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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPAMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Severe Migraines | Loss Of Memory (Dopey drug), smell more than used too, trouble remembering words, studdering, tingling hands/feet, weight loss 80lbs in the past year other than that nothing else really bothersome well I do haver trouble sleeping sometimes. | This is a MIRACLE drug in my opinion. I have been on lot of others and this to me is the best. Yes there are side effects but to me they are well worth it. I deal with the memory issues,wear more deoderant,eat high protein things,etc.. you learn to deal. If your like me and have lived with SEVERE migraines this IS a MIRACLE! | F | 31 | 1 years | 1/2/2007 | 5 | EDNOS/backpain/mood stabilizer | carbonated drinks all taste like alka seltzer, appetite is lowered and have lost weight (welcome side effect), gas (but could be unrelated to topamax), thirstier than normal, need to sleep with a humidifier on at night in order to avoid dehydrated feeling, slight "ebb and flow" to sexual desire, tingling in feet if i sit for too long, brain foggy BUT ONLY FOR FIRST THREE DAYS OF TAKING DRUG AND UPPING DOSAGE, did not mix well with antibiotic treatment (i got an ear infection and the antibiotics i usually take made me VERY sick to my stomach this time which NEVER happened before) | first thing to regulate my weird appetite and insatiable obsession with food. my sciatica is almost gone-i'd say it is 90% better after 3 years of EXCRUCIATING pain. no headaches for 2 months, except for one headache one day after 7 hours on the computer. quit smoking cold turkey after 3 days on meds and did not want another cigarette after that. (had smoked for almost 12 years). mood is better, not perfect; working with doctor on dosage. did not experience any "dopiness" after first few days; in fact, brain felt clearer and anxiety subsided, allowing me to think and react in a "normal" way. even noticed that i pass up impulse purchases at the store and am motivated to do things like clean the apartment and catch up on things that pile up when i get depressed. i miss diet sodas but honestly, feeling better is worth it. drink LOTS of water to avoid feeling dehydrated. | F | 27 | 2 months | 1/2/2007 | 1 | Migrane Prevention | I am a physician who took this medication for approximately 2 years. I am truly concerned about the potential for significant depression and mood disorder on this medication, so please be aware of this side effect and discuss this with your doctor. | Experienced a slow increase in depressive symptoms over the course of the two years I was taking this medication, eventually requiring me to give up my job. Now, after 8 weeks of being off this med (I was taking 50 mg po bid), I feel such a change in my thinking, speech, and most importantly, mood. Please do not "brush off" the potential for this drug to significantly alter your mood/act as a CNS depressant. | F | 31 | 2 years | 1/2/2007 | 3 | mood stabilizer | Negative: dry mouth, dry eyes, terrible taste in mouth, carbonated drinks taste funny, some other things taste different, nausea. Positive: some weight loss, don't have headaches as often as I used to. | I don't think this has done anything to stablize my moods. I am still anxious and can cry at the drop of a hat. I am also taking luvox and wellbutrin for ocd, depression, anxiety and I am starting to forget what med is helping with what problem and if any are helping at all, ya know? | F | 50 | 26 days | 1/1/2007 | 3 | Nerve Pain & Numbness | Short Term Memory Problems, Halting speach (Stop in mid-sentence while in conversation), Difficulty finding words, Difficulty spelling known words, agitation, confusion, WEIGHT LOSS (Thank You) | Topamax was prescribed to assist with nerve pain in the hands & arms attributed to cervical disk disease. The cervical problems worsened to now include daily occipital headaches with migraine like pain. 150 mg TOPAMAX 2x daily IS NOT touching the PAIN. It is however making me a SPACE CASE!! Thinner is nice certainly especially after the gain experienced on Neurontin but, I am scaring myself at this point. I do not remember things (definitely an issue at the office!!), I can not remember people's names that I have known for years, I can not spell the simplest words and I stop in mid-sentence when I'm talking!!! The thought totally gone from the brain!!! This past week I've begun the path downward in dose to get off it and see if there's not soomething better out there for me. | F | 48 | 6 months | 1/1/2007 | 5 | migraines | Petichiae in my feet, with a bluish purple hew. There are small lumps under my skin also. This is very strange. I find nothing in the brochures that say this is a SE of the Topamax. But it started when I first started the Topamax,and