This drug is not for everyone, though. It has a number of potential side effects, and you need to be in close contact with your doctor should a problem arise. | F | 26 | 1 years | 7/29/2008 | 5 | bi-polar disorder/cluster headaches | numbness/ "pins & needles" feeling in extremities, weightloss, loss of appetite, diarrhea, visual disturbances, dizziness, tiredness, difficulty staying asleep. | Before I started taking Topamax I was on Lithium. It was working well until I was hospitialized for Lithium Toxicity and Seratonin Syndrome. Afterwards, I was experiencing headaches daily. They were unbearablable! I had been on Topamax years ago, but due to compatibilty issues with birth control I was advised to try other medications again first. I have been on it now for roughly a month and I believe the benefits far outweigh the side effects. My psychiatrist is still fine tuning my medications because I had to come off all my meds after my hospitalization, but so far I have been pretty even keel. YAY to no more headaches! | F | 33 | 1 months | 8/19/2008 |