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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPAMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Migraines | Pop tastes horrible, almost spicy! Tingling in hands and feet, heartburn, irritability, sleepiness, unable to find words, basically what everyone else is saying! | I would rather take Topamax and feel these minor things, and lose weight, than get migraines 3-4 times a week. It totally took away my headaches! I'm very happy with this medication! | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 10/7/2005 | 4 | mood stabilizer | first day or two, couldn't even write a grocery list. Numbness of hands, feets, and lips at times, especially after meals. This all goes away the longer you take topamax. I have very few side effects now except lack of appetite. | I take 200mg of Topamax once daily. I also take 150mg of Wellbutrin. I've lost 20 lbs in 5 months. I recommend Topamax for weight loss as long as its combined with a walking program. As a mood stabilizer, it still left me depressed. It got rid of the "highs", but kind of made me feel a little less like my fun self. However, the weight loss is making me more confident so I'm sticking with it until I can't afford it. | M | 38 | 5 months | 10/5/2005 | 3 | Headaches | Sexual Side Effects. No orgasm and PreMature | Experiancing loss of desire in sex and climax and finish premature. Feel nothing "Orgasm" | M | 38 | 30 days | 10/5/2005 | 4 | migraine | tingling in toes, slight weight loss, sexual disinterest, some mental fuzziness (have to grasp for words occasionally) | so far so good on the migraines -- well worth the side effects. it has ended my migraines except for those during my period, and this is only on 50 mg/day. | F | 40 | 6 weeks | 9/29/2005 | 4 | Migraines, Headaches | Tingling hands/feet, some weight loss and decreased appetite, ?hair loss?, forgetful at times | Anyone else have Hair Loss as a side effect??? I've only been on Topamax for a little over a month now and can't believe how much better my daily headaches and migraines have gotten. Most side effects I can deal with, but this hair loss lately is concerning me, is this another side effect? I'm only taking 90mg at night. | F | 36 | 36 days | 9/26/2005 | 4 | bipolar | So far I have had tingling in feet and hands ,,, stomach ache and taste of soft drink YUK,, Other than that I have only been on it nine days Feeling alot better ,,, mind is clear sleeping better than before was on Neurontin this drug caused me alot of negative side effects,, My only concern is I have glaucoma But I told by mu Doctor its ok to take the topamax,,, just be careful and have checkups,,, | I also take lamicital 200mg at bedtime with busprione and rivritral,,, I hope this drug works out for me as I have been on every other drug there is and all others didnot work or caused me to gain so so mcuh weight it was unreal,, I have bene taking it 10 days,, I am 46 yrs old | M | 46 | 10 days | 9/24/2005 | 3 | MIGRAINES!!! | So far massive tingling in feet 2 or 3 times a day, sometimes in my hands, and wicked bruises appearing out of nowhere all over my legs!!! | No weight loss yet but it has helped the severity of my headaches so far. CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THEY HAVE HAD THE OUT-OF-THE-BLUE BRUISING I'VE BEEN HAVING??? It's got me worried!!! | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 9/24/2005 | 5 | BIPOLAR 1- ultradian cycling | flat tasting soda, food in general tasted different, somnolence (after evening dose) MOTIVATION! MORE FOCUS! | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION SOLELY FOR WEIGHT LOSS! If you do not have temporal lobe issues or problems with deja vu, jamais vu, INTENSE mania, ultra rapid/ultradian cycling due to bipolar disorder, migraines, or seizures, THIS MEDICATION IS NOT FOR YOU! you cant expect it to be a wonder drug and help to get rid of the 60lbs you gained from lithium or zyprexa or anything else you were taking before. it WILL make you dumber than a box of hammers. This medication has given me my life back. its given me my life back. finally able to work to my full potential. its mixed with lamictal (250mg) and i dont plan to stop anytime soon. my doctors can try to pry it from my cold, dead hands. | F | 25 | 6 months | 9/23/2005 | 4 | migraine | Severe tingling in feet, tingling in hands, tingling in face and mouth. Extreme short term memory loss. Extreme difficulty with word recall. Language difficulties. Inability to concentrate. Visual disturbances. EVERYTHING tastes bad...including water. Constant bitter metallic taste in mouth. Thirsty all the time. Dry mouth. Loss of sex drive. Lethargy. Dizziness. "Detatched" feelings. Loss of appetite. | Current dosage is 100 mg 2x per day. Started taking after a car accident for constant migraines...literally 24-7...ranging in pain from just extremely annoying to completely debilitating. Was taking Zomig an average of 5x per week, sometimes with an additional prescription narcotic pain reliever. Migraines are still basically constant, but they now range from just barely noticeable most of the time to debilitating only two or three times a month and needing Zomig once or twice a week. I don't want to increase the dosage because I don't want worse side effects. | F | 39 | 4.5 months | 9/23/2005 | 4 | panic disorder | In the beginning-neuropathy in toes and fingers-went away after a few months. Was taking 200 mgs for a year or more but could not deal with the inability to formulate