Posted by Cairo on May 5, 2005, at 13:25:28
Anybody have this problem? I just increased my dose to 100mg and am now having crying spells, shortness of breath, agitation. While I had this at the beginning at 25mg, it got better after two weeks and raising the dose every two weeks didn't have quite the same horrible effect until a couple of days ago, 2-3 days AFTER I raised the dose to 100mg.
Why would Topamax do this? I get all sorts of paradoxical reactions to meds. Are the GABA receptors being overstimulated thereby losing sensitivity or something like that?
I'm going to taper off the Topamax, but that will take time. Until then, what can I do to calm things down??? I'm irritable, in pain, crying and there are a whole bunch of family issues going on and I need to keep it together for my kids. My pdoc can't see me until next week.
C
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