TOPAMAX Reviews (TOPIRAMATE)Average Rating: 3.0 (1824 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TOPAMAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPAMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Intracranial hypertension/ seizures | Tingling in hands and feet, loose bowels, itchy skin. | I have many issues with medications however this one I was fine with. I think with medications in general it's about trial and error. What works for one person may not work for another and vice versa. Just listen to your doctor's advice. | F | 34 | 5 months 100mg 1X day | 2/17/2021 | 5 | Weight loss | Very dry mouth which is making me drink lots of water, sodas taste very flat with a melted butter taste and burn my mouth, burgers taste very bad, anything with sugar taste horrible not enjoyable. Overall horrible taste to stuff once enjoyed but for a good reason to loose the weight! One week in 11 pounds gone | F | 32 | 0 weeks 2X day | 4/17/2021 | 5 | Bipolar/Migraine | So far Ive only took 2 pills. I haven't had a single side effect. Little nervous. | F | 38 | 2 days 50 MG 1X day | 10/17/2020 | 5 | Borderline, Anxiety | Honestly it didn't make me stop drinking soda nor alcohol ,I still love them both . I was excited when I read online that it would make me lose my appetite because I've been taking topamax for a month now and I still eat like a pig day and night and I'm still as fat as ever. I am experiencing a lot of hair loss but I'm also 4 months post partrum. I'm not feeling particularly dumb but I have noticed the constant need to pass this really distinct smelling gas throughout the day ;/ I keep blaming my baby for the smell but I'm afraid the people can tell because it smells extremely bad and exactly the same no matter what I eat. | It finally made my social anxiety subside.:) | F | 21 | 1 months 25mg 2X day | 8/27/2021 | 5 | Migraines-very heavy ones | None. | Topamax has literally saved me. I was close to suicide because of attacks of unbearable pain and unconsciousness lasting for 3-4 days. Weekly. For years... It started helping already in a dosage of 50 mg. With going up to 450 mg I had a hope to remove an epilepsy as well. Unfortunately, there was no luck with seizures ((( But it's a GREAT medicine after all. Just start from 5 mg! I mean it. Take it slowly and give yourself a time to raise up the dosage. | F | 48 | 5 years 450 mg 1X day | 11/7/2021 | 5 | No Side Effects | Love Topamax. It's been a lifesaver for me. | F | 76 | 25 years 200/4xday 4X day | 3/18/2022 | 5 | Drs advised | Improves sex drive | Love it! | F | 67 | 4 months 100 mg 2X day | 10/22/2023 | 5 | weight loss | weight loss, memory loss, failure to retrieve words, tingling in face fingers and toes. pop tastes horrible (and it should, it's horrible for you) | i was on 10 mg of zyprexa for over a year and gained about 50 pounds. it really hurt my self image and was making me a soppy mess. i tried working out but the weight was going no where. i was eating everything in sight and was gaining weight ongoingoing (im only 21 and 5 feet). my doctor prescribed 400mg of topamax and i suddenly cut down to one meal a day. i continued going to the gym and in 3 months i lost 30 pounds. i stopped taking the zyprexa because the topamax leveled me out and now im losing even more weight. the side effects are very tolerable once i got used to them. i would definently reccomend this to fellow crazys who have gained weight from anti psychotics. | F | 21 | 4 months | 5/26/2007 | 5 | migraines | loss of sex drive and after two years, hair loss | I have been off it for a year now and while my hair has come back fine, my migraines are back with a vengence. I have discussed this with a neurologist and they have indicated that these side effects are rare and that I was on a high dose 175mg daily. I am willingly to try it again. She has told me that I probably will not experience the same side effects. | F | 42 | 2 years | 9/16/2007 | 5 | migraine | helped reduce incidence and strength of migraine | F | 47 | 1 years | 8/3/2007 | 5 | migraines | tingling in feet, brief periods of confusion, dry mouth | I have been on topamax for 2 weeks now and I have not had a migraine since. I know some of the side effects were awful to start but some of them did get better. The first three days I felt totally high but I fell fine now. Every once in a while I will get a brief moment of confusion but that is all. I love this med. I was getting migraines 3 or 4 times a week. Now I am not getting any at all. