Posted by tdaneen on July 28, 2000, at 11:44:08
In reply to Re:Anyone on topomax?, posted by shellie on July 27, 2000, at 16:22:20
Salutations!
I'm right there with you. I know just what it is like not to be able to get dressed, or do the dishes, or laundry, or face work of any kind, or responsibility of any kind.
I have been having a pretty rough time lately. A myriad of personal crisis and relationship problems. A separation, a start of a divorce, a loss of a job, a start of a new job, five or six different meds that didn't work for me. The latest one I have been on is Topamax. Here are my personal experiences.I am on 60mg of Celexa, 25mcg Cytomel, 10mg Metheylphenid (bid),
The Topamax has been a very, very slow progression getting up to my current dose of 150mg per day. I take 50mg AM and 100mg PM. The AM dose was the harder of the two for me to work up to. If I boosted too fast I was very tired, drowsy, uncoordenated (sorry about the spelling-no spell check here! :^) ) I had some memory and concentration problmes. I did find that if I just lowered the dose by half of what the doctor recommended I didn't get the side effects. The only lasting side effect I have now is the typical dry mouth that I get with everything else. I do expect my doc to take me up to over 200mg per day. I haven't lost any weight yet, but I still have hope. I guess the only snippet of wisdom I can share is just this, if you are experiencing side effects (yucky ones) check with your doc (mine is really cool with me about this) and lower the dose. Go slower with the progression. Take it slower and you should have less side effects.At least that is how it worked best for me. I seem to have this funky metabolism that I get all the weird side effects, the ones that only a few percent get, and the side effects are stronger. I wish you luck. If I can help answer any questions from my perspective. I'll try to help. I've been on Topamax for about three months now. My moods have been ok. Even with all the emotional upheavel. (geesh! there goes that spelling again!!)
Best of luck!
tdaneen
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