14 year old symptoms and conditions

Hi, my 14 year old daughter was prescribed Topamax about 6 months ago due to migrains that started when she had Mono. The mono lasted a good five months and the nuerologist to whom we were referred prescribed Tomamax after nothing else worked.

This morning as she was leaving for school, she said " I will take Aleve twice a day for the rest of my life, the Tomamax has made me stupid and I can't take it anymore!" With that my beautiful, brilliant daughter was out the door.
I am sick that I didn't look into this drug sooner. I found this site and am floored at all the side effects that sound exactly like hers. She has always been an A+ sudent who works hard, she lately has been saying she feels dumb, can't remember things, her knees hurt, her hair is falling out, she can't think, she is depressed etc. I have been downplaying her symtoms and blaming it on the mono. I am outraged at the craziness this drug has obviously caused and my failure to recognize the cause.

My questions now are, can she quit the Topamax immediatly and when, if ever can she expect her cognitive ability to return?

Please tell me the effects are not life long and what my next step should be to help relieve her of these symptoms.

Peace, Becky

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FACE IT PEOPLE>>> ADVAIR is not worth
all the hidden delayed problems even if it
does help you breathe easier. My 14 year old
took 100, 250 and 500 short term and exper-
ienced rashes, irrability, hoarse voice, bloated
stomach, rash on face, and throat constriction
when he began to run or play. I took him off
cold turkey after doctors referred him to a
cardiologist, pulmonologist and gastrologist.
Turns out him simply had acid reflux all these
years and has not used his albuterol since
being put on the proper medication. KNOW
YOUR STUFF AND RESEARC!!!!!

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