Posted by Wrain on September 14, 2003, at 12:17:18
In reply to Re: Topamax Weight Loss Advice?????, posted by Bear on September 13, 2003, at 13:09:52
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> > However it seems that the weight loss only comes while taking doses at 200mgs or higher a day>
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> I think you're right there. Im on 100mgs a day and it's not really going anywhere. My hunger is diminished but not anywhere where there's dramatic weight loss. Nowhere near it. MAYBE 5 lbs. MAYBE. I understand that it takes 5-6 weeks to take effect? Is that true? Im seeing the dr. Monday so Im going to aks him to up it. I have only 25 mg pills and Im running out quickly because he told me to take 50mg in the am and 50 mg in the pm and I keep running out. I think the pharmacy is suspicious! ha. ANyway, DOES it take like 5-6 weeks to kick in? I dont get hungry till about 4-5 in the afternoon, then i feel guilty eating! ugh. help!
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> Bear
>Bear,
Like I said in a previous post, I have been taking Topamax, 300mg a day for a year now and I have not noticed any weight loss due to the Topamax. I changed the way I ate about 3 years ago because my husband was on a scale from 1-10 a 9 for a heart attack and the doctor told us that he had to cut out the white bread, rice, corn products, potatoes, etc...I do a slim fast in the morning and wheat bread, brown rice, sweet potatoes diet drinks and lots of water for 3 years. In the last year I have not seen my weight loss go up any while on the Topamax. Actually if anything, for the past year my weight has been holding steady and going up and down. I was in the hospital last September for the BiPolar and one of the counselors told us about the importance of breakfast. We have always heard that breakfast was the most important meal of the day, but up until that counselor I never really understood why. He said
Within the first (3 THREE) hours after you wake it is VERY important to get some kind of food in your system. If you DO NOT get food in your system withing the first THREE hours, your body thinks you are going to STARVE it and therefore EVERYTHING you eat the rest of the day, it will store it as fat so that it won't STARVE. If you DO eat within the first THREE hours, your body will not be afraid it will STARVE and will then process the food you eat throughout the day normally and not store as much of it as fat.
So, I have just made it a habit to wake every morning and take my morning meds with a slimfast. It works for me as far as the breakfast thing because I am NOT a breakfast person.
I hope this helps.
Please keep us informed.
Wrain
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