Posted by rainy on July 12, 2005, at 8:45:26
In reply to Re: topomax, posted by michelle1 on July 12, 2005, at 0:27:58
Hi, Michelle, welcome to the topamax (and other stuff) board. You'll want to take it very easy as you increase your dose of this mad med, otherwise more than your arm will hurt. Most of us have been told by our clinicians or discovered that we need to increase no faster than 25 mgs every two or three weeks. That seems awfully slow, but to do it any faster is to invite cognitive troubles, lots of tingling in hands, arms, face, with me the crabbies, stuff you neither want nor need. Your doctor may suggest going up 25 mgs per week--too fast. Go Slow. Those of us who are taking Topamax, and I'm on 400 mgs, can't chant that loud enough. That's your mantra. Go Slow.
also, good luck and always ask a bunch of questions.
rainy
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