sentences-"loss for words" but after decreasing to 100 mgs-feel great! | This drug has been a miracle cure for me as I have wanted to steer away from benzos for so long for panic-could not function without Topamax! | M | 40 | 2 years | 9/22/2005 | 5 | alcohol addiction | slight tiredness in the first three weeks, but has gone away now. I have been on topamax for 8 weeks now. | Has been a miracle - has taken away from cravings for alcohol completely. I have even given up smoking | F | 61 days | 9/20/2005 | 1 | nerve pain | I've been taking it only for 3 weeks. I'm just now on 75 mg. I've become very nervous and shaky. I feel horrible. I feel pressure in my eyes. I can't stop shaking. With eveything that I've been reading, no one mentions the shaking. I'm stopping the medication. I don't think I can function like this. | F | 57 | 23 days | 9/18/2005 | 1 | fibromyalgia, insomnia | Horrible tiredness, moodiness, fatigue in the extreme. | I was only taking 12.5 mg at bedtime. It did help sleep; I felt very calm and didn't wake as much. No change in my muscle pain. I've tried two trials of Topamax, and each time, within three days, I get awful, awful fatigue. After 24 hours off of it, the fatigue is gone. | F | 44 | 7 days | 9/18/2005 | 3 | Migraine | Tingling in fingers, feet, and knees; spelling errors (which I never used to make); inability to find the right word for things and speak intelligently (bad when you are a college professor); typing mistakes; loss of appetite and weight (didn't really need); mosts pop tastes terrible; loss of sex drive | Helps somewhat for migraines | F | 34 | 2 years | 9/10/2005 | 3 | Unexplained Non-Migrainous Headache | Tingling, Shaking, Lethargy, Flu-like Symptoms, which increased with dosage and led to keeping the dosage at only 25mg. per day. Exaggerated allergy symptoms, body aches, chills, sleepiness, lack of energy, backache, depression, indigestion, taste changes (flat carbonated drink thing, hot one minute, chills the next, no appetite even when stomach's growling. | I have had some relief from horrible headaches, but at what price? I seem bed-ridden at times and all I want to do is sleep. I feel like I'm dying. I don't want to get out of bed. All this on 25mg. at bedtime! | F | 42 | 2 months | 9/7/2005 | 5 | Migraine control | much needed weight loss, some cognitive impairment (my husband says I seem more spacey) but I count it all worth it for how well it has taken care of the headaches. | F | 36 | 9 months | 9/4/2005 | 1 | Bi Polar/Panic | TERRIBLE I could not even function at all!!! Very DIZZY!!!! | F | 20 | 14 days | 9/2/2005 | 3 | Daily migraines | Diarrhea, numbness & tingling in extremities, inability to orgasm, lack of libido, heartburn, spelling difficulty, fatigue, nighttime driving visual disturbances, inability to focus at work, horrible low grade tension headaches. | This drug initially seemed to work for the first 4 weeks but when I was virtually migraine free but then they came back daily and increased doses of Topamax did not help the migraines and only made the side effects worse. I did not experience the weight loss on this drug that everyone else seems to have. I would not recommend this drug. The extreme side effects do not justify the small benefit it provides. | F | 36 | 121 days | 8/26/2005 | 5 | Migraines - DAILY AND SEVERE | tingling in extremities and slight numbness in lips. some difficulty in word-finding on occassion. was only sleepy in beginning. | I'm like the cheating girlfriend returning to the faithful boyfriend. I used this drug once before and it worked, I just didn't like the tingling. My toes -- especially my big toe -- would literally go purple when it tingled and it would be like pins poking me. So, I thought the grass would be greener elsewhere. Plus, it gave me a sweet tooth (no weight loss here!). So, I went to a neuro and had bunches of tests and tried at least 3 other drugs (the ones I can remember: Nortriptyline -- caused my hair to fall out, Zonegran -- caused deep muscle and joint pain, and Lamictal -- caused double/blurry vision so bad I had to go to the eye doctor b/c I thought I was going blind!) After all of those horrible experiences AND having to be hospitalized for rebounds from OTCs, I decided some tingling and minor cognitive difficulty was the lesser of the evils. Not too painful and I know I'm not stupid. So I'm back. I've gone from level 9-10 migraines (frontal, cluster, sinus, you name them) every single day to tiny, nagging headaches maybe every other day. And I've only been back on less than 3 weeks. Time will tell if any of the other side effects creep up this time. By the way, love the pp who said | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 8/25/2005 | 1 | Cluster Headaches | My husband couldn't communicate. More severe headaches. planned suicides. Crying spells, angry, then nice. Depressed, new personallity. Worse medication I've ever seen. More dangerous then his headaches. Told him he had to stop taking it, because I truly believe he would have killed himself. It was a horrible time. Can't understand why everybody else says they are so happy. Same thing happened to my daughters boyfriend who has epilepzy sp? My husbands doing much better now that he's off it. | This medicine was given to my husband to prevent headaches, only he had more a day then before. He was unable to do anything. I had to complete his sentences. I was so afraid of his personality changes, and I didn't know who he was. He went through hell. | M | 52 | 1 days | 8/23/2005 |