Vimpat - Has anyone experienced hair loss and weight gain?
- Posted:
- 15 Sep 2010 by rachelsier7
- Topics:
- obesity, side effect, weight, vimpat
Answers (3)
Rajive Goel16 Sep 2010
Hair loss & weight gain has not been documented as a side effect of Vimpat, you must seek medical advice from the doc/pharmacist who prescribed the med., take care & be well!
11 Jan 2011
I have very much experienced weight gain and it is not good. I couldn't figure out why I was not losing weight when I was working out 6x a week for an hour a day for 3 months. (I did the P90X program) I have now been doing an hour of cardio almost everyday and I have been eating better than ever in my life. In fact, I gained weight/fat. Some from muscle, but I now have an overhang over my jeans, which I didn't have before Vimpat. I started exercising the exact week I started Vimpat so I didn't notice the weight gain right away. I'm sure if I wasn't exercising, I would be the size of a house by now. I am about the heaviest I have ever been in my life! This may not happen to you, but this also happened with another med I was one, Trileptal or Topamax. I am on Keppra and Vimpat and I am still having breakthrough seizures!
acl13226 Feb 2012
I know this question was asked awhile ago but I'm new to this so I would just like to say that I too take this as well as Depakote. When I began Dep my Dr. said I could have both side effects, I would say this would apply to vimpat too but may still be too new to add to the side effects.
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I started taking Vimpat about 2 years ago, and I saw that I had gained weight and my hair thinned out also. Problem is, I was 38 when I started Vimpat, so I was at the age when you start gaining weight anyways. I have no idea if it was because my metabolism was slowing down due to getting older or the medication. I can say that the vimpat works to well on controlling the seizures to quit taking it though. I have been watching my diet since the January, but I don't seem to be losing. I am also working out and there are times I seem to be gaining weight instead of losing. This may be due to Viibryd though. THis is an anti-depressant I started about 7 months ago, which also causes hair loss. It is so difficult to tell if it is medications, aging or maybe the combination. Just cannot risk not taking the Vimpat. I stopped cold turkey on the Viibryd anti-depressant this week and have many problems from doing this. One of them being very irritable, sleepy and itchy skin. Going to have to get back on it.