Why am I still having headaches on 100 mg. of topamax?

Hey Speacialteacher, so sorry to hear about your situation and topamax. I truly understand about the awful headaches that you suffer, as I suffer from them too. Unfortunately, Topamax is not for everybody. Some people have remarkable results with the medication almost immediately ( like my husband), other people like me had been on it for years, and it didn't do a thing. Everybody is different, and every body is different. What works beautifully on one person has awful side effects on the other one. I can hardly wait for genetic medications to come out, but that will take years, and probably cost a fortune. In any case, be patient, and call your doctor and let them know!!

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Also, it depends on what caused the headaches. If you got migraines from an accident of some kind, (called post traumatic migraine), that is horse of a different color than the run of the mill migraine. (No offense to people who have those migraines, migraines are horrible no matter what!!),it's just that post traumatic migraines very rarely respond to the prophylactic medications that work for organic migraines.

I have see triptans work very well with all migraines. Have you tried any of those?? They are a special class of mediation that helps get rid of a migraine, once it starts. The downside is that the med doesn't circumvent a migraine from starting.

Best of luck to you!! I really hope that things turn out.

I have a history of seizures which are caused by an onset of migraines. In high school topamax has always helped me. Now I am older and a mother of 3 kids. I quit taking my meds and started back taking them because of having migraines and other issues that are beginning onsets of seizures. The first of the month of taking the 100mg of topamax it worked. I am trying to remember but its been so long ago and I was so young so then i'm sure it was just 100mg that would have worked but now the pressure and the stress and 3 kids and being older. Its so much to deal with compared to then. I am not sure that 100mg is strong enough for me. It feels like everyone and everything bothers me and causes my headaches even before the medicine so I know its not the medication that is causing this but its not helping to keep my migraines from coming anymore either.

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It does help me stay away in the mornings and sleep better at night for the first couple of weeks and now its like its not working anymore. I took this med along with several other meds when i was younger. This was the best I had came across to work.