... vision where he said things looked really small and far away (kind of like looking through a peep hole I am guessing). The doctor doesn't seem worried and it has diminished but he still has a couple of times a day where he has these vision problems. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Also, my second quesiton is that a side effect is that sometimes you cannot sweat and can overheat. Anyone have this trouble? It is winter so we really don't know if he is able to sweat but we cannot continue on this if he can't. The summer humidity and heat alone with cause him to overheat just standing outside. Thanks for any insight
My son just started on Topamax about 2 1/2 months ago. He was having a lot of trouble with his?
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- 14 Jan 2011 by QuestionsFromMom
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- topamax
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15 Jan 2011
Topamax can cause ocular side effects and I would suggest that you get your son to see a doctor or optometrist. The ocular side effects could be serious.
The primary treatment of cases of secondary angle closure glaucoma cause by topiramate is discontinuation of the drug.
Ocular side effects including cases of secondary angle closure glaucoma characterized by ocular pain, acute myopia, abnormal accommodation, and increased intraocular pressure have been reported. Maculopathy has also been reported.
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I had him to the optometrist in December and so far things are looking good. I had also taken him (thankfully) in August before school for his annual eye check up so they would have a good baseline to look back on for changes. The optometrist said that everything looked fine but he is still having these vision disturbances, but not as often I believe. I will probably just have his eyes checked more often to be sure nothing is happening. It is pretty scary when you are dealing with someone's eyesight!! Especially when they are only 9 years old!
On another note, do you know anything about not being able to sweat on this medication? How common is that? We aren't sure if he is able to sweat either and haven't seen it lately but he maybe hasn't been doing enought to sweat. It has been really here but I want to find out before summer. Maybe they can have him run on a treadmill at the clinic or something. I don't want to overheat him either.
Interesting ... but no sorry, I don't know what sort of effects it has on sweating.
Okay, thank you for your comments though, it is much appreciated.