Posted by Nitro on September 23, 2003, at 11:16:10
In reply to Re: new to topamax, need some advice, posted by HaleyR on September 23, 2003, at 9:46:49
> > > I have been on different anti-depressants since 9/11/01 and am currently on lexapro. I have put on 15 pounds which makes me more depressed. My eating habits have become horrible. Eating in the middle of the night (cookies and milk,) etc. My doctor has put me on topomax before things get out of control. I have been on it three weeks - am up to 75 mg. and have a very dry mouth and kinda sick to my stomach. - But no weight loss - I am still making sure I eat. I just dont know what do to - I am frightened of some of the side effects Ive been reading about and is it all worth it for 15 pounds and when will they come off - and will they come off because I feel too sick to eat? I would appreciate some advice - and I do exercise on the threadmill for my mental and physical well being, yet I just cant drop the weight. Thanks for any help.
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> > What I have found is that topamax causes the weight loss because you just lose interest in food. I lost 28 pounds on it without blinking an eye. It was lexapro that made me sick to my stomach. The only side effect I got from Topamax(and it is a big one) is becoming stupid on it. I handled that with a dosage reduction....good luck...Leslie kay
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> >Leslie kay - Would you mind telling me the dosage you were on when you lost interest in food and when the side effect kicked in? I am just curious if it was a higher dosage than I am taking. I have just started 100 mg. Thanks Haley R.
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> I am on my second week of Topamax now, but at a really low dosage, 25 mg morning and night and have had no side effects except some tingling in my hands after exercise (running up the sand dunes yesterday). I am on the Topamax for migranes and my doc is keeping me at the 50 mg per day level right now because my migraines have totally stopped. I cannot remember the last time I went 2 weeks in a row without a migrains so if I can do it with such a low level of topamax I will just stay there, we are kind of experimenting, want to stay with the lowest dose possible. I feel like my appetite is a little bit decreased but not much. Darn!! I am glad I haven't gotten any of the confusion some of the people here have noted - of course maybe I just haven't noticed it...Have any others noticed migraines stopping or decreasing?
Thanks! Nitro
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