stopped for about one month and the spots went away. I then started back up again and it's gotten way worse since the summer. If you experienced anything like this with the Topamax please email me and let me know. Thanks so much!!! | I am taking 50 mgs and have now cut back to 25 to see if the symptoms will go away!!! | F | 45 | 1 years | 12/27/2006 | 5 | migraine | tired, moody, loss of sex drive, tingling in hands and feet, in middle of sentence lose my train of thought which is very aggrivating, bad taste in mouth constantly, weight loss, hair breakage and loss | Topamaz is a life saver....i can now take care of my 10month old son the way i need to. I was getting up to 15 migraines a month and eating relpax like it was candy.....i wish i had known about topamax years ago. I started slowly and was up to 75 mg. when the headaches came back. My dosage was raised to 100 mg. and I have been almost headache free (with the occasional headache) for about 3 1/2 months now! | F | 34 | | 12/27/2006 | 3 | migraines | Feeling a bit stupid, tired, and tiggling in hands & feet. I have only been taking the medication for about 5 days. | Has anyone experiences weight gain from topamax or has it only been weight loss? Approximately how long until you noticed weight loss? When did you notice a difference in your migraines? | F | 29 | 5 days | 12/24/2006 | 4 | WEIGHT LOSS | TINGING OF FEET | F | 64 | 1 days | 12/22/2006 | 5 | migraines | Can't find some words (but I couldn't before, so not a huge deal), decreased appetite, although food tastes the same to me...weight loss of 20 lbs. over 4 months, some of that muscle, ugh. And major HAIR LOSS!!! | I love this stuff, but the hair loss makes me want to cry. I am taking major vitamins now...wish the doctor had mentioned this might happen when I started the med so I could have started the vitamins then. I am also irritated because I took Topamax from July until October and had not one migraine or tension headache (and I had a really bad headache almost every day), and then my 100 mg completely pooped out on me in October. My new neurologist suggested splitting the 100 mg dose into two 50-mg doses, which helped for about 3 weeks, then the headaches returned again. I am now up to 125 mgs. After 150 mgs, he wants to change my med if it stops working, ugh. | F | 30 | 5 months | 12/18/2006 | 5 | Migraines | Tingling in my fingers & hands, word loss, major appetite loss. No longer crave any sweets or chocolates. Carbonated drinks taste very flat. Drowsy after I take the dosage. | I have not had one migraine since. I used to get migraines daily. I am only on 25mg & was supposed to increase to 50 if not working. Since it has worked I have not increased it at all. With the appetite loss i think this drug just makes you eat when you are hungry instead of because it is there. I no longer crave anything at all. The best part of all is that I haven't had a migraine for almost a month. | F | 36 | 1 months | 12/18/2006 | 4 | Bipolar II, Migraines | Carbonated drinks tast terrible, spacey feeling, excessive fatigue during the day, naseau when first starting, tingling in toes and fingers, dizziness, dry skin, thirsty/dry mouth, cold, at a loss for words, full feeling - not sure if I have lost weight yet- haven't been on it too long | I am very pleased so far with this medicine. So far, I have been too nervous to drive and that may become a significant issue for me. I am hoping the spacey feeling and dizziness pass as I get used to the meds. They seemed to be almost under control before I upped the dosage so I am keeping my fingers crossed. I can't even name all the medications I have been on so I am hoping this works for a long while. It's worth the side effects that I seem to have if it will help manage my manic episodes. I only gave this a 4 because I have only been on it for 2 weeks and can't say to what extent it has helped me yet. Keeping my fingers crossed for that weight loss. | F | 36 | 13 days | 12/15/2006 | 1 | Migraines | Numbness in hands, feet. Became very clumsy because of the numbness - dropping things, tripping, etc. Very forgetful. Terrible headaches, weight loss, lack of sweating. | This was prescribed to prevent headaches, but my headaches were worse than ever on it. I felt terrible on this medication - bothy physically and emotionally (because I was confused & felt stupid). I have heard others had success with it, but it was just awful for me, and I was only on 25 mg. | F | 32 | 7 days | 12/14/2006 | 5 | Seizures | Extreme Nausea the first day,anxiety attactd first day, shaking first day, stupidness, vey thirsty, cant eat very much, confusion | I'm taking 200 Mg a day and it works wonders! i have already lost a few pounds and have only been on it a few days. The first day i was EXTREMELY sick but now i am easily able to tolerate it! I started taking 