Hi. I am taking 100mg of topamax a day.
I have been on it for about a month now
and beside having the tingling and still
having problems with memory and finding
the word I want to say, now I find I get
frustrated and anxious easily will this
get better or worse. I'm starting to get
tired of being told to relax and calm
down.
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sami_1982
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Australia
Posted: 06-21-04 01:26am
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.
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bubble1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 16
Topama And Anxiety Posted: 06-23-04 09:29am
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.
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MickeyFan
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Posted: 06-26-04 07:27am
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
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feelgood
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Get Off It... Posted: 07-16-04 12:01pm
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
