I have been taking topamax to two years and I also take Paxil for migraine lately I have been feeling that my blood sugar has been dropping cause me to get a head ache.
Does Topomax make people's blood sugar drop low?
Question posted by Energy89 on 20 Aug 2013
Last updated on 20 February 2023 by aiden061309
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aiden061309
20 Feb 2023
Yes, it can but apparently it has not only to do with appetite control(I don't have this side effect and still have hypoglycemia from taking it). Here's why. It's known to reduce blood sugar levels by increasing insulin sensitivity and by increasing insulin secretion by glucose stimulation.
Say you miss a meal and a snack, that's going to compound this. It's not just about appetite. This stuff is messing with insulin too.
MacIntosh12
20 Aug 2013
Hi Energy89,
Yes, Topamax can do that because it staves off hunger so very much that patients forget to eat, so your blood sugar dips down.
Try to make a point of eating four small meals a day, even if you've to force yourself!
Best wishes to you,
Lara
P.S. Are you forgetting to eat quite a bit?
Energy89
20 Aug 2013
I have a hard time eat cause I'm always not hungry, I try to eat 4 times a day if not more but smaller meals like snacks ill eat bananas or some kinda fruit if I'm hungry, thanks ill try harder to eat better
MacIntosh12
20 Aug 2013
Yes, do try Energy. You can lose unwanted weight on this medication! My GP doc had a patient on Topamax for migraines and the man lost 90 pounds!! The minute the patient went off of Topamax, he began to gain the weight back, so my doc had to put him back on.
That is one substantial weight loss. Just be careful you don't get too thin!
Hope it all works out for you!
Lara
Energy89
20 Aug 2013
Yeah, I lost 25 ponds in a month but I been on it for two years now, I just recently started losing weight, but I was also hospitalized back in Feb cause I had the norio virus I couldn't eat and ever since I haven't been much of an eater now
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