50 Mg but had to go down to 25 but am already up to 100 each dose! Lovely Med. but makes you stupid :). | F | 15 | 7 days | 12/12/2006 | 1 | migrines | my liver enzmes have been elevated to 1261 because of topamax. i am so swollen i look 3 months pregnent. i only took topomax for 3 weeks at 200mgs a day. i am now scared for my life and i am a mother of a 4 year old. it is not worth the side effects: good or bad. good meaning weight loss. after taking topomax i now look pregnent because of the elevated liver enzmyes. i have not even mentioned the loss of memory or the numbness that has never gone away. topamax can cause many different side effects and patients taking this medication should be informed. | F | 35 | 3 days | 12/2/2006 | 5 | migraiines and headaches | muscle spasms to begin with, sodas tasted realy bad, carbonated mineral water somewhat bad, lack of apetite and weight loss(woohoo - 6 more pounds and I'm ideal), extremely dry skin especially face (from topomax or cooking for thanksgiving - definitely not from sun or outdoors???) | I was going through imitrex and codeine #4 like candy(no nsaids - I bleed). After logging in a month with only 8 days of no headaches & 3 4-day severe migraines (+3 demerol shots that month), I went on 50 mg 2ce a day topomax. I got severe muscle pains in my lower back under my waist on either side for 1st 5 days. Then various back pains (muscle spasms? - never center - sometimes 4 in below waist one or both sides, sometimes side of back 4 in above waist, sometimes, pains in foot or leg. After 21 days on this, I took a road trip, and I drink no sodas because of osteopenia (nearly reversed from hi ca and mg naturally carbonated mineral water and lifting weights), but I bought a coke. I got through only about 1/4 of it before tossing it. The taste was indescribable (bad)! I was red and hurting and sore and now am peeling around my eyes and nose and mouth. Is this from topomax (no sun for 3 weeks)? Pains are now low to gone. One mild headache in 26 days after 3 hrs sleep cookin | F | 60 | 26 days | 11/30/2006 | 3 | migraines/chronic headaches | dizziness, lightheadedness, spaced-out in the first few days of taking it. Lost train of thought in middle of sentence. Often sat in front of something and couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. | Started out at 25 mg 1st week, 50 mg 2nd week, 75 mg 3rd week. Headaches still coming but willing to give topamax a try. | F | 38 | 15 days | 11/30/2006 | 5 | migraines | Sodas and any carbonated beverages taste bad, some foods don't taste as good to me as they used to, loss of appetite, weight loss as a result, tingling in hands & feet at first now just feet, loss of sensitivity in genitals during sex - it is hard for me to reach climax - this didn't show up until recently when my dosage increased to 150mg per day. | Started slow, at 50mg a day and then went up to 100mg a day, and just in the last 2 months have increased to 150mg per day. Migranes have been limited to only once or twice during my periods, and they aren't very bad compared to the ones I have had in the past. The weight loss has been a major plus and actually I like topamax more for the weightloss than the migranes now. I have lost 50 pounds in 7 months, but that is in part to excercise as well. When I realized that this would be helping me lose weight I figured I might as well use this as an excuse to get "fit" and I am now in the best shape of my life. I am worried about the new sexual side effect. I have never had to struggle to orgasm before, and sex doesn't even feel that great to me anymore, there is hardly any feeling down there at all!! I don't know if that relates to the numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, could be. I have not shared that news with my husband, and I plan to just fake it until | F | 34 | 7 months | 11/29/2006 | 2 | migraines | brain fog, weight loss, tingling in fingers and toes, hair loss, possible lose of bone density. insomnia | when I first slowly got up to 200mg. a day, could not function at all. spent most of the night walking the floors, couldn't relax or sleep. the Dr. put me on xanax, while we reduced the dosage. was more tolerable at 100mg. but after 10 mths. started losing hair, decreased to 50mg. my last 2 bone density tests have been terrible. found some articles on topamax possibly reducing bone density. I am now off topamax, and taking Boniva for my bone loss. as expected the migraines are worse, but not horribly so. I want to take the topamax, but am afraid of the bone loss and hair loss. | F | 60 | 2 years | 11/29/2006 | 1 | chronic bad migraines | MORE headaches! | Topamax is supposed to help migrains AND cause weight loss - what could be better? However, I tried it TWICE, and both times it made me much sicker than I already was. | F | 52 | 4 months | 11/29/2006 |