Topamax

[candevevan]

I am currently taking Lycria for pain due to Shingles. My doctor recommended Topamax because I have gained weight on Lyrcia. I would like to know if anyone has been on Topamax and what I can expect.

[pamom]

I took Topamax for 2 weeks, I never got up to the full dosage because I didn't like how I felt. I always drink diet coke, it started to taste weird. Also, I did not have enough energy to crawl out of bed in the am. Anyone else have anything to add?

[jkelly]

I just stopped taking topamax a few weeks ago. I've been on it now for about 2 years at 300mg a day for migraines. It is a difficult medicine to get use to...lots of tingling in the extremities (eating bananas helped with that), everything tasting differently, loss of appetite etc. The reason I stopped taking topamax is because I started to get severe stomach pains, blurred vision, and very moody. I made an appointment to get my stomach checked and they found that it was extremely inflammed and so was my colon plus I had developed kidney stones due to the meds. About 2 days after I stopped taking topamax my stomach pains stopped. I feel so much better off of the medicine. It did make me lose weight though...in a few months I dropped 20lbs, that is the only bonus to taking this medicine, but not worth the pain!!!

[caz007]

I currently take Topamax for migrane prevention and it works wonders for me. It does make carbonated drinks taste flat and I have lost weight....no other medical problems from it. I take 100mg every night because it does make u extremely sleepy, can not take during the day. The good outways the bad.....

[hatelove percs]

i take 75mg of topomax in the morning and 75 in the pm. for migraines and bipolar. it makes me dumb as rocks. at first i lost, like 30 pounds and could eat whatever i wanted to and didn't even have to excercise. it was just awesome because i have always had a problem with bad metabolism and for once in my life i could actually be free to EAT and not obsess over every single bite and not excercise like a maniac. unfortunately that has leveled off and i have gained back 20 pounds. YUCK. i am still dumb as rocks.it does not help much with the migraines and i don't think it helps much with the bipolar. the only reason i really stayed on it was because of the weight thing. (yeah, yeah probably dumb, but i had found the MAGIC PILL everyone looks for who has a weight problem), anyway i did stop taking it and promptly gained ten pounds in a week so, no way.