Dont worry
i get what you do all the time, I am told I am too highly strung out. My medication makes me such an out going person. When I was a shy mellow person. I now talk alot and I ramble and I mumble. I get a scrambled head alot too and I cant find the right words to say. You get over that part though. Then comes the worst part the weight gain.

Hello annette

i tried taking topmax and got to 100mg per day but had to come off it. I had bad side effects and was told they would just get worse if I stayed on it.

I lost my appetite, lost weight, had spells of nausea and dizziness, I would lose my balance, had modd swings and would burst into tears and wouldn't be able to stop crying over things that would normally just wash over my head. I also had headaches. I becamce very anxious on topamax - I think that everybody has an ability to let things wash over their heads but I found that topamax seemed to mess with the part of the brain that deals with anxiety. I just couldn't switch off from worrying about the smallest things and fortunately my family were great and realised that the anxiety was being caused by the topamax. I got myself in such a state over the tiniest things but now i'm off it, that has stopped thank god because I felt like I was going stir crazy.

You need to tell your doctor about it because it is one of the side effects of topamax and see what he says. Tell your friend and family that it is a side effect of topamax so it's not as simple as being able to just relax and calm down.

Hope things work out.

Annette,
its the topamax..... I was on it and the doc wanted me to get to 600mg a day. I made it to 500mg, and the side effects were aweful. I couldn't spell my own name or add my check book. I couldn't get the right word out when I talked. And I would cry or get mad, upset at the drop of a dime.
It also made my muscles hurt like crazy.... Which the doc didn't belive until I stopped taking it and they don't hurt to the point of tears anymore. I also had killer headaches and was tired "all" the time.
So let your doc know how its making you feel.
Jill

Annette, it's the worst med for seizures out there...I had such bad side effects too including panic attacks...I'm now on depakote and it's great, so don't do the topamax. There are so many other meds out there to try, but ask your doctor about depakote, because it's working for me and it could for you.........Good luck, susan