Posted by headachequeen on July 18, 2004, at 16:33:29
In reply to Re: Topamax, posted by heathermom on July 18, 2004, at 16:01:34
> hello all. i posted here several months ago inquiring about topomax's side effects. i check back regularly, and i have practically every side effect that you all have. i am currently taking 300mg. /day for bi polar disorder. it has worked wonderfully, and the side effects have pretty much subsided. my binge eating has all but gone away. i have not lost any weight, but my weight is steady and under control. (yea!!) i wasn't overweight to begin with, so this is a victory. the tingly feelings are few and far between, and the stupids have faded. one thing i am curious about that i haven't heard anyone mention......
> i used to crave junk like the dickens. chips, cake, ice cream, crackers. if it was processed, i wanted it. now, all i want is freah food. fresh fruit, veggies, oh God, i would kill for avacado, or whole milk yogurt!! i go to the whole foods market...i would never go there before. my kids get a candy bar, and i get a banana. and i WANT this! anyone else experiencing this kind of stuff? it's crazy, i tell ya. i just don't know what to think. i go out to eat, and i am voluntarily NOT eating the deep fried stuff, and I DO NOT want to eat at mcdonalds....and that used to be my favorite place. it makes me sick to think of that place now. i would rather stay home and prepare a nice bean burrito.
> there, anybody get what i mean???
> ok. i hope that made sense. best luck to all of you. i know i kind of left the subject. i'm sorry. happy trails! heather.
Heather, personally, I think this IS the subject...
You have persevered with Topomax and found that you got past the side effect stage and into the effect stage...
It is doing the appetite curbing thing...
in that it is curbing your desires or cravings for junk food...
strange isn't it???? I keep wondering about that part of it and which some scientific type person would explain it to me...
why do I no longer crave potato chips and dip???
why do chocolate bars, chocolate cookies, chocolate anythings no longer call my name when I walk past them in stores???
why do I prefer salads with lemon juice instead of those really rich, thick dressings??? for that matter why would I rather have a salad than head for the dessert menu???
I have a lot of questions about this med that I really would like to have answered LOL
I enjoy the fact that it works on the headaches and tempers the effect of the other anti-seizure med, making it work better but I also enjoy eating healthier because I am healthier in other ways... and I am no longer so horridly overweight...but now I would like to know how it works....
and I am so glad it is working for you too and that you hung in there...
glad you are here too...
kat
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