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 8/2/2007 | 5 | migraine | tingling in hands and feet, small periods confusions, pop taste nasty, some foods taste nasty, | I was having migraines weekly. I am up to my maximum dosage which is 50mg in the morning and 50mg in the evening. I have been on it for 4 weeks now and have not had any migraines. It have been amazing. I have been throught the most stressful time of my life when my migraines would of put me in the hospital and I have had none. Now the side effects have seemed to be a little more noticeable but that is ok with me. Becuase I can continue working and living. | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 8/18/2007 | 5 | bipolar disorder | I haven't had any real side effects with Topamax, I did lose the 15 pounds I had gained with Depakote but that was not necessarily Topamax. Once in a while, maybe once a week, I will get a little tingle in my feet for about two minutes and then it goes away. This has been a miracle drug for me. I tried three other drugs before this, all horrible- Depakote is the worst drug ever, and was at my wits end but I feel like I can live a normal happy life again. | I know two other people on the drug. They both took it for migraines. One had to stop the other is still on it. They both had substantial weight loss. The person who no longer takes it had tingling all the time and facial ticks. The other person had increased energy and trouble sleeping but no tingling. She doesn't mind the increased energy. | F | 32 | 5 months | 9/8/2007 | 5 | alcoholism | some tingling, insomnia even though I feel a bit fatigued, slight forgetfullness | I am only on 50 mg and haven't had a drink (or wanted one) in two weeks which is amazing for me. I haven't had any appetite suppression which I am dissappointed about but so glad to finally be broken free of my addiction. I honestly never thought I would quit drinking. This is a miracle drug for me. I do have to take it in the am or I can't sleep at night but other then that no real bothersome side effects. Nothing that compares to what I was doing to myself with alcohol. | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 9/13/2007 | 5 | Migraines | Tingling of extremities, went away with potassium supplements, weight loss - yay!!! | I've suffered with migraines for 30 years. Nothing could touch the pain once I got one - not Oxycontin, not Vicodin, not Demerol, nothing! Zomig was limited by my insurance plan and expensive! I'd miss days from work, days from my life . . . with Topomax, I've had maybe 2 headaches in 6 months, where I used to have one every week or 2. This is my miracle drug. It's a lifesaver. The pain of my migraines would literally have me contemplating suicide. I'm free of that now, free of worrying all the time I'm out if I'm going to get a headache, if I'll be able to drive home, etc. I love it! I'm at 200mg a day. | F | 48 | 8 months | 9/4/2007 | 5 | migrines | dry mouth | it has made qu9ite a difference in my life | F | 40 | 1 years | 6/30/2007 | 5 | Migraines | tingling in hands, arms, feet, legs, face, and mouth, but nothing that worried or bothered me too much. decreased appetite, occasional nausea, change of taste in certain foods and drinks, maybe some memory loss but nothing to affect my daily life. | Overall, topamax has helped me very much. Before taking this medication, i had migraines at least once a month and headaches on a daily basis and when you are only 18, it really affects your daily life with school and work. Topamax did have side effects but none that really changed my daily life and none that would change my decision on taking this medication. I started taking 25mgs a day, then 25mgs 2xs a day, then 25mgs in the morning and 50mgs at night and now i am at 50mgs twice daily. | F | 18 | 1 months | 7/31/2007 | 5 | Mood stabilizer/ bulimia | buzzing feeling in my face and arms sometimes, not hungry- lost weight, maybe some mixing up of my words | i started taking topamax (25g 2x a day) for bulimia and I didn't find it worked at all, but when I went up to (50 2x a day) I stopped purging all together, it seems like magic. It has made my parnate (anti-depressant) work MUCH better, I have been very successful with topamax and would recommend anyone try it before trying horrible LITHIUM!!! | F | 19 | 60 days | 6/22/2007 | 5 | Migraine Prevention | for the first six months: extremities tingling, mental slowdown, feel drugged and lethargic, flat coke taste | This drug saved my life. I could not function with the number of migraines I was experiencing monthly. I was prescribed Amerge and was taking 30 a month. Normal dosage should be no more than 4. I switched doctors and am grateful for Topomax. The neurologist told me if I had continued with the Amerge at that dosage I would likely have had a stroke. I can deal with the brain fog and other side effects better than the debilitating experience of a migraine. | F | 40 | 2 days | 10/20/2007 | 5 | daily migraines | tingling hands/feet; funny taste in mouth for a couple months; chronic diarrhea; flat affect | This medication has significantly improved my life. It blunted the effects of the killer migraines. I still get my migraines, but they went from daily to just a couple a month and went from 8-10 on a pain scale to 2-4! I am now being weaned off and am a little fearful. Never had any of the nasty side effects or even any weight loss :-( | F | 45 | 19 months | 10/30/2007 |