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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPAMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | migraines, bipolar, addiction, weig | good sleep, increased appietite | The comments on this site had me so afraid I almost missed a great thing! I couldn't imagine getting any stupider then I already was. I finally got the nerve up to take 25 mg. Didn't feel a thing. Had to take 50 mg. Got tired. Slept good that night and had better mood, clearer thoughts, all around better. Called Dr. upped to 75 still not at max dose. Just hoping Dr. won't stop right before the miracle because I can tell this is the drug for me. Except the weightloss thing. Taken the obession of alcohol and drugs away. Lifted the haze of depression slightly for the first time since I don't know when. I feel sorry for those who have such bad side effects. | F | 39 | 4 days | 12/21/2007 | 4 | depression/alcoholism | sleepiness, loss of appetite | I've only been on this for 4 days. But already alcohol is starting to loose it appeal and I feel optimism that this drug is really going to help me kick bad habits. I feel a little tired, but my doctor said that will go away in a few days. I'll update as time goes on... | F | 34 | 4 days | 11/22/2009 | 4 | Bipolar | Anxiety Attacks, not sleeping at night, don't notice any drop in appetite. | F | 53 | 4 days | 3/18/2007 | 4 | Migraines | tingling in fingers, difficulty verbalizing thoughts (very frustrating but getting less frequent the longer I was on the med), have nightime trailing of lights especially when very tired which is totally new since taking this and, most frustratingly, the inability to reach orgasm. | Initially started taking 25 mg od and gradually increased dose until I am now at 150 mg od. Am currently decreasing dosage to try to get my sex life back to normal. Has significantly helped my headaches: has eliminated almost all of them with the exception of my menstrual ones and the other, | F | 39 | 4 days | 11/24/2004 | 3 | Hypo-mania, binge eating | While spinning up on Topamax (2nd day) and spinning down on Trileptal I experienced vertigo, significant cognitive blocks, and panic. This occurred for 15-30 minutes and then subsided. I had a few headaches already (possible dehydration?). High glycemic carb cravings dropped slightly. My bank account seems to have money in it. No impact on sex drive. | While I am thrilled about the prospect of losing weight, I am more excited about the prospect of living life without hypo-mania: No more excessive spending. No more pushing down thoughts of screwing every attractive girl. No more hyperactivity and embarrassing myself because of it. No more feeling like I have a million projects to do and none are getting done. | M | 35 | 4 days | 4/25/2005 | 3 | migraines/cluster headaches | tingling in the hands/feet, taste changes esp. with sodas when dosages are increased, tinitis(ringing sounds in ears, severe increased acne(any body else have this??) mood swings, stoned feeling without euphoria, weight loss | Topamax has helped decrease my incidence of headaches from daily to 2-3 a week, which is better. I still feel pretty spacey, especially when the dosage is increased. I am now taking 100 mg 2 X a day. I think I actually felt better when the dosage was 75 mg 2x a day. The jump up has been a bad transition. Sprinkles were way better than the time release. | F | 32 | 4 days | 5/18/2007 | 3 | anxiety/mood stabler | foggy head, difficulty spelling, reading. General "dumb" feeling...SERIOUS memory loss, confusing words with other words. Dizzy, nausea, slow feeling, like some feelings of weird "like what's going on?". Slight hallucinations...(ordinary things seem distorted for a brief second or two) its weird/startling. I feel confused at times. | I wanted to say the word parrot, but instead i said pirate, and i was serious, things like that are happening to me. The most frustrating thing about this drug is the memory loss!!! I feel like "what the...ehh.. nevermind....." when I'm talking to people. Its only been a few days,not even a week since Ive started the medication, so I hope this starts to fade away some after a while. I feel like a dummy! Not much appetite loss yet, well see, i need to loose about 40 lbs. Im not surprized how im reacting, i sometimes react strongly to new meds. It takes time for my body to get used to them. Same with Zoloft. i was sooo sick! Starting and stopping. | F | 22 | 4 days 15 2X day | 7/22/2011 | 2 | Migraines - Atypical | Agitation, mental fog, unable to find words, lack of concentration, thirst. | I am not sure if I can continue on this med or not. My job is in healthcare and requires me to be very detailed oriented and have fast reactions. I do not feel I have those with this medicine. I will wait it out to see if I feel better. | F | 42 | 4 days 25 1X day | 7/25/2011 | 2 | mood stabilizer | nausea, I rarely get headaches but Topamax gave me a nonstop one, word dropping, confusion, pronounced words wrong, dull, lethargic, sense of smell too strong, dry mouth | My doctor prescribed this to take the "edge off" things. (mood stabilizer) This drug may be worth the side effects if you are having excruciating migraines everyday or of course, seizures but otherwise I'd say NO. I was weary about starting after reading reviews on here but figured I'd give it a go. I made it 4 days. Where to start? I'm already a word dropper so I figured that couldn't get much worse. WRONG. I couldn't pronounce words correctly either, i said reird instead of weird and episodey instead of episode. Topamax actually gave me headaches and the nausea coupled with that made things pretty unbearable. My sense of smell became so strong that I'd immediately become extremely nauseous with any normal every day smell. Two days in I decide to take it at night so at least if it made me stupid I would be asleep when it happened...but I woke up and was so confused I didn't know I was in my own bedroom. I sat there for 5 minutes trying to figure out where I was. I last took Topamax 3 days ago but I know it's still in my system cause I drank a Coke this morning