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Posted by Katie Kat on December 28, 2001, at 2:11:11
I'm a 49 year old woman who recently (3 wks ago) started Topamax. My Dr. warned me that it might make me feel 'loopy'. I'm not sure what he meant by that, but I have felt strange and I can't really explain the feeling. It's almost like being light headed or staggering, but not high or anything like that. At first it scared me and I thought it might be dangerous, but it doesn't seem to be and I'm only on 50 mg. so far increasing each week until I get to 200 per day. I have numbness in my tongue and don't sleep more than a couple of hours at a time. Can anyone relate to this? I realize we are all different and have different reactions to medications. I want this one to work and do not want to be back on the medication roller coaster waiting and hoping with emotional ups and downs. Thanks if anyone responds.
Posted by akc on December 28, 2001, at 7:13:45
In reply to Topamax making me feel very strange....help?, posted by Katie Kat on December 28, 2001, at 2:11:11
It very well could be the topamax. The one suggestion I would make is to increase your dosage even slower -- maybe every two weeks. This is a medication that appears to take some time to get use to. And for me, I found that I could not tolerate a very high dose -- it made me pretty dull (not good for my line of work), so I had to back down to a lower dose. As you point out, it will be different for each individual -- however, I think many on this board have found that increasing the dosage very slowly did minimize the side effects.
akc
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