Posted by headachequeen on February 24, 2004, at 14:54:01
In reply to Re: topomax, posted by helenag on February 24, 2004, at 14:29:24
> Topamax has been an excellent mood stabilizer for me. I have been at 300mg since December and because OF the appetite suppression, I am going to have to ask my doctor to decrease my dose. Not that I mind losing the weight, which I continue to do so at 2-3 pounds a week, but because I think it is getting unhealthy to eat once a day. I have literally no appetite all day till the end of the day. Just what nutrition my body is missing is bothering me. At christmas time, I was in a size 10. I am now in a size 6. Yes, yes, as a woman it is so nice to be thin thin...but this is NOT healthy.
> Anyone who would go on this drug for weight loss only is taking a foolish chance. I may be one of the few people for whom this side effect took by storm, but I stress, SIDE EFFECT. I have also dealt with dry mouth, cognitive problems, and tingling hands and feet.
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>Isn't it interesting that so many of us find that Topomax leads to one meal a day... and so many of us also find that it leads to an end to cravings of junk food...
good grief health food fanatics are us...
but I really think that the statement you made
> Anyone who would go on this drug for weight loss only is taking a foolish chance. <
must be repeated again and again...
I keep hearing of and reading of people who keep taking drugs to try to achieve something from the non-intentional things they are meant to do...
as it were the accidental things they do...
and that really frightens me for them...
yes, I am happy that I managed to lose the weight that other drugs and depression allowed me to gain... but I would not want to be able to take this drug simply to lose weight...
that to my way of thinking is dangerous... as you term it, a foolish chance and you cannot say it too often or too loudly...
kat who is now a size ten was once a size four and would like to be a size eight I admit... but will settle for the ten.
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