and it tasted like it had no carbonation, I also had a meltdown at work and couldn't stop crying....not normal for me. | F | 33 | 4 days 20 mg 1X day | 5/17/2011 | 2 | Migraines | Complete loss of taste, feet and face burn when exercising, hunger, thirst, drowsy. | I was prescribed this medication as a preventative for migraines. I have only been taking it for 4 days and have experienced all of these side effects. My dr is taking me off of this medication immediately. | F | 46 | 4 days | 7/12/2007 | 1 | migraines | insomnia, confusion, hearing loss, blurred vision | i would not recommend taking this drug to anyone. after 4 days, i can't function and everything is in a fog. i am taking back my prescription and demanding a refund. i haven't slept in days. | F | 46 | 4 days | 5/7/2007 | 1 | migraine prevention | Approx 4 days into taking the medication, I woke up in the night with severe agitation/anxiety, profuse sweating, difficulty breathing, and uncontrolled shaking. After an hour, I finally calmed down without having to visit an emergency room. | It took me weeks to gain enough courage after my reaction to Topamax to try another drug for my migraines. | F | 36 | 4 days | 4/21/2004 | 1 | complex partial seizures | massive panic attack/uncontrolled shaking/massive studdering./ unable to stare at something/ head uncontrollable/ mind totally blank. i thought i was dying and hardly got to the ER/crawlled out of the house because i was fighting beiing paralysed/ three days of these symptoms in the hospital while topamax cleared my system. the real kicker is it has been three weeks since i have been of of it and i am still not operatting at 100% yet | as a buisness ouwner and mother of 2 i would recommend this to no one/i need to keep up with life/ a doctor told me recovery from such side affects may take 4 to 6 weeks/ is there anyone out there who reacted to the medicine in such a short amount of time? is there anyone out there that felt the affects of topamax long after it was out of there system? please let me know | F | 35 | 4 days | 7/17/2006 | 1 | Nerve damage due to car accident | This stuff was terrible for me. It was like speed! I couldn't even take it after 4 days. I couldn't drive, work or concentrate on anything. I just felt like I was speeding my brains out and couldn't sleep at all! | F | 43 | 4 days 50 MG 1X day | 7/13/2011 | 1 | migraines | very sleepy, extreme dizziness, loss of balance, loss of memory, problems with speech, mood changes, loss of appetite, wierd sensations in my arms, diarrhea, trouble concentrating, shortness of breath | I started this medicine on a Thursday and was in the ER on Tuesday. I was admitted for tests. I still fell a little out of sorts but the doctor said it may take a while to get the medicine of my system. I am afraid to try another migrain medicine. This experience was worse than the migraines themselves. | F | 39 | 4 days 50 MG 1X day | 9/16/2010 | 1 | Headaches | It was almost as if I had a stroke, My fingers, hands, and legs were non stop moving. Fingers were curled under. I could not work because I could not remember my job! | I do not recomend this drug. Yes the weight loss might be nice but I would rather be over weight then twitching all the time and not remembering nothing. | F | 32 | 4 days 50 1X day | 2/27/2010 | 1 | Weight loss | anemia,hair loss,weight loss of about 25#,muscle twitches,memory loss,irritability,trying to say words that wouldnt come out,weird dreams couldnt walk very far without getting winded. | I was only on this drug for 5 months and at one point had to have a heart catheter stuck into me because my Dr thought I had a heart attack.I did like the weight loss though but I would never take another drug like this to lose weight.I learned my lesson from this drug. | M | 41 | 4 days | 1/16/2006 | 1 | Chronic headaches with migraines | Intense crushing pain inside my head. Unlike any headache or migraine experienced. This pain started after took the pill and wore off before next dose. | Did nothing for chronic headaches. Constant pain in upper head unlike anything ever experienced so painful. Was told to stop. | F | 50 | 4 days 25 1X day | 11/4/2012 | 1 | Daily Headaches after Accutane | Crying episodes, Mood swings, spacing out - staring at things in front of me without a thought in my mind, depressed feeling, unexcited about life, still have headaches, lethargic, eyes feel swollen and sight is blurry at times, mentally not all here. | So, I have only been on the meds briefly for 3/4 nights @ 15 MG a night, but have already started feeling as if this medication is affecting my life. I honestly am not getting any work done at work, I feel lethargic, stupid, and I can't concentrate on what is in front of me. This is not typical of my personality at all. I am usually a go-getter and a perfectionist. I am mentally unstable at times. I cry and just want to curl up into a ball. I don't have any urge to want to make other around me happy (not typical) and very drained and lethargic around 2:00 in the afternoon. I just stare at the screen in front of me...waiting for the time to go by. My sight is blurry, not double (I don't think) and they appear as if I have allergies, which I do not. I am going to stop taking the meds in hopes that the headaches subside naturally...like most things in this world SHOULD and DO if you give them time. | F | 27 | 4 days | 12/18/2009 | 1 | Migraines | I was on this medication to help with my chronic migraines. I had only been on it for 4 days. For the first few days I experienced no side effects, yet I still had a migraine. Then on the 4th day, 10 minutes after taking topamax my tongue began to swell, as well as my throat and jaw. I was having in a hard time breathing and I had to call 911. I could barely talk to call 911 because my tongue was numb. I had to get an injection of Benadryl in order to stop the reaction. I have now been on Benadryl for 4 days and I still feel awful. I can not wait until this drug is no longer in my system!! I am sure this drug works wonders for some people, but please be aware of the possible side effects! | F | 27 | 4 days 25MG 1X day | 6/4/2014 |