Neuroligist symptoms and conditions

I am a thirty-two years old female who began taking Topamax for chronic migraine about 8 months ago. Like many, I experienced the tingling in hands and feet initally but after about 6 weeks it was very rare. I also despise the taste of any carbonated beverage now, unfortunate for me cause sometimes I'd just love to have a soda. I became very "loopy", forgetting things, not having to words to say, not finishing tasks. My husband no longer likes me to drive due to my slowed motor skills. Topamax did relieve my migraines tremendously, down from about two a week lasting on average 6-48 hours to an occasional light headache that I can relieve with Epidrin or Naproxen.
I have became seriously depressed in recent weeks and have worked with my neurologist to taper off Topamax. I lost all interest in my family (4 kids and husband) social activities, and myself for that matter. I was taking 75 mg per day and just finished the last week of 25 mg taper. I pray my migraines will not return or that we can find another med without the serious side effects. I also lost weight (about 10 lbs which I needed to lose anyway).

My daughter is 14, 3 or so weeks after her 2nd shot she got a yeast infection that would not go away, she also go thrush at this time because the yeast in her body was so bad. She got her 3rd shot the in Sept 2008 and on Oct 26 th she got virus like symptoms with headache nausea dizziness tunnel vision that will not go away. She has had an MRI, CT scan, blood work and been to the hospital 3 different times for fluid due to the nausea. The neurologist says that it is a migraine that is not responding to medicine. but I wonder now if it could be due to the shot.

What a wonderful site.. thanks for all of you and your stories. I too was a Lipitor user ... 20mgs/day for at least 6 years. I didn't notice any problems until last summer. I couldn't grip a golf club so I didn't play all summer. My doc told me it was arthritis. Strange, no history and never had any problems til then. As the months went on, things got worse. Burning in my upper left arm muscle, so intense it would cause me to have to sit down. Heart racing, pain in back, shoulder and jaw, I thought I was having a heart attack. Started reading about Lipitor and told doctor I wanted off. Of course he said no way and he did an MRI thinking it was skeletal. He sent me to a neurologist, who immediately told me I have statin myopathy. Cause...Lipitor!!! Amazing he admits this, also told me his own doc prescribed it for him and he will not take it because he sees too many patients with these side effects. I am liking him and his honesty. I have been off Lipitor for 2 weeks now. Hands are much better but muscle weakness and burning and sometimes tremors persist but I am optimistic that this may take time but I will recover.