I am on day 5 with Topamax, I feel like crap, when do these side effects go away?

I started at a much smaller dosage then you and still had horrid side effects, so maybe you could talk to your doctor about started with a smaller dosage and working your way up.

I take 100mg 2x day.
Gradually moved up from 25mg 2x daily and drogy,tired, weight lose some vision blurring have all been a part of the side effects but you gradually adapt to them so as my dosages went up I was able to tolerate them better. I also take Lamictal for bipolar so that is something to consider as other drugs along with this may have a big impact.

Obviously everyone will be effected differently by this drug especially in combination with other drugs so Please keep you doctor informed and remember that the problem being treated has no definite answer as I am finding out. My body is steadily getting use to each dosage after awhile and has to be increased and I am almost at the top of the max dosage and then I am scared at what the next step is since I have already tried numerous other drugs before finding this one.
Anyway, side effects MUST be reported asap as some of these are dangerous especially to those around you and driving. Good luck

I just started 10 mg of Topamax at night... My mother in law took Seroquel and it made her a zombie... friend took Seroquel made her fall asleep with eyes open while holding a little cigarette... Stop Seroquel for sure

I am not a health care professional, but I, too, was on day five and ceased as of yesterday. It was making me confused, tired, more sensitive. It slowed my thinking, and I could barely get through three pages of my book; in three days I made it through three pages, and I'm an avid reader. I stopped taking it.

The "zombie" experience you're feeling is less the topamax and more the Seroquel. When we take anti psychotics, they target the dopamine receptors in our brain. This makes you feel more zombie like. What I can suggest is talking to your doctor. The zombie feeling is usually an indicator your dose is too high and or it's not the correct medicine for you.
I was on that one for bipolar and for me it did exactly the same thing. Now I take latuda and sometimes for mania Risperdal. The dose of adderall might be upped as well to combat the daytime fatigue. I've seen several people on higher doses of adderall simply to combat the anti psychotics sleepiness during the day.
Stick with the topamax if you're using it for migraines, if not, I suggest changing to something else unless it's for epilepsy. Again, I don't know your condition but if it's bipolar, I highly recommend using lamotrigine.

I started taking topamax 25 MG 2 times a day 11 days ago, and stopped taking it yesterday. I could not live with the side effects, they were horrible. They effected my work, home life. I experienced the same side effects you did. Numbness in face, feet and hands. I could feel it come and go all day. I couldn't form words or thoughts. I don't eat, I was forgetting stupid things like, to take my exit for work and just keep driving. I recently started experiencing new side effects like horrible taste in my mouth, itching burning eyes, cough, the feeling of something always being in my throat, itching all over, which I found out could be symptoms of something much worse caused by taking Topamax. I was taking them for cluster migraines and they seemed to be helping but the side effects are far worse. I hope yours get better, mine just got worse.

I have been on Topamax 2 weeks now for migraines and they mixed it with my Keppra for my Complex Epileptic Seizures The positive of it is I don't have any more migraines, I don't have to take as much Keppra and I ain't had a Seizure in 2 weeks which is really nice but the negative of it is unless I'm at work doing something it makes me very fatigue, I have a hard time thinking of what I want to say, it has made me very bi-polar and depressed and sometimes have susideal thoughts, very angry and anxious, makes the pain in my legs even worse, and gives me a bad rash. I really do not like this medicine. I'm trying to figure out which one is better, the Seizures or the symptoms of the Topamax lol!

I became alergic to itched all over claritin nor benedryl worked throat nose hard time breathing. Before this happened i had to take at night only. It was hell taking. Good luck i also read it causes vision problems.

Carela1985, When did you start taking Topamax? I started two months ago at 25mg once at night. Now I'm at two 25mg at night, slowly increasing... dr. says I can up it to 100mg. Migraines have gotten so much better. Side effects have improved somewhat. Feelings of having flu-like symptoms; fatigue, etc., have NOT been fun. First time in a very long time of not having migraines (half the month!) have been nice. Sometimes it's hard to weigh the undesirable effects. Guess as long as worse side effects don't happen, we're okay? I hate meds anyway, but migraines really interfere with life. Knowing side effects do get better with time helps.

Question: Does the dosage (in time) lose effectiveness to a point where you have to up the dose?

Question: How long does it take to taper off Topamax once deciding it's time?

Question? How long is a medication like this expected to help?

Thank you fellow migraine sufferers!

ive been on topamax for several yrs,its the only medicine they found to help my migraines.i was having 15 to 20 a month and after taking topamax for about 8 weeks i only have about 2 to 3 a month now and there not nearly as severe.the numbness and tingling was in my feet and hands.it got better after about 3 months but i still get it in my feet now and then.i have had migraines since the age of nine also.i also have fibromyalgia and interstitual cystitis which also cause migraines. i hope this is helpful but a beta blocker added to your daily meds might help also i take that twice a day also.

Me? Is that You? omg. I'm only on 25 mg of Topamax 2x a day and i feel like crap too. I'm only on day 5. I've come off tegretol because it quit working more than half the time for prevention. Slowly going onto Topamax, and the side effects (nausea, bone pain, depression, feet/hands asleep) outweigh the migraine prevention. Five days, Three Imitrex. When's this going to actually work?

i have been on topamax for topamax for2 months(the end of june will b my 3rd) and i am also sticking out the gross side effects; blurry vision, dry eyes, air headedness and super cotton mouth.my only regret starting this med was not knowing more about birth control and anticonvulsants:(. i guess the bc isnt as effective. my dr is aware i am on bc n wants me to take 100 mg but i can only tolerate 75mg @ the moment so... i read that depending on the amnt u take also determins the effect on your bc... is that true... anyway briannamartel i am there w/ ya w/ these crazy side effects which my doc says will go away. :(

ive been on topamax for about 3months, first month or so was hell then it got better, used to take seroquel before that for sleep and mood stabilization. but stopped cuz it made me like a zombie no matter how much i slept. but i dont know if you found this out already, or are still taking topamax and seroquel together. but BOTH topamax and seroquel have major drug interactions, look it up on the interactions checker and let the doctor know if you havent already. hope